Clifford K. (Ford) Bailey III

Current Employment Position(s):

Member

Areas of Practice:

Bad Faith

Commercial Insurance

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer

Federal Appellate Practice

Federal Trial Practice

Life & Health

Motor Vehicle

Property & Casualty

State Appellate Practice

Bar Admissions:

Mississippi, 1979

U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1979

U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi
J.D.
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, 1977 - 1978

University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
B.B.A.
Honors: With Distinction
Major:  Economics

Representative Cases:

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company & McRae's, Inc. v. Rose Sansone (2006 WL286779, S.D. Miss.)

Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co. v. Goel, 274 F.3d. 984, 51 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1090 (5th Cir. 2001)

Hollis v. Provident Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 259 F.3d 410, 26 Employee Benefits Cas. 2000 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 2001)

Bigelow v. United Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc., 220 F.3d 339 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 2000)

Blue Diamond, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 21 F.Supp.2d 631 (S.D.Miss. 1998)

Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Martin, Gordon & Jones, Inc., 767 F.Supp 1355 (S.D.Miss. 1991)

Gladney v. Paul Revere Life. Ins. Co., 895 F.2d 238 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 1990)

Ford v. Lamar Life Ins. Co., 513 So.2d 880 (Miss. 1987)

Keszenheimer v. United Services Auto. Ass'n, 78 Fed.Appx. 333, 2003 WL 22348923 (5th Cir. Miss. 2003)

Lamar Life Ins. Co. v. Shaw, 502 So. 2d 323 (Miss. 1987)

          

Honors and Awards:

 

 

         

           2007 Mid-South Super Lawyer

           2006 Mid-South Super Lawyer

 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, 1979 - Present

Member

Mississippi Bar Association, 1979 - Present

Member

Bench Bar Relations Committee, Former Chairman

Fifth Circuit Bar Association

Defense Research Institute, 1979 - Present

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1979 - Present

Member

National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, 1977 - Present

Hinds County Bar Association

          Madison County Bar Association

Ridgecrest Baptist Church

Member

Madison Ridgeland Academy

Board Member (1990-1996), Chairman (1994-1996)

Madison Ridgeland Academy

Board Member (1999- present)

Metro Jackson Young Life

Board Member

Past Employment Positions:

Wells Marble & Hurst, Attorney/Partner, 1979 - 1989

Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Attorney/Shareholder, 1989 - 2003

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Delta Phi

Phi Kappa Phi

Sigma Chi

Birth Information:

1954, Grenada, Mississippi, United States of America