Thomas E. Vaughn
(Member) 		Benjamin U. Bowden
(Member) 		Eric D. Wooten
(Member) 		Allyson Leah Vaughn
(Associate)

Thomas E. Vaughn
(Member)

Areas of Emphasis

  • Litigation and business practice
  • Environmental
  • Toxic Tort
  • Products Liability
  • Workman’s Compensation
  • Automobile Insurance and Casualty
  • Gaming Law

Distinctions

  • AV- rated, Martindale- Hubbell
  • Best Lawyer’s in America, Personal Injury Litigation


Education

  • University of Mississippi, J.D., 1976
    • Phi Alpha Delta
    • Moot Court Board
    • Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts
  • Delta State University, B.A., 1973
    • Omicron Delta Kappa

Associations

  • Mississippi State Bar
    • Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Section (1983-1985)
    • Board of Bar Commissions (1994-1997).
  • Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
    • Board of Directors (1981-1983).
  • American Bar Association
  • Fifth Circuit Bar Association
  • Harrison County Bar Association
  • International Association of Arson Investigators
    • Author: The Arson Defense - "How to Use It Without Getting Burned" (International Association of Arson Investigators, April 1989).
  • United States Arbitration and Mediation.
    • Arbitrator
  • Hancock Bank
    • Advisory Board

Admitted

  • Mississippi 1976, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi

Reported Cases: Remza Drywall, Inc. v. W.G. Yates & Sons, 2007 WL 2033047 (S.D. Miss); Vice v. Danvid Window Co., 2007 WL 1668637 (S.D. Miss); Bynum v. First Chemical Corp., 2007 WL 869573 (S.D. Miss), Fowler v. First Chemical Corp., 2006 WL 2527317 (S.D. Miss); Shaffer v. Palm Harbor Homes, Inc., 328 F.Supp.2d 633 (N.D. Miss. 2004); Prudential Property and Cas. Ins. V. Mohrman, 828 F.Supp. 432 (S.D. Miss. 1993); Riley v. Georgia Pacific Corp., 2006 WL 37202 (N.D. Miss), Ferrara v. Walters, 919 So.2d 876 (Miss. 2005); Sunshine v. Aultman, 546 So. 2d 659; White v. Hancock Bank, 477 So. 2d 265, 41 UCC Rep.Serv. 1748; Smith v. Falke, 474 So. 2d 1044; Collett v. Riviera, 468 So. 2d 865; Bostic v. Mitchell, 363 So. 2d 1356; Brooks v. Vitek, 875 F.2d 499; Breazeale v. Smith, 857 F.2d 258, 12 Fed.R.Serv.3d 574; Walters v. City of Ocean Springs, 626 F.2d 1317; Kitchens v. Liberty Mutual, 659 F.Supp. 467; Cawthon v. Alcan Aluminum Corp., 599 So.2d 925, Brown v. Stone, 660 F.Supp. 454; National Solid Waste Mgmt. Association v. Pine Belt Regional Solid Waste Mgmt. 389 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2004); Breazeale v. Smith, 857 F.2d 258 (5th Cir. 1988); Davis v. J.C. Penney Co., 881 So.2d 969 (Miss.App.2004); Redman Homes, Inc. v. Dependents of Bennington, 749 So.2d 1201 (Miss.App.1999).

Born: Cleveland, Mississippi, 1951

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