M. Patrick McDowell
Member

Practice Areas
AntitrustAppellate
Banking and Lender Liability
Breach of Contract
Business Torts
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Personal Injury, Mass Torts, and Product Liability
Securities Fraud & Shareholder Disputes
Technology and Software
Telecommunications
M. Patrick McDowell
Member
Biography
Based in Nashville, Patrick McDowell is licensed to practice in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. His practice focuses on complex litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, including antitrust, contract, business tort, unfair competition, RICO, trademark, securities, product liability, drug and medical device, toxic exposure, and environmental litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended commercial disputes on behalf of entertainment, environmental, financial, food, insurance, manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, and television services providers. He has also successfully defended manufacturers, producers, and licensors against product liability, negligence, and toxic tort claims.
Patrick concentrates much of his practice on the defense of multi-state and federal multidistrict litigation, class actions, mass torts, and attorney general civil litigation. He has represented healthcare insurers and food producers in multidistrict antitrust class actions; telecommunications and technology services providers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class actions; employers, insurers, banks, and television service providers in federal class actions; drug, device, and other product manufacturers in multidistrict and multi-state mass tort actions; and drug and device manufacturers, healthcare insurers, and financial service providers in attorney general civil litigation.
Patrick has been recognized by Chambers USA© for Litigation: General Commercial; by Mid-South Super Lawyers® for Business Litigation; by Benchmark Litigation© as a Mississippi Local Litigation Star and a Fifth Circuit Appellate Star; and by Best Lawyers© for Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Securities, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants, and Trade Secrets Law, including recognition as Litigation–Securities Lawyer of the Year for 2019 and 2021.
Patrick is a past president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a current member of the national FBA’s Constitution and Bylaws Committee. He is the immediate past chair of the IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee, previously served on the ABA Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee as newsletter editor, and currently serves on the DRI Commercial Litigation Committee steering committee as specialized litigation group coordinator.
Before joining the Brunini firm, Patrick served as a law clerk for the Honorable William H. Barbour, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Education
- J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1992 (Associate Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review; Moot Court Board)
- B.B.A., University of Mississippi, 1988
Admissions
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama; Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; Middle District of Georgia; Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Tennessee; Southern District of Texas.
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits
- United States Supreme Court
Community & Professional Activities
- Alabama State Bar
- Arkansas Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- The Mississippi Bar (Bench-Bar Liaison Committee)
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association (Mississippi Chapter Past President, National Council Delegate, National Constitution & Bylaws Committee)
- Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, Program Committee Chair, Executive Committee Member)
- Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)
- Southern Law Network (Litigation Group Coordinator)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Corporate Counsel College (Advisory Board)
- Appellate Practice Committee
- Business Litigation Committee
- Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee (Immediate Past Chair)
- Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee
- Intellectual Property Committee
- Product Liability Committee
- Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee
- Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee
- DRI, The Voice of the Defense Bar
- Appellate Advocacy Committee
- Commercial Litigation Committee (Steering Committee, Specialized Litigation Group Coordinator)
- Antitrust, Consumer Protection & Distribution SLG
- Business Torts and Contract Litigation SLG
- Class Actions SLG
- Financial Services Litigation SLG
- Drug and Medical Device Committee
- Class Action and Multi-Party Litigation SLG
- Intellectual Property Litigation Committee – Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets
- Product Liability Committee
- Chemical and Toxic Tort SLG
- Mass Torts & Class Actions SLG
- Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee
- The American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
- Antitrust Litigation Committee
- Appellate Practice Committee
- Business Torts and Unfair Competition Litigation Committee
- Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee (Newsletter Editorial Board)
- Commercial and Business Litigation Committee
- Intellectual Property Litigation Committee
- Mass Torts Litigation Committee
- Products Liability Committee
Representative Matters
Contract and Business Tort Litigation
- Representing Trustmark National Bank in Alabama state court trust litigation.
- Representing Providence Management, LLC and related entities in Mississippi state court guaranty litigation against Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III entities.
- Representing Infinex Investments, Inc. in Mississippi federal court litigation against Cadence Bank.
- Represented Trustmark National Bank in Arkansas federal court interpleader litigation.
