Brunini Law

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125 YEARS AS MISSISSIPPI’S GO-TO FIRM

Brunini has been helping clients succeed since the 1890’s. No one in Mississippi has more experience.
No one in Mississippi works harder. For 125 years, we’ve been Mississippi’s go-to local law firm.
We still are today.

BREAKING: Take 2 – U.S. Department of Labor Unveils Updated Attempt to Expand Employee Overtime Eligibility

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (the DOL) released its newest Proposed Rule that, if implemented, would broaden federal overtime pay regulations to cover millions of additional workers who are currently exempt from overtime eligibility.  Under the Proposed Rule, the DOL seeks to update the regulations governing which executive, administrative, […]

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MATT ALLEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF MISSISSIPPI’S LEADING ATTORNEYS BY THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL

Matt Allen was recently recognized as one of Mississippi’s leading attorneys by the Mississippi Business Journal at the Leadership in Law Awards Ceremony. The men and women who have been chosen for this honor are recognized by their outstanding contributions that have increased the well-being of the community. The ceremony took place at the Old […]

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BRUNINI’S LEONARD A. BLACKWELL, II INDUCTED INTO THE 2019 LAW ALUMNI HALL OF FAME

Leonard A. Blackwell, II a partner at Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, will be inducted into The Law Alumni Chapter of the Alumni Association of the University of Mississippi 2019 Law Alumni Hall of Fame at an Alumni Banquet held on March 30, 2019. Leonard A. Blackwell, II, a graduate of the University of […]

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BRUNINI RECOGNIZED ON THE SHORTLIST IN THE 2019 EDITION OF BENCHMARK LITIGATION

Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC has made the shortlist of Litigation Law Firm of the Year for Mississippi in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation. Brunini is one of only four firms in Mississippi to achieve this honor, with the following attorneys ranked as “Mississippi Local Litigation Stars” in their respective practice areas: • […]

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E-Verify Website/Service Unavailable During Federal Government Shutdown

“E-Verify”—the U.S. Government’s federal electronic employment eligibility verification service—has “expired”  due to a lapse in funding.  As a result, the e-Verify site and its services are not functioning and will not be available to participating U.S. employers during the partial shutdown of the federal government that began December 22, 2018. The U.S. Department of Homeland […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on October 9, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the August meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since the […]

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Six attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” honored by Best Lawyers® 2019

Six attorneys with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Brunini lawyers were recognized in the following categories: The following attorneys were chosen as the Lawyer of the Year: J. Gordon Flowers: Best Lawyers® 2019, Tupelo, Miss., Product […]

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Brunini Welcomes Jacob A. Bradley

Jake has joined Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC as an associate in one of the firm’s litigation departments.  Before joining the firm, Jake clerked for the Honorable Judge Rhesa H. Barksdale on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jake is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi […]

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Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

32 of Brunini’s attorneys have been recognized in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Biloxi Leonard A. Blackwell II: Gaming Law, Land Use and Zoning Law Columbus J. Gordon Flowers: Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

Summary of Meeting Held March 12, 2019 The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on February 12, 2019, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the February meeting and the non-controversial actions/ […]

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BREAKING: Take 2 – U.S. Department of Labor Unveils Updated Attempt to Expand Employee Overtime Eligibility

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (the DOL) released its newest Proposed Rule that, if implemented, would broaden federal overtime pay regulations to cover millions of additional workers who are currently exempt from overtime eligibility.  Under the Proposed Rule, the DOL seeks to update the regulations governing which executive, administrative, […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

Summary of Meeting Held January 8, 2019 The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on December 11, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the August meeting and the non-controversial actions/ […]

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E-Verify Website/Service Unavailable During Federal Government Shutdown

“E-Verify”—the U.S. Government’s federal electronic employment eligibility verification service—has “expired”  due to a lapse in funding.  As a result, the e-Verify site and its services are not functioning and will not be available to participating U.S. employers during the partial shutdown of the federal government that began December 22, 2018. The U.S. Department of Homeland […]

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New Overtime Rule Proposal from Department of Labor Slated for Spring 2019

Last week, the Trump Administration published its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.  In it, the Trump Administration formally announced  the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) intention to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in March 2019 “to determine the appropriate salary level for exemption of executive, administrative and professional employees.”  […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on September 11, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the August meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since the […]

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Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality convened at 9:00 a.m., on July 26, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in Jackson. The Commission approved minutes from the previous meeting held on July 26, 2018.  Following a prepared agenda, items considered were as follows: Amendments to 11 Miss. Admin. Code Part […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on August 14, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the July meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since the […]

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Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board

Prepared By Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on July 10, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. James Hoffmann chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the June meeting and the non-controversial […]

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OSHA Releases Final/Updated Workplace Injury Reporting Rule

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized a newly updated Rule governing employer responsibilities in recordkeeping and reporting regarding workplace injuries and illnesses.  Effective in January 2017, the new Rule requires employers to electronically submit information about covered workplace injuries and illnesses to OSHA, for posting on the agency’s […]

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Five Things I Learned at Disney World

Last week, during my kids’ spring break, we finally took our epic family trip to Disney World (yes, I am the tightwad father that refused to take them until they were old enough to remember it because I didn’t want to “waste” the trip). We did it right, too. Instead of fooling with airports and […]

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Will Peyton Manning Win Defamation Case?

The Al Jazeera report that Peyton Manning’s wife received shipments of Human Growth Hormone has been much discussed the past several days. Peyton has said that any implication that he used the drug is a “complete fabrication” and that he is so angry that he’ll probably sue Al Jazeera. My good friend Rick Cleveland has […]

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The Things We Missed While Daydreaming in College Statistics

While I love numbers and “statistics” in the baseball sense of the word, I must admit that I never sat through a class in college that I considered more worthless than Statistics. I never considered a regression analysis too hard to regurgitate on a test, but the necessity of it escaped me. Possibly it was […]

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Community Banking: The Ultimate Moneyball

When I think about my childhood, the first and most vivid memory I have is of the summer before I turned 12. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, that summer was as close as I would ever come to realizing my dream of becoming a major league baseball player. That is because it […]

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Low Rent and Ramen Noodles?

Like all of us, the older I get, the more I understand the genetics lessons I learned in high school biology. As a kid, I would sit at the dinner table every night and listen to my father tell his same favorite stories over and over again, laughing harder each time he told them. I […]

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“This Business Ain’t Hard, Son, You Just Can’t Make Bad Loans”

In April, 2008, I personally needed a change of scenery. I was extremely lucky to be part of arguably the largest banking law practice in the state at that time, and I was equally fortunate to have arguably the state’s best known banking attorney as my mentor. However, the pressures and stresses of balancing the […]

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Small Community Banks in Rural Areas Still Make Money?

“Wait a minute,” you say, “this can’t be right. Everything I have heard in banking for the past 20 years has told me my bank must get larger. We must abandon these old, rural markets for the greener pastures of America’s cities and suburbs, where loans and deposits flow like milk and honey.” Well, sit […]

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Community Banks to America: “The Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated.”

We all know the story and ultimate conclusion, right? Commercial banking is becoming more complex, regulations are multiplying exponentially each passing day, commercial activity and related loans are migrating more and more to metropolitan areas, so therefore small town, community banks are quickly becoming a thing of the past. They simply can’t keep up. Not […]

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Mississippi's newest 125-year-old law firm

Brunini has been a leader in Mississippi for more than 125 years. But with new clients, new attorneys, and a whole new attitude, we’re re-taking the Mississippi legal community by storm.

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