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Benje Bailey

Member

Tel: 601-973-8709
Fax: 601-960-6902
bbailey@brunini.com
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Practice Areas

Antitrust
Breach of Contract
Business Torts
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Personal Injury, Mass Torts, and Product Liability
Premises Liability

Benje Bailey

Member

Biography

Benje Bailey joined the Brunini Firm in 2000 and is a member of one of
the Firm’s litigation departments. He received his B.P.A. from Mississippi
State University in 1997 and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi
in 2000, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the
Mississippi Law Journal. Benje has extensive experience in handling
complex commercial, products liability, and mass tort cases in state and
federal courts in Mississippi and elsewhere. Benje has been a member
of trial teams on multi-state litigation concerning issues of national
significance.

Benje has been recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America in
Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants,
and Trademark Law. Mid-South© Rising Stars also recognized him in
Business Litigation, and he is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell.

Benje is a past Recruiting Chairman of the Firm and is currently serving
as the Firm’s Associate Liaison. Benje is active in the Firm’s global legal
network, Meritas, as a member of the Litigation Steering Committee
and the New Member Engagement Committee. Benje has also been
active in business and civic affairs. He is a current Board Member for
Make-A-Wish Mississippi and the Sweetwaters Ministry. He also serves
as the President of North Jackson Youth Baseball & Softball and coaches
a number of youth sports teams.

Benje and his wife, Mimi, have four children and are active in their
church, Pinelake.

Education

  • J.D., University of Mississippi, 2000
  • B.P.A., Mississippi State University, 1997

Admissions

  • Mississippi (2000)
  • United States District Court of Mississippi (2000)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2000)
  • United States Supreme Court (2017)

Community & Professional Activities

  • Capital Area Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Fifth Circuit Bar Association
  • Jackson Young Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Jackson Preparatory School Alumni Council 2008-10
  • Meritas, Litigation Steering Committee Member
  • Make-A-Wish Mississippi, Board of Directors
  • Sweetwaters Ministry, Board of Directors
  • North Jackson Youth Baseball & Softball, President 2016-present

Representative Matters

  • Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in multidistrict class action antitrust litigation centralized in Alabama federal court in which subscribers and health care providers allege a conspiracy to allocate markets and fix prices for health insurance premiums and provider reimbursements.
  • Represented Lincoln Electric, The BOC Group, Hobart, Illinois Tool Works, The ESAB Group, Airgas, and others in multidistrict litigation centralized in Ohio federal court and related  Federal and state trial and appellate court litigation in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, and West Virginia by plaintiffs alleging neurological injury resulting from exposure to fumes from welding consumables and equipment.
  • Represented a variety of manufacturers in Mississippi litigation brought by plaintiffs alleging product liability claims.

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers In America©: Lawyer of the Year, 2022 – Trademark Law
  • Martindale Hubbell: “AV Preeminent”
  • Mid-South© Rising Stars: Business Litigation
  • Best Lawyers in America©: Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants and Trademark Law
  • The Best Lawyers® in America

News

  • BRUNINI ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© 2023 EDITION
  • Brunini Named Best Law Firm in Mississippi for Third Year in a Row
  • Brunini Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers
  • Brunini Law Firm Earns Recertification in Meritas, the Leading Global Alliance of Independent Business Law Firms
  • CORONAVIRUS AND THE INTERRUPTION OF YOUR BUSINESS
  • CORONAVIRUS AND THE INTERRUPTION OF YOUR BUSINESS
  • Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
  • Benje Bailey Named to Meritas Board of Directors
  • Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
  • United States Supreme Court denies certiorari review of Fifth Circuit ruling affirming summary judgment for clients
  • Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers® 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Clients
  • Brunini’s 2014 Super Lawyers
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