- Represented Natchez Riverside Entertainment, L.P. and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation alleging breach of contract, fraud, and tortious interference with business relations.
- Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Steel Outdoors, Inc. and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Representing Watkins & Eager PLLC in Mississippi state court professional liability litigation.
- Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi state court action alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, and negligence.
- Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation and arbitration alleging breach of contract to provide Birmingham Heart Clinic with cloud-based data storage services.
- Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Littco, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Represented Uni-Form Components Co. in Mississippi federal court litigation against Great River Industries, LLC and Enerfab, Inc. alleging breach of sales contract and breach of warranties.
- Represented Shular Companies in Tennessee state court litigation alleging breach of trust agreements and seeking accounting.
- Represented Watkins & Eager PLLC in Mississippi state court litigation arising from its expulsion of a firm member.
- Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Tennessee federal court litigation against Blue Steel, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Represented Jeff Pyle in Tennessee state court litigation against ADS Security, LLC alleging breaches of noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements.
- Represented Business Communications Inc. in Tennessee federal court litigation alleging breach of an employment contract.
- Represented First Data Corporation and its affiliates in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama state and federal court litigation alleging breaches of credit card processing agreements.
- Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation against NSH Corporation to recover for cloud hosting and support services financial analytics software TekLinks provided to NSH.
- Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation alleging that Anheuser-Busch conspired with a Mississippi beer distributor to tortiously interfere with Yuengling’s business and exclude Yuengling from the Mississippi beer market.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court litigation against Prophix Software to recover for financial analytics software that failed to perform as promised.
- Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi state court litigation against Falcon IP to recover for video services-related equipment and services that failed to perform as promised.
- Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in breach-of-warranty action against Hyde Products in Mississippi federal court.
- Represented Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. and Laidlaw Environmental Services in Mississippi federal court litigation asserting antitrust, contract, and business tort claims.
- Represented Standard Bank in Mississippi state court commercial litigation.
- Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in noncompete litigation against Automated Communications in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
- Represented Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company in Mississippi state court construction litigation.
- Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation and Terra International in insurance bad faith litigation in Mississippi federal court.
- Represented Life of Georgia in insurance bad faith litigation in Mississippi state court.
- Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in Mississippi state court commercial litigation against TriTel Communications.
Attorney General Litigation
- Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to artificially manipulate diabetes medication prices in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices in the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes and related products under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive failure to warn under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Representing Purdue Pharma, LP and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging violations of the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control Act and the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Represented Credit Acceptance Corporation in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive lending practices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to reduce isocyanates supplies and fix prices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act and Mississippi Antitrust Act.
Antitrust Litigation
- Representing Idaho Forest Group in Mississippi federal court litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix lumber prices in violation of federal antitrust law.
- 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.
- Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in state and federal opt-out antitrust litigation by subscribers alleging a conspiracy to allocate markets and fix prices for health insurance premiums and provider reimbursements.
- Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in antitrust litigation filed in Oklahoma federal court alleging a conspiracy to maintain artificially low broiler grower pay.
- Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in antitrust litigation consolidated in Illinois federal court in which direct and indirect broiler purchasers allege a conspiracy to reduce chicken meat output and fix prices.
- Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to reduce isocyanates supplies and fix prices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act and Mississippi Antitrust Act.
- Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. as defendant and cross-claimant in Mississippi state court litigation alleging that Anheuser-Busch conspired with a Mississippi beer distributor to tortiously interfere with Yuengling’s business and exclude Yuengling from the Mississippi beer market in violation of Mississippi antitrust law and the Mississippi Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. and Corr Wireless Communications d/b/a C Spire Wireless as plaintiffs in Mississippi federal court antitrust litigation alleging that AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm conspired to exclude competitors through the wireless spectrum standard-setting process.
- Represented Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. and Laidlaw Environmental Services in Mississippi federal court litigation asserting federal antitrust claims.
- Represented Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. in Mississippi state court antitrust litigation concerning the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s denial of a competitor’s license application.
Financial Services Litigation
- Representing Trustmark National Bank in Alabama state court trust litigation.
- Representing Infinex Investments, Inc., in Mississippi federal court litigation against Cadence Bank.
- Represented Trustmark National Bank in Arkansas federal court interpleader litigation.
