Sharon Bridges is a Partner at Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes in Jackson, MS and has more than 12 years experience as a trial lawyer. She practices in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice and commercial litigation representing national and local corporations. Attorney Bridges draws her expertise from experiences as Assistant General Counsel for Tulane University Medical Center and as a former plaintiff’s attorney.

Attorney Bridges received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, with Honors, from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Attorney Bridges is a leader both in her community and within the legal profession. She currently serves as the  Regional Director for the National Bar Association Region V; Executive Board Member for the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section; Co-Chair for the American Association of Nurse Attorneys Litigation Section and Hinds County Bar Association Board Member. Attorney Bridges is a member of the American Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association and the Magnolia Bar Association. She is on the board of directors for the Mississippi School of Math and Science Foundation, Leadership Greater Jackson and volunteers for numerous other community agencies.

Representative Matters

• Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of St Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in a medical malpractice case filed by David Barham.The jury trial lasted one week in Hinds County Circuit Court.
• Obtained a Defense Verdict along with Jonathan Werne and John Wade in Hinds County Circuit Court in a suit brought against St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital.  The plaintiff in the case alleged St. Dominic breached the minimum duty of reasonable care, skill, and diligence and was negligent, grossly negligent, and reckless in their performance of medical procedures on Plaintiff.  On appeal, the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the defense verdict obtained in this case (See Bobbie Johnson v. St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, No. 2006-CA-01696-SCT).
• Achieved dismissals in separate cases of CEO Defendant in State Court in Mississippi.
• Achieved over 10 dismissals on behalf of healthcare client in complex litigation in State Court in Mississippi.
• Achieved several hundred dismissals on behalf of  pharmaceutical client in State and Federal Court in Mississippi.
• Achieved dismissal on behalf of oil and gas client in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Mississippi.
• Achieved dismissal on behalf of client in product liability case in the Circuit Court of Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
• Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a healthcare client in a jury trial in state court in 2006.
• Obtained a $36 million dollar verdict in a jury trial as co-lead trial counsel in a bad faith insurance case in state court in 2006.
• Achieved dismissal of Parent Corporation in a general liability case pending in a state court in Mississippi in 2007.
  
• Obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of Gulf Guaranty Insurance Company in a state court action in Louisiana in 2007.
• Obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of healthcare client in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi in 2007.
  

Speeches & Publications

• "2007 MS Nurse Practitioner Update" Mississippi Nurse Practitioner Association
  
• “Diversity: A Corporate Counsel and Corporate Executive Perspective” Seminar Chair, Hinds County Bar Association (2006)
• “Effective Closing Arguments” The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Litigation Meeting (2006)
• “Defending the Healthcare Provider in Medical Malpractice Cases” The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Teleseminar (2006)
• “2006 Medical Malpractice Update” Mississippi Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting
• “2006 Nursing Home Litigation Update” Magnolia Bar Association Annual Convention
• “Defending the Nursing Home Case” PESI Lecture Series (2005)
• “ Mississippi Nursing Home Negligence Update” PESI Lecture Series (2005)
• “Applying Medical Research to Prove What Causes and What Does Not Cause Compromise in Skin Integrity and Dehydration” DRI Nursing Home Seminar (2005)
• Preparing Nursing Home Employees for Deposition  Lorman Educational Series (2005)
• Visiting Professor, Dillard University School of Nursing (1995-1998)

Community & Professional Activities

• American, Mississippi, Louisiana and Magnolia Bar Associations
• National Bar Association (Regional Director, Region VI; Commercial Law Section, Board Member)
• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Co-Chair Litigation Section (2005-2007)Defense Research Institute
• Hinds County Bar Association, Board Member (2007-2008)
• Mississippi School of Math and Science Foundation, Board of Directors
• Leadership Greater Jackson, Board Member (2007-2008)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Mississippi Bar Association Ethics Committee
• National Bar Association ( Board Member-At-Large) and (Commercial Law Section Board Member)