Chuck McBride represents clients in commercial and business litigation involving breach of contract, breach of warranty, common law fraud, business torts, securities fraud, anti-trust, tax appeals and a wide range of matters relating to telecommunications.  He has also defended complex products liability and mass tort cases at various times in his career, including claims arising from chemical exposure, welding consumables and silicone breast implants. 

In addition to his role as a litigator, Chuck regularly provides counseling and representation to the Firm’s telecommunications clients concerning contracts, communications, antitrust, advertising  and consumer protection laws and intellectual property matters.   He is recognized by Best Lawyers® in America in the fields of Communications Law and Commercial Litigation.  Chuck is a past chairman of one of the Firm’s two litigation departments and now serves on the Firm’s Board of Directors.   

Before attending law school, Chuck served on active duty as a United States Army officer where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Army Achievement Medal. 

Representative Matters

• Serves as co-lead counsel in an antitrust lawsuit brought by C Spire Wireless under the Clayton Act seeking an injunction against the proposed merger of T-Mobile by AT&T.  The case is currently pending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Serves as the Firm’s primary contact for and lead counsel to C Spire Wireless, which is one of the nation’s largest privately held wireless companies.
• Served as lead trial counsel for defendant in federal civil fraud trial tried to defense verdict
• Obtained dismissal along with Richard Cirilli on behalf of  five regional wireless carriers located in various parts of the United States from a patent infringement lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  
• Serves as lead counsel for C Spire Wireless in securities claims related to auction rate securities pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
  
• Represented nationwide retailer in dispute with landlord concerning rent and reconstruction obligations following Hurricane Katrina; obtained partial summary judgment and subsequent arbitration award for client.
• Represented defendants in securities litigation arising out of tax shelters.
• Represented telecommunications provider in litigation concerning interconnection before the Mississippi Public Service Commission and subsequent appeal to United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
  
• Served in the trial team defending a large chemical manufacturer in a federal lawsuit stemming from one of the worst ammonia plant disasters in history

Community & Professional Activities

• Securities Law Study Group of the Mississippi Secretary of State’s 2008 Business Reform Committee (participated in drafting of proposed new state securities laws)
• American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Communications Industry Committee
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Corporate Counsel Committee
• Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Mississippi Bar Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Goodwill Industries of Mississippi, Inc., Board of Directors 2002-2007 (Chairman, 2006)
• The Capital Club, Board Member, 2002-2006
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Advisory Board