Education:
B.A., English, History, Political Science,
   Naval Science University of    Mississippi (1969)
United States Naval Justice School,
   Newport, Rhode Island
J.D., University of Mississippi (1975)

Military Service:
Lieutenant, United States Navy,
   Administrative and Legal Officer,
   Twentieth Naval Construction
   Regiment, United States Atlantic Fleet
   (1969-1972)

Bar and Court Admissions:
Licensed to Practice in the State of
   Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the
   Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the
   Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court for the
   Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the
   Southern District of Mississippi
All Mississippi State Courts
Tribal Courts of the Mississippi Band of
   Choctaw Indians

Professional Organizations:
American Bar Association
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal
   Circuit
Defense Research Institute
Energy Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
International Association of Defense
   Counsel
Mississippi Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Foundation
Southeastern Legal Foundation

Recognitions/
Accomplishments
Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Rated
Mississippi Law Journal, Associate
   Editor
Jackson Contact for ALFA International,
   The Global Legal Network
Magister, Phi Delta Phi Chairman,
   Committee of the Young Lawyers’ Section, Mississippi Bar  Association on
   The Effect of the Proposed Rules of
   Civil Procedure on Existing
   Substantive Law(1981–1983)
Mississippi Law Institute (33rd, 34th,    35th and 36th)
Published Writings
   “A Handbook of Mississippi       Environmental Law," Government       Institutes Press
      (With Larry D. Moffett, Esq.)
   “Katrina - Who Pays For What in       Mississippi? An Update on Current       Litigation and Coverage Law       Review," ALFA International       Publications (2005)
   “Spoliation of Evidence in       Mississippi," DRI Compendium       (2006)
   “Product Liability Law," ALFA       International Compendia, (2001,       2002, 2003, 2004)
   “A Fifty-State Reference to Property       and Casualty Insurance Claims and       Litigation,” (Mississippi Section)       ALFA International Compendia
   “A Multi-State Compendium of Health,       Life and Accident Insurance Claims       and Litigation," ALFA International       Compendia (1999, 2001, 2003,       2004) (Mississippi Section)
   Regional Editor, ALFA International’s       Product Liability Newsletter

Cases of Note:
Hart v. Bayer Corporation, 199 F.3d 239    (5th Cir. 2000)
Brown v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance    Company, 805 F.2d 1242 (5th Cir.    1986)
Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp. v.    Turner, 543 So. 2d 154 (Miss. 1989)
Walls v. Franklin Corp., 797 So. 2d 973    (Miss. 2001)

Primary Practice Areas:
Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage
Insurer Liability (contractual and
    extra-contractual)
Mass Tort Litigation
Premises Liability
Product Liability

Away From The Office:
Jack is married to Karon Graves Ables. He is the father of three children and involved in their sports activities. He is the Department Head of the Third Grade Sunday School at First Presbyterian Church, P.C.A., Jackson, and teaches that Sunday School Class. Jack, a former Eagle Scout, is also involved as an adult leader in Boy Scouting. His non-professional interests include Biblical archaeology and writing about and researching the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo; Jack is a member of The British Society for the Turin Shroud. He collects history books and enjoys reading, writing, wing shooting and fly fishing.