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Kelly D. Simpkins 
 

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Phone: (601) 605-6940
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Fax: (601) 605-6901
Web site: http://www.wellsmar.com


PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
Published WorksAffiliationsRepresentative Cases


Current Employment Position(s):
Managing Member
Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
          Commercial Litigation
Contract Matters
ERISA
          Intellectual Property
Insurance Litigation
Life, Health and Disability Insurance
          Products Liability
          Property Litigation
          Reinsurance Litigation
          Securities
 
Litigation Percentage:
95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Mississippi, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1991
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1991
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1991
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
Tennessee, 2002
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1991
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Assistant Editor


Published Works:
ERISA Survery of Federal Circuits, American Bar Association, Co-author of Fifth Circuit Section, 2005


Representative Cases:
        

Patterson v. Radioshack Corp., 2008 WL 559705 (C.A.S. (Miss.))

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Ins. Co. v. Williams, 2008 W 336605 (S.D. Miss. Feb. 1, 2008).

Chastain v. Union Security Life Ins. Co.----F.Supp.2d----, 2007 WL 2302416 (C.D.Cal.)

Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association v. Mississippi Casualty Insurance Company and American Reliable Insurance Company, Inc., 2006 WL 3026325, Miss.,
October 26, 2006
Windsor Village of Clinton, LLC v. Solon Automated Services, Inc., 392F.Supp.2d 769 (S.D. Miss. Sept 15, 2005)(NO.CIV.A. 3:04CV669WHBA)
Hutton v. American General Life & Accident Insurnace Company, 2005 WL 1384358 (Miss.App. 2005)
Jabour v. Life Insurance Company of North America, 2005 WL 742889 (S.D.Miss. 2005)
          Jones v. Belhaven College, 334 F.Supp.2d 916 (S.D. Miss.   
          Aug 30, 2004)(NO. CIV.A.303CV874WS)  
          Jones v. Belhaven College, 98 Fed.Appx. 283 (Not
          selected for publication in the Federal Reporter), 2004 WL
          759539 (5th Cir.(Miss.)) (5th Cir.(Miss.) Apr 08, 2004)
          (NO. 03-60680)      
Alexander v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co., 2004 WL 741668 (N.D. Miss. 2004)
          Smallwood v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.,385 F.3d 568 (5th Cir.  
          (Miss.) Sep 10, 2004)(NO. 02-60782)         
          Joe v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., 388 F.Supp.2d 821 (S.D. Miss.
July 21, 2004)(NO. 1:02 CV 154 GURO)
Brown v. PFL Life Ins. Co., 2004 WL 759194 (N.D. Miss 2004)
Washington Mut. Finance Group, LLC v. Bailey, 2004 WL 541837 (5th Cir. Miss. 2004)
Joe v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., 272 F. Supp. 2d 603 (S.D.Miss. 2003)
Marble v. American General Life and Accident Ins. Co., 996 F.Supp. 571 (N.D. Miss. 1998)
Jones v. Georgia Pacific Corp., 90 F. 3d 114 (5th Cir. 1996)
Turnipseed v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of America, 230 F.Supp.2d 727 (S.D.Miss. 2002)
Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 282 B.R. 186 (S.D.Miss 2002)
Ellis v. Washington Mut. Finance Group, LLC, 2002 WL 32163527 (S.D.Miss. 2002)
Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, Inc., 214 F.Supp.2d 691 (S.D.Miss. 2002)
Pittman v. Weber Energy Corp., 790 So.2d 823, 148 Oil & Gas Rep. 246 (Miss. 2001)
          Dantzler v. American Home Products Corp., Not Reported in
F. Supp.2d, 2000 WL 34333156 (N.D. Miss. Sep 13, 2000)(NO.
          CIV.A. 4:00CV68LN)
Estate of Jackson v. Mississippi Life Insurance Company, 755 So.2d 15 (Ct. App. Miss. 1999)
McArthur v. Time Ins. Co., 889 F. Supp. 938 (S.D.Miss. 1995)
Williams on Behalf of Williams v. Jackson Stone Co., 867 F. Supp. 454 (S.D.Miss. 1994)
In re Chateaugay Corp., 146 B.R. 339, 61 USLW 2332, Bankr.L.Rep. P 74,942 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Hinds County Bar Association
Member


Defense Research Institute
Member


American Bar Association
Member


The Mississippi Bar
Member

 
The Tennessee Bar Association
Member
 
MS Defense Lawyers Association
Member
 
Charles Clark Chapter Inns of Court
Member
Birth Information:
1960, Meridian, Mississippi, United States of America
Community Involvement:
Active Participant in Mississippi Pro Bono Program

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Jackson, MS 39205-0131

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