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Firm adds attorneys

MBJ Staff — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:00:10 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis has added two new associates to the firm. Neal C. Wise is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Wise is a 2011 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he received his juris doctor degree, magna cum laude. He served on the Mississippi Law Journal [...]

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Watkins Ludlam combining with New Orleans law firm

Wally Northway — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:00:33 +0000

In one the biggest merger and acquisition announcements in the state’s legal community in recent years, Jackson-based Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., one of Mississippi’s largest law firms, is combining with Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP, of New Orleans. The two firms, which announced the merger last week, expect the transaction [...]

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Watkins Ludlam makes staff announcements

MBJ Staff — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:00:49 +0000

The law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., has made several important staff announcements. Bradford C. Ray has become a shareholder of the firm practicing in the Jackson office. Ray practices law in the firm’s litigation department and focuses his practice in construction law, real estate litigation, title defense litigation, fidelity and surety [...]

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Shepherd elected treasurer of IAGA

MBJ Staff — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:02 +0000

Tommy Shepherd, a shareholder in Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.’s, Jackson office, was elected treasurer of the International Association of Gaming Advisors at its 2010 annual conference in Washington. Shepherd served as general counsel to the organization for the past year, and he is only the second Mississippian to hold office in IAGA. Shepherd [...]

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Watkins Ludlam names new shareholders

MBJ Staff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:32 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is pleased to announce the election of four shareholders to the firm — J. Andrew (Andy) Gipson, April D. Reeves and Christopher R. Shaw from the firm’s Jackson office and S. Trent Favre from the Gulfport office. Gipson, Reeves and Shaw were promoted from associate to shareholder and Favre was [...]

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Watkins Ludlam adds Thomas

MBJ Staff — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:00:32 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is pleased to announce that Lindsay Thomas has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Jackson office. Thomas received her juris doctor magna cum laude in 2008 from Mississippi College School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review and Moot Court. She also holds [...]

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Shepherd named general counsel

MBJ Staff — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is pleased to announce that Tommy Shepherd has been appointed general counsel of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA). Shepherd is only the second person from Mississippi ever appointed to serve as general counsel of IAGA and is well-positioned to serve the organization in this capacity given his [...]

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Watkins Ludlam welcomes Leyes

MBJ Staff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is proud to welcome their newest associate, Courtney Leyes. Leyes is a native of Missouri and a 2005 graduate of University of Missouri’s Honors College. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2008. Since that time, Leyes has been working with a Washington, [...]

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Watkins Ludlam lawyers named ‘Stars’

MBJ Staff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:36 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis has been recognized as a leading litigation firm in Mississippi in the 2009 edition of Benchmark Litigation, the guide to America’s leading business litigation firms and attorneys. Benchmark Litigation goes further to name Local Litigation Stars and Future Stars who are have been recognized for the high-quality litigation work over [...]

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Watkins Ludlam staff honored

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:00:21 +0000

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is proud to announce that 31 of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers. Additionally, the firm was ranked first in Mississippi in 20 categories. Those chosen for the selection this year are; George F. Bloss III, Susan Fahey Desmond, Henry F. Laird Jr., Trudy [...]

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