- Representing Entergy Mississippi, LLC in Mississippi federal court class action alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
- Represented Credit Acceptance Corporation in Mississippi federal court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging deceptive lending practices under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act
- Represented First Data Corporation and its affiliates in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee state and federal court litigation concerning credit card processing services.
- Represented Trustmark National Bank in Mississippi federal court class action litigation concerning overdraft fees and out-of-network ATM fees.
Media, Intellectual Property, and Trade Secrets Litigation
- Representing TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Texas federal court patent litigation brought by Estech Systems, Inc.
- Representing Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Steel Outdoors, Inc. and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Representing WHY Films, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation concerning ownership and distribution rights for a feature film.
- Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Mississippi federal court litigation against Littco, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Represented Reed’s Metals, LLC in Tennessee federal court litigation against Blue Steel, LLC and its affiliates alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty, tortious interference, and unfair competition.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court patent litigation brought by serial patent plaintiff Techno Licensing, LLC.
- Represented ESPN, Inc. and Mt. Philo Films in Mississippi federal court litigation in which plaintiff asserted copyright and contract claims alleging the use of plaintiff’s film footage and story ideas for a television film without adequate compensation or attribution.
- Represented The Outdoor Syndicate, LLC and Hornady Manufacturing Company, Inc. in Mississippi state court litigation asserting tort claims arising from a television hunting show’s alleged incorporation of footage of the plaintiffs’ hunts without their consent.
- Represented Antler Insanity, LLC and BYG Outdoors, LLC in Mississippi federal court trademark litigation asserting conflicting ownership claims over various marks featured in a hunting television program, website, hunting accessories, apparel, and related promotional materials.
RICO Litigation
- Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court RICO litigation challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
- Represented BLD Services, LLC and D&O Contractors, Inc. in Louisiana and Mississippi federal trial and appellate court litigation asserting civil RICO claims arising from the awarding and performance of debris removal and clean-up contracts following Hurricane Katrina.
- Represented Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in Mississippi federal court RICO litigation concerning the awarding of the State Health Plan administration contract.
Securities Litigation
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in FINRA arbitration proceeding against Sovereign Holdings, LLC and UVEST Financial Services for investing the client’s funds in unsuitable auction rate securities.
- Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class action litigation centralized in New York federal court and related federal and state court litigation in Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and Kansas.
- Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in unrelated securities class action litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
Telecommunications and Data Services Litigation
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Texas federal court class action alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations.
- Representing TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Texas federal court patent litigation brought by Estech Systems, Inc.
- Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation and arbitration alleging breach of contract to provide Birmingham Heart Clinic with cloud-based data storage services.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming personal injuries resulting from allegedly defective device.
- Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in AT&T’s Mississippi state court bid protest and appeal from the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services’ contract award for Statewide Telecommunications Services to C Spire.
- Represented TekLinks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Business in Alabama state court litigation against NSH Corporation to recover for cloud hosting and support services financial analytics software TekLinks provided to NSH.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming economic loss from allegedly defective device.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Mississippi federal court patent litigation brought by serial patent plaintiff Techno Licensing, LLC.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi federal court litigation alleging Privacy Act violations.
- Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Tennessee federal court litigation against the City of Memphis alleging that the City’s rights-of-way use ordinance constituted an unlawful tax in violation of state law and an unreasonable barrier to market entry in violation of the federal Telecommunications Act.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless and Corr Wireless Communications in Mississippi federal court antitrust litigation alleging that AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm conspired to exclude competitors through the wireless spectrum standard-setting process.
- Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in commercial litigation against Automated Communications in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
- Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in Mississippi state court commercial litigation against TriTel Communications.
Class Action Litigation
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in Texas federal court class action alleging Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations.
- Representing Entergy Mississippi, LLC in Mississippi federal court class action alleging Fair Credit Reporting Act violations.
- Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in multidistrict class action antitrust litigation centralized in Alabama federal court.
- Representing Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in antitrust class action settlement opt-out litigation in California state and Alabama federal court.
- Representing Southern Hens, Inc. in broiler grower antitrust class action litigation filed in Oklahoma federal court.
