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WILLOUGHBY: Davenport finds satisfaction and success with bariatric care

Martin Willoughby — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:01:38 +0000

The health care industry is big business in Mississippi. The industry has over $11.9 billion in annual economic impact, provides Mississippi with more than $484 million in annual tax revenues and accounts for seven percent of the gross state product. Gov. Bryant targeted the industry as one of three key areas for economic development. In [...]

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Ryan Beckett appointed state tort claims chairman

MBJ Staff — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:34:51 +0000

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorney Ryan Beckett has been appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant and confirmed by the Mississippi Senate as chairman of the Mississippi Tort Claims Board. Beckett is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group and Energy Industry Team, focusing on several realms of litigation, including energy, elections and [...]

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Firm welcomes Stovall

MBJ Staff — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:22:25 +0000

Butler Snow Advisory Services has added Troy A. Stovall as its newest strategic advisor. Stovall is a former executive vice president and COO at Howard University in Washington, D.C. As a strategic advisor at Butler Snow Advisory, Stovall will utilize his experience in university leadership and venture capital, along with his institutional knowledge of the [...]

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Rotary recognizes Harral

MBJ Staff — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:30:47 +0000

The Gulfport Rotary Club recently presented John Harral, an attorney with Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Canada, with the Club’s prestigious Founder’s Day Award. The award, named after the founder of the City of Gulfport, William Harris Hardy, recognizes a person whose contribution to the quality of life in the community is worthy of recognition. [...]

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Rosenblatt made fellow

MBJ Staff — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:51:24 +0000

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorney Steve Rosenblatt has been inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy as a Fellow of the College. Rosenblatt is one of 39 nominees being honored and recognized for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.

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Firm welcomes Johnston

MBJ Staff — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:12:07 +0000

J. Troy Johnston has joined the greater Jackson office of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC. Johnston is a member of the firm’s Public Finance and Incentives Group and brings with him experience in municipal law and public finance, with an emphasis on serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and trustee counsel.

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Vance earns promotion

MBJ Staff — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:56:01 +0000

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorney Alison Tasma Vance was recently named to a leadership position within the firm. Vance is now the assistant practice group leader for the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Vance focuses her practice on labor and employment litigation and compliance counseling. She’s been named in The [...]

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Lawyer who wrote the book on Miss. appellate law returns to Butler Snow

Ted Carter — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:29:36 +0000

The lucrative life of an elite litigator in the Big Apple or perhaps the nation’s capital stood easily within Luther Munford’s grasp in 1979. But Mumford couldn’t shake the “briar patch” that the South had been for him and seven generations of his family. Nor could the Jackson native shake the danged old essay he [...]

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Risk taking, creative strategies propel Butler Snow

Ted Carter — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:01:32 +0000

At the outset of the Great Recession, metro Jackson’s Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada borrowed a bit of Vince Lombardi football wisdom to frame its strategy for the hard times ahead: The best defense is a good offense. The recession has largely passed but the regional law firm is still on offense, having capped [...]

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Thames’ career recognized

MBJ Staff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:54:22 +0000

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorney Lee Davis Thames has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. The award was given to Thames at MDLA’s 2013 Annual Membership Meeting to honor his long and successful career as a defense attorney, a career that has taken more than 200 [...]

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