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Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC associate Hunter C. Ransom has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Capital Area Bar Association (CABA), which serves Hinds County and the metropolitan areas of Madison and Rankin counties in Mississippi.

CABA aims to uphold high standards of professional service and conduct, support the fair and efficient administration of justice, provide an open forum to address legal issues, preserve the adversary system of justice and trial by jury, foster collegiality among members, and maintain the highest respect of the community.

Hunter joined Brunini’s litigation department in 2023 after a clerkship for the Honorable Kristi H. Johnson in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

He has served in leadership roles for organizations including the Jackson Young Lawyers, Phoenix Club of Jackson, Ole Miss Young Alumni Council, Fifth Circuit Bar Association, and the Charles Clark American Inn of Court. He is a graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law and University of Mississippi.

Brunini, based in Jackson, is one of Mississippi’s longest-established law firms. Founded more than a century ago, the firm comprises over 45 attorneys focused on litigation, commercial, and regulatory law, serving businesses and institutions across the region.

Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC attorney Cody C. Bailey has been recognized in the Legal 500’s inaugural Southeast Commercial Disputes Elite City rankings. Legal 500 determines its rankings through a comprehensive research process that includes client and peer feedback and market reputation.

A member at Brunini, Cody serves as outside general counsel to businesses across the construction, development, real estate, infrastructure, industrial, and financial sectors. He handles complex commercial and constitutional litigation, including defending putative class actions in federal court. His experience spans commercial disputes, shareholder matters involving closely held companies, financial and banking claims, Section 1983 and other constitutional claims, easement and takings issues, securities litigation, real property disputes, and wrongful death cases.

Brunini, based in Jackson, is one of Mississippi’s longest-established law firms. Founded more than a century ago, the firm has grown to comprise over 45 attorneys focused on litigation, commercial, and regulatory law, serving businesses and institutions across the region.

Adam Vaughan has joined Brunini as a member of the Real Estate, Corporate Law, and Economic and Project Development practice groups within the firm’s commercial department, bringing extensive experience in complex real estate transactions, affordable housing development, and finance.

Adam partners with developers, business owners, and government entities to help move projects from concept to completion, structuring transactions, navigating regulatory requirements, and identifying practical solutions that align with clients’ strategic and financial objectives. He helps clients anticipate potential challenges, mitigate exposure, keep complex developments on track, and execute initiatives that generate long-term economic impact while meeting operational and compliance demands.

“We are delighted to welcome Adam to the firm,” said managing partner James McCullough. “Adam has played a key role in the development of transformative community projects across the Southeast. His experience further elevates our ability to meet clients’ increasing real estate and economic development needs.”

As one of Mississippi’s longest-established law firms, Brunini serves business clients in the areas of commercial, litigation, and regulatory law. The firm’s commercial department counsels clients in matters of general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, public and industrial development financing and tax incentives, securities regulation, financial services and banking, real estate transactions, insurance regulation, syndication, estate planning, antitrust, and corporate and personal taxation.