Education:
B.S., Mississippi State University
   (highest distinction 1977)
J.D., University of Mississippi (1980)

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 District Court for the
   Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the
   Southern District of Mississippi
All Mississippi State Courts
Tribal Court of the Mississippi Band of
   Choctaw Indians

Professional Organizations:
Mississippi Bar Association
Mississippi Defense Lawyers
   Association

Recognitions/
Accomplishments
Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Rated
Executive Committee, Administrative
   Law Section, Mississippi Bar
A.H. “Buddy” Mitchell Award,
   Administrative Law Section,
Mississippi Bar (2005)
Mississippi Contributor, Independent
   Contractor Status: State by State
   Legal Guide (R. Wood Ed. 1993)
Mississippi Law Journal, Research
   Editor (1978-1979)
Best Lawyers in America

Cases of Note:
Medicomp, Inc. v. Marshall, 878 So. 2d
   193 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004)
Nosser v. Natchez Jitney Jungle, Inc.,    511 So. 2d 141 (Miss. 1987)
R. C. Petroleum, Inc. v. Hernandez, 555
   So. 2d 1017 (Miss. 1990)
Richardson v. Forum, 817 F. 2d 1203    (5th Cir. 1987)
Smith & Sanders, Inc. v. Peery, 473 So.    2d 423 (Miss. 1985)

Primary Practice Areas:
Workers’ Compensation

Away From The Office:
Gary and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of three daughters. They
are members of First Baptist Church
of Jackson, where Gary serves as a Student Sunday School teacher
and Deacon.

Gary is a frequent lecturer on workers’ compensation practice, having served as a speaker at seminars sponsored by the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, The University of Mississippi Law Center, Mississippi College School of Law, and Lorman Education Services, among others.