- Representing the Mississippi Poultry Association and Southern Hens, Inc. in consolidated multidistrict antitrust litigation centralized in Illinois federal court.
- Represented JD’s Towing of Nashville, LLC in FLSA collective action in Tennessee federal court.
- Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in two Mississippi federal court class actions challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
- Represented Trustmark National Bank in Mississippi federal court class action litigation concerning overdraft fees and out-of-network ATM fees.
- Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in multidistrict securities and ERISA class action litigation centralized in New York federal court and related federal and state court litigation in Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, and Kansas.
- Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in unrelated securities class action litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
- Represented Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. in mass action grower litigation in Mississippi state court.
- Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in class action employment litigation in Mississippi federal trial and appellate courts.
Mass Tort Litigation
- Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in multidistrict litigation centralized in Ohio federal court and related federal and state trial and appellate court litigation in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia by plaintiffs alleging neurological injury resulting from exposure to fumes from welding consumables and equipment.
- Represented Mine Safety Appliances and others in Mississippi and Arkansas state and federal trial and appellate court litigation brought by plaintiffs alleging injury from silica exposure due to alleged defects in respiratory protection equipment.
Drug and Device Litigation
- Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging a conspiracy to artificially manipulate diabetes medication prices in violation of the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
- Representing Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office under the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act alleging deceptive failure to adequately warn of alleged side effects of cancer treatment drug.
- Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court product liability litigation concerning marketing of e-cigarettes and related products.
- Represented JUUL Labs, Inc. in Mississippi federal court class actions challenging various alleged advertising and sales practices concerning e-cigarettes and related products.
- Representing Purdue Pharma, LP and its affiliates in Mississippi state court litigation filed by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office alleging violations of the Mississippi Medicaid Fraud Control Act and the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.
Explosion and Fire Litigation
- Represented BlackRock Capital in West Virginia state court wrongful death actions arising from a fire and explosion at a titanium and zirconium recycling facility.
- Represented Astec Industries in Mississippi state court wrongful death actions arising from a fire and explosion at a rubber recycling facility.
- Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation in Mississippi and Iowa federal trial and appellate court litigation arising from a fire and explosion at an ammonium nitrate plant.
Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation
- Represented Texas Eastern Transmission, Spectra Energy, and Duke Energy in alleged PCB exposure litigation in Mississippi federal court.
- Represented Central Industries in environmental and mass toxic tort litigation Mississippi state court concerning alleged air and water emissions.
- Represented Genesis Pipeline in Mississippi state court litigation concerning an alleged pipeline release.
- Represented Southland Oil in Mississippi federal court environmental litigation concerning an alleged underground storage tank release.
Personal Injury Litigation
- Representing ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd. in federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
- Represented Cellular South, Inc. d/b/a C Spire Wireless in Mississippi state court litigation claiming personal injuries resulting from allegedly defective device.
- Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. in Mississippi state and federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
- Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia state and federal court litigation alleging personal injury.
- Represented Mine Safety Appliances and others in Arkansas and Mississippi state and federal trial and appellate court litigation alleging personal injury.
Appellate Litigation
- Representing Watkins & Eager PLLC in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Representing Idaho Forest Group in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented Watkins & Eager PLLC in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
- Represented Telepak Networks, Inc. d/b/a C Spire in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC and its affiliates in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented MCNS Polyurethanes USA, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented BLD Services, LLC and D&O Contractors, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court.
- Represented Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.; The BOC Group, Inc. (now The Linde Group); Hobart Brothers, LLC; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; The ESAB Group, Inc.; Airgas (now Air Liquide), and others in the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented Raimee Marmillion in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented MCI WorldCom, Inc. and Bernie Ebbers in the Second, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.
- Represented Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented Mississippi Chemical Corporation in the Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court.
- Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company in the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
- Represented WorldCom, Inc. f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc. in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Represented Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
- Represented the Mississippi Casino Operators Association in the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Reported Decisions
- ex rel. Fitch v. Eli Lilly & Co., 2022 WL 18401603 (S.D. Miss. 2022)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2022 WL 4587618 (N.D. Ala. 2022)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2022 WL 4587617 (N.D. Ala. 2022)
- ex rel. Fitch v. Eli Lilly & Co., ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, 2022 WL 3222890 (S.D. Miss. 2022)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2022 WL 3221887 (N.D. Ala. 2022)
- ex rel. Fitch v. Eli Lilly & Co., 2022 WL 2467723 (S.D. Miss. 2022)
- Simmons Bank v. UFOTJENJU, LLC, 2022 WL 3270611 (W.D. Ark. 2022)
- David B. Turner Builders LLC v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 603 F. Supp. 3d 459 (S.D. Miss. 2022)
- Dominic-Jackson Mem. Hosp. v. Newton, 336 So. 3d 1089 (Miss. 2022)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2022 WL 480140 (N.D. Ala. 2022)
- David B. Turner Builders LLC v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 2021 WL 5869183 (S.D. Miss. 2021)
- David B. Turner Builders LLC v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 2021 WL 5867406 (S.D. Miss. 2021)
- David B. Turner Builders LLC v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 2021 WL 5098283 (S.D. Miss. 2021)
- Watkins & Eager PLLC v. Lawrence, 326 So. 3d 988 (Miss. 2021)
- Stuart v. St. Dominic-Jackson Mem. Hosp., 310 So. 3d 831 (Miss. 2021)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2020 WL 8256366 (N.D. Ala. 2020)
- Stuart v. St. Dominic-Jackson Mem. Hosp., 311 So. 3d 1192 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)
- AT&T Corp. v. Miss. Dep’t Information Tech. Servs., 298 So. 3d 938 (Miss. 2020)
- Rex Distributing Co., Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, 271 So. 3d 445 (Miss. 2019)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2019 WL 5076548 (N.D. Ala. 2019)
- Conway v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, 2019 WL 1620360 (N.D. Ala. 2019)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2018 WL 7152887 (11th Cir. 2018)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2018 WL 3326850 (N.D. Ala. 2018)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2018 WL 1796257 (N.D. Ala. 2018)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 308 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (N.D. Ala. 2018)
- Spire, Inc. v. Cellular South, Inc., 2017 WL 11512582 (S.D. Ala. 2017)
- 38 Films, LLC v. Yamano, 2017 WL 7038122 (N.D. Miss. 2017)
- 38 Films, LLC v. Yamano, 296 F. Supp. 3d 813 (N.D. Miss. 2017)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2017 WL 2797267 (N.D. Ala. 2017)
- Spire, Inc. v. Cellular South, Inc., 2017 WL 3995759 (S.D. Ala. 2017)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 238 F. Supp. 3d 1313 (N.D. Ala. 2017)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2017 WL 588445 (N.D. Ala. 2017)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2017 WL 2797267 (N.D. Ala. 2017)
- Fish v. AL Solutions, Inc., 2016 WL 9224907 (W. Va. Cir. Ct. 2016)
- Ivory v. Freese & Goss, PLLC, 2016 WL 9087300 (S.D. Miss. 2016)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 2016 WL 6124143 (N.D. Ala. 2016)
- Farmer v. D&O Contractors, Inc., 640 F. App’x 302 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 137 S. Ct. 373 (2016)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 225 F. Supp. 3d 1269 (N.D. Ala. 2016)
- Bridges v. Freese, 122 F. Supp. 3d 538 (S.D. Miss. 2015)
- Hartley v. Freese & Goss, PLLC, 2015 WL 13333625 (S.D. Miss. 2015)
- Bridges v. Freese, 2015 WL 1401513 (S.D. Miss. 2015)
- Farmer v. D&O Contractors, Inc., 2015 WL 1184508 (E.D. La. 2015)
- Telepak Networks, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 2015 WL 1746551 (W.D. Tenn. 2015)
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, 26 F. Supp. 3d 1172 (N.D. Ala. 2014)
- Telepak Networks, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 2014 WL 5795499 (W.D. Tenn. 2014)
- In re JP Morgan Auction Rate Securities (ARS) Marketing Litigation, 2014 WL 4953554 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
- Smith v. Antler Insanity, LLC, 58 F. Supp. 3d 716 (S.D. Miss. 2014)
