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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 […]
Read MoreJake 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 […]
Read More32 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 […]
Read MoreThe Brunini firm is proud to recognize Cody Bailey, Karen Howell and Taylor McNeel, as they have been selected in the 40 & Under Hot List. They are among the top young talent in their respective litigation communities in Mississippi and throughout the United States. Benchmark Litigation focuses exclusively on litigation in the United States. […]
Read MoreLynne K. Green and Joseph E. Varner III, both partners in the Jackson law firm of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, have been ranked in Chambers 2018 High Net Worth Guide. They were also ranked in 2017, which was the first year Mississippi attorneys and law firms were included in this guide. Chambers High Net […]
Read MoreNorman “Benje” Bailey, a partner in the Jackson law firm of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, has been named to the Board of Directors of a global affiliation of law firms. Meritas has affiliates in 242 cities of 89 countries. The affiliation is composed of more than 7,600 attorneys. Bailey is a litigator with the […]
Read MoreOn Monday, February 26, 2018, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling in holding that workplace discrimination premised on an employee’s sexual orientation is covered by Title VII’s express prohibition against gender-based discrimination. In so doing, the Second Circuit reversed its own precedent established less than one year ago, and in […]
Read MoreBy: John E. Milner, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes PLLC On October 16, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a directive stating that he is ending “sue and settle” agreements through which Pruitt asserts that environmental organizations have forced EPA into legal agreements that impose binding deadlines for issuing discretionary regulations. The directive, together with an explanatory […]
Read MoreJACKSON, Miss.– Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC is pleased to announce that William B. Grete has joined the firm as a Partner in its Jackson office. As the former Vice President and General Counsel of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems Inc., Mr. Grete brings over 20 years of healthcare experience to the firm as an […]
Read MoreLast 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.” […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MorePrepared 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 […]
Read MoreThe Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on June 12, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. Dennis Riecke chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the May meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since the […]
Read MoreThe Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on May 8, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. Dennis Riecke chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the April meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since […]
Read MoreThe Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality convened at 9:00 a.m., on May 24, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality in Jackson. The Commission approved minutes from the previous meeting held on February 22, 2018. Chairman Jack Winstead welcomed new Commissioner, Patrick L. Johnson, Jr. and announced the upcoming retirement of […]
Read MoreThe Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board (“Board”) convened its regular monthly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on April 10, 2018, at the offices of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, in Jackson. Dennis Riecke chaired the meeting. The Board approved minutes from the March meeting and the non-controversial actions/ certifications completed by the staff since the […]
Read MoreOn 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 […]
Read MoreLast 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreWhile 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 […]
Read MoreWhen 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 […]
Read MoreLike 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 […]
Read MoreIn 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 […]
Read More“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 […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreBrunini 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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