SENIOR FELLOW PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STEPHEN J. CARMODY NAMED SENIOR FELLOW OF LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA
Jackson attorney Stephen J. Carmody, of the law firm Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLCC, has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). Carmody is a litigator in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice group. Steve’s practice emphasizes labor, employment, employee benefits, intellectual property, and construction litigation. He has handled a number of collective action lawsuits alleging wage and hour violations. He has taught food products litigation, seminars for the National Business Institute and the University of Mississippi Continuing Legal Education Department. He has served as a guest lecturer at Mississippi College School of Law.
The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. Senior Fellow status in the society is reserved for advanced commitment to and support of the LCA, the Diversity Law Institute and the Trial Law Institute. The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition. Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership. The number of Fellowships has been kept at an exclusive limit by design, allowing qualifications, diversity and inclusion to align effectively, with recognition of excellence in litigation across all segments of the bar. Fellows are generally at the partner or shareholder level, or are independent practitioners with recognized experience and accomplishment. In addition, the LCA is dedicated to promoting superior advocacy, professionalism and ethical standards among its Fellows.
Carmody is a member of the Catholic Foundation and Director of its Bishop’s Cup Charity Golf Tournament. He also serves as a Board Member, Legal Counsel, Vice President and Treasurer of the Board of Governors of the Country Club of Jackson.