- Telepak Networks, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 2014 WL 12611255 (W.D. Tenn. 2014)
- Farmer v. D&O Contractors, Inc., 40 F. Supp. 3d 793 (N.D. Miss. 2014)
- Robinson v. Mine Safety Appliances Co., 2014 WL 3734871 (E.D. Ark. 2014), aff’d, 795 F. 3d 879 (8th Cir. 2015)
- Corr Wireless Communications, LLC v. AT&T, Inc., 2013 WL 4829287 (N.D. Miss. 2013)
- Baxter v. Lincoln Electric Co., 2012 WL 112526 (N.D. Ohio 2012)
- Corr Wireless Communications, LLC v. AT&T, Inc., 907 F. Supp. 2d 793 (N.D. Miss. 2012)
- Corr Wireless Communications, LLC v. AT&T, Inc., 893 F. Supp. 2d 789 (N.D. Miss. 2012)
- Jowers v. Lincoln Electric Co., 617 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 2010)
- Lincoln Electric Co. v. McLemore, 54 So. 3d 833 (Miss. 2010)
- Marmillion v. American International Insurance Co., 381 F. App’x 421 (5th Cir. 2010)
- Belcher v. Airco Inc., 2009 WL 3376975 (W. Va. Cir. Ct. 2009)
- Jowers v. BOC Group, Inc., 608 F. Supp. 2d 724 (S.D. Miss. 2009)
- Jowers v. BOC Group, Inc., 2009 WL 995613 (S.D. Miss. 2009)
- Marmillion v. American International Insurance Co., 2008 WL 4514375 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
- In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, 2007 WL 1702953 (N.D. Ohio 2007)
- In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, 2007 WL 1087605 (N.D. Ohio 2007)
- In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, 2005 WL 5417813 (N.D. Ohio 2005)
- In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, 2005 WL 147081 (N.D. Ohio 2005)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2005 WL 335201 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
- In re Welding Rod Products Liability Litigation, 2004 WL 1179454 (N.D. Ohio 2004)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, 308 F. Supp. 2d 236 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2004 WL 884947 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. ERISA Litigation, 263 F. Supp. 2d 745 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
- Retirement Systems of Alabama v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 2003 WL 23526878 (11th Cir. 2003)
- Goldstein v. MCI WorldCom, Inc., 340 F.3d 238 (5th Cir. 2003)
- Conyers v. Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, 269 F. Supp. 2d 735 (N.D. Miss. 2003)
- Teachers’ Retirement Sys. of Illinois v. WorldCom, Inc., 244 F. Supp. 2d 900 (N.D. Ill. 2002)
- Surplus City USA Inc. v. Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp., 821 So 2d 891 (Miss. App. 2002)
- Yale Materials Handling Corp. v. Brandon, 2002 WL 1038754 (Miss. 2002)
- In re Sprint Corp. Securities Litigation, 232 F. Supp. 2d 1193 (D. Kan. 2002)
- In re MCI WorldCom, Inc., Securities Litigation, 191 F. Supp. 2d 778 (S.D. Miss. 2002)
- Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp. v. Pennebaker, 812 So. 2d 163 (Miss. 2001)
- Bell v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 207 F.3d 657 (5th Cir. 2000)
- Thomas v. Harrah’s Vicksburg Corp., 734 So. 2d 312 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999)
- Barnes v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 184 F.3d 816 (5th Cir. 1999)
- WorldCom, Inc. v. Automated Communications, Inc., 75 F. Supp. 2d 526 (S.D. Miss. 1999)
- Mississippi Chemical Corp. v. Terra International, Inc., 136 F.3d 1329 (5th Cir. 1998)
- Stuart v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 163 F.3d 1356 (5th Cir. 1998)
- In re Terra International, Inc., 134 F.3d 302 (5th Cir. 1998)
- Terra International, Inc. v. Mississippi Chemical Corp., 119 F.3d 688 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 629 (1997)
- Mississippi Casino Operators Ass’n v. Mississippi Gaming Commission, 654 So. 2d 892 (Miss. 1995)
- LDDS Communications, Inc. v. Automated Communications, Inc., 35 F.3d 198 (5th Cir. 1994)
Speeches & Publications
- Recent Trends in Bank Fees Class Action Litigation, Southern Law Network presentation, February 23, 2023
- Effective Mediation, Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court program, January 17, 2023
- Will Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Mean the End of Consent to General Personal Jurisdiction by Registration?, Southern Law Network presentation, November 17, 2022
- The Fourth Circuit Sets the Ground Rules for Class Settlement Approval, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, April 25, 2022
- State Attorneys General Civil Litigation, IADC Corporate Counsel College table talk session, April 7, 2022
- So You Want to Practice Sports & Entertainment Law, Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court panel moderator, April 5, 2022
