Julie Jarrell Gresham is a Member in the firm's Gulf Coast office. Julie concentrates her practice on litigation matters, including complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, personal injury, wrongful death and premises liability lawsuits.  Julie also has experience in handling employment cases involving alleged wrongful discharge, breach of employment contracts and non-competition agreements.   Julie received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal and recipient of the Robert C. Khayat Scholarship.  Julie was also a member of the Moot Court Board.  She served as an Executive Officer and received the Herbert E. Dewees, Jr. and Timothy L. Walsh National Moot Court Competition Team Award, the Saul Lefkowitz Patent Law Moot Court Competition Team Award and the Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines and Myers ABA Regional Appellate Competition Team Award.

Speeches & Publications

Speeches

• Mississippi Bar Convention Summer School, Sandestin, Florida, "Come Hell or Highwater -An Overview of Legal Issues Involved in the Hurricane Katrina Homeowner's Assistance Program" (July 2007)
• Mississippi Girls’ State Delegation, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, "Why Every Young Woman Should Vote" (June 2001 and June 2002)

Publications

• Who Dat Gonna Be Responsible for Damages Caused by Chinese Drywall? The MDLA Quarterly, The Publication of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2010
• 2005 Product Liability Warnings Monograph, Contributing Author, American Bar Association, 2005
• An Easy Cause of Action for Spam Faxes – The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, in Birmingham Bar Bulletin 20-22 (Issue 2), Vol. 24, 2003

Community & Professional Activities

• Communication Consultant, Communications Counsel of America, Inc.
• Leadership Gulf Coast, Class of 2009-10
• American Red Cross, Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors; Philanthropy Chairman
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, East Harrison County Unit Board
• Leadership Mississippi, Class of 2008-09
• Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
• Coast Young Professionals, Board of Directors
• University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association, Board of Directors
• Lamar Order, University of Mississippi School of Law
• Juris Sodalitas Fellowship of Law, University of Southern Mississippi
• Defense Research Institute, Professionalism Committee
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• The Mississippi Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division, Secretary (term begins 2011); Board of Directors (2008-2010); Co-chair of Bridge the Gap Seminar Committee (2009-2010)
• The Mississippi Bar Association, Women in the Profession Committee
• The American Bar Association (Advisory Panel Member; Young Lawyers Section; Litigation Section)
• The Harrison County Bar Association
• The Alabama Bar Association
• Alabama Board of Directors for Arthritis Foundation (2003-2004)
• Exceptional Foundation, Junior Board of Directors, Birmingham, Alabama (2003-2004)