by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, court, divorce, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, oncologist, oncology, physician
GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Supreme Court denied petitions filed by Dr. Arnold Smith’s defense team to remove Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn from the criminal case set to go to trial in April. The Supreme Court issued an order this past week. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a plot [...] [...]
GREENVILLE and JACKSON — Members of the former law firms of Wilkins Tipton, P.A., and Adelman Law Firm, PLLC, have formed a new law firm, Hagwood Adelman Tipton, PC. The new firm has six regional offices, including Greenville and Jackson. Other offices are located in Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee. The firm has made public plans to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: air quality, attorney, bench, city, contamination, court, environment, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, municipal, municipalityu, pollution, water
NATCHEZ — Local attorney Anthony Heidelberg has been selected as judge for the city’s new environmental court. The Natchez Democrat reports the environmental court will operate similar to a traffic court and will hear violations for nuisance properties, abandoned vehicles, littering and similar offenses. The city had been looking at ways to prosecute litter violation [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bribe, bribery, conviction, court, crime, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer
OXFORD — Attorneys for Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs, a noted plaintiff’s lawyer before being snared in a corruption investigation, will argue his innocence March 4 before a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear the case. Scruggs, 66, is free on $2-million bond while he appeals a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 24,2013
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bribe, bribery, case, corruption, court, crime, criminal, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, sentence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hold a conference Feb. 15 to decide on whether to hear an appeal from Zach Scruggs, who was implicated as having knowledge of a judicial corruption scheme that toppled his father, plaintiffs’ lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The conference will also make a decision in the case of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contract killing, court, decision, divorce, doctor, exam, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, ruling
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, magazine, media, publication, rank, ranking, workplace
JACKSON — Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC has earned its highest ranking yet on Fortune’s 16th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, coming in at 45th in its fourth consecutive year to be named to the listing. “Each year, we are incredibly honored to be recognized among such a select group [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, case, court, crime, criminal, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, trial
GREENWOOD — A federal court hearing for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 for U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Dr. Arnold Smith was scheduled to be in court yesterday to argue prosecutors had no evidence to support bringing charges against him. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 17,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, chancery court, county, court, electronic filing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer
BRANDON — Rankin County Chancery Court will become the latest in the state to require electronic filing of court records as part of a years-long effort to bring Mississippi’s legal community into the digital age. Beginning Feb. 4, Chancery County Clerk Larry Swales tells The Clarion-Ledger anyone filing civil court documents in Rankin County must [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: attorney, bribery, brief, court, crime, criminal, decision, health care, hospital, judge, justice, kickback, law, lawyer, legal
TUPELO — A federal court has given attorneys for Tupelo businessman Ray Lamont Shoemaker until about Feb. 19 to file briefs in his appeal of a conviction in a kickback-bribery scheme. The 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans said this past week that the government would have 14 days after Shoemaker’s brief is [...] [...]
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