- When the Attorney General Comes Knocking: Current Trends in State Attorneys General Civil Litigation, IADC Midyear Meeting presentation, February 23, 2022
- Litigating a Products Case in an MDL, Belmont University College of Law guest lecture, October 26, 2021
- Clear Sailing Agreements Are Still Red Flags for Class Action Settlements, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, October 18, 2021
- Not All Evidence is Equal: What Sort of “Evidentiary Proof” Satisfies Rule 23?, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, September 20, 2021
- TransUnion v. Ramirez: Transformative for Class Action Standing?, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, July 19, 2021
- Current Trends in MDL Venue Selection, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, May 17, 2021
- Another Court Rejects Carrera’s Ascertainability Test, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, April 19, 2021
- Ford Motor Co.’s Potential Impact on Personal Jurisdiction for Class Actions, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, March 15, 2021
- Personal Jurisdiction Over Absent Class Members’ Claims, Southern Law Network presentation, November 19, 2020
- Class Actions in the Post-BMS World – Personal Jurisdiction and Absent Class Members, DRI Drug & Medical Device Virtual Seminar presentation, November 6, 2020
- Does the Food Industry Have a Price-Fixing Problem?, Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court presentation, March 3, 2020
- Negotiation Class Certification: Magic Elixir or Prescription for Disaster?, IADC Midyear Meeting presentation, February 23, 2020
- Litigating Products Liability Claims in Multidistrict Litigation, Belmont University College of Law guest lecture, October 3, 2019
- Negotiation Class Certification, IADC Class Actions and Multi-Party Litigation Committee presentation, September 16, 2019
- Negotiation Class Certification, DRI Class Actions Group presentation, September 12, 2019
- Class Action Waivers: The Continuing Wave, IADC Annual Meeting presentation, July 9, 2019
- The Birmingham Blues: An Overview of Healthcare and Its Antitrust Implications, DRI Business Litigation Super Conference presentation, May 9, 2019
- Website Accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Southern Law Network presentation, January 26, 2017
- In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, Southern Law Network presentation, September 17, 2015
- Limitation Periods for Federal Causes of Action after the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 1355 (1991)
Honors & Awards
- Chambers USA©:
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®:
- Business Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America©:
- Appellate Practice;
- Commercial Litigation;
- Litigation-Securities (Lawyer of the Year for 2019 and 2021);
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants;
- Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants;
- Product Liability Litigation-Defendants;
- Trade Secrets Law
- Benchmark Litigation©:
- Local Litigation Star:
- Appellate;
- Commercial;
- Environmental;
- Intellectual Property
- Local Litigation Star:
- Martindale-Hubbell®:
- AV Preeminent Rating
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
- Benchmark Litigation has once again named Brunini Law Firm to its annual shortlist for Mississippi Firm of the Year.
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers
- Brunini Law Firm and Attorneys Ranked in Prestigious Chambers USA 2021 Guide
- 17 Brunini Attorneys Named to 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Benchmark Litigation Has Recognized Eight Brunini Attorneys in its 2021 Edition
- Brunini Recognized by Super Lawyers
- Brunini Recognized As Highly Recommended Firm by Benchmark Litigation 2020
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- United States Supreme Court denies certiorari review of Fifth Circuit ruling affirming summary judgment for clients
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers® 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Patrick McDowell represents the Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association at the FBA’s Annual Leadership Seminar and Capitol Hill Day
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Clients
- Benchmark Litigation has named the Brunini firm Mississippi’s “Firm of the Year” for 2016. David Kaufman and Patrick McDowell accepted the award for the firm at the Benchmark Litigation Awards ceremony in New York City on February 11.
- Brunini’s 2014 Super Lawyers
- Brunini Lands on the short list in the 2014 edition of Benchmark Litigation