L Hicks - Lawyer in Hattiesburg, MS

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State	Status	Acquired	Updated
MS	Active	1991	07/14/2022

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Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
Highest Class grade in Secured Transactions	University of Mississippi School of Law	1991
Cum Laude graduate	University of Mississippi School of Law	1991
Outstanding Senior in History	Mississippi College	1988
Graduated Special Distinction with Highest Honors	Mississippi College	1988
Harry S. Truman Scholar for Mississippi	Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation	1986

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Managing Partner	Hicks and Bennett PLLC	2009 - Present
Partner	Gunn, Hicks and Bennett PLLC	2008 - 2009
Partner	Gunn and Hicks PLLC	2000 - 2008
Associate	Lawrence C. Gunn Law Firm	1992 - 1999
Judicial Law Clerk for Henry T. Wingate	United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division	1991 - 1992

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project	Board Member	2009 - Present
Sunrise Rotary Club	Member	2000 - Present
University Baptist Church	Member	1993 - Present
South Central Mississippi Bar Association		1992 - Present
Mississippi Bar		1991 - Present

American Bar Association	Member	1991 - Present
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit		N/A
Defense Research Institute		N/A
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association		N/A
Mississippi Claims Association		N/A
Trucking Industry Defense Association		N/A
Mississippi Bar, Character and Fitness Committee	Member	N/A
Hattiesburg Boys and Girls Club	Advisory Council Member	N/A
Hattiesburg Dixie Youth Baseball	Coach	N/A
Mississippi Bar, Young Lawyers Division	Past Treasurer	1991 - 2003

publications

Publication name	Title	Date
MDLA Quarterly	A Little Something For Every Motor Vehicle Accident Litigator	2010
Mississippi Law Journal	"Corporations - Fiduciary Duty - In A Closed Corporation, A Majority Stockholder Owes A Fiduciary Duty Towards The Minority When Seeking A Controlling Share"	1990

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
University of Mississippi School of Law	Juris Doctor	1991
Mississippi College	Bachelor of Arts	1988

speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
Lawyer in Every Classroom	School Crimes	2010

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Bluewater Logistics, LLC v. Williford, 2009 WL 4801017 (December 15, 2009)	Successful at trial achieving large judgment for client and is on appeal
Harris v. Tom Griffith Water Well Service, Inc., 26 So. 3d 338 (Miss. 2010)	Successful at Court of Appeals but reversed on appeal to Supreme Court
Elwood v. Cobra Collection Agency, 2008 WL 474407 (February19, 2008)	Won motion to strike complaint
Johnson v. TCB Const. Co., 334 Fed.Appx. 666 (5th Cir. 2009)	Case affirmed in favor of client
City of Laurel v. Williams, 21 So.3d 1170 (Miss. 2009)	Obtained a "reversed and rendered" decision in favor of client from Mississippi Supreme Court that effectively reversed trial courts decision adverse to client