Camille Henick Evans joined Wells Marble in 2009 and her primary area of practice is complex and multi-district commercial litigation.

 

Camille received both her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Mississippi, and was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1986. Following a two-year clerkship with USDC Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., she has practiced law for the past 20 years in Jackson, concentrating in Appellate and Written Advocacy and Commercial Litigation.

Areas of Practice:

 

Appellate Practice

Complex Commercial Litigation

Multi-District Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Bar Admissions:

 

Mississippi, 1986

U.S. District Court - Northern District of Mississippi, 1986

U.S. District Court - Southern District of Mississippi, 1986

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1986

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998

U.S. Supreme Court, 2005

Education:

University of Mississippi School of Law

   Oxford, Mississippi, J.D., 1986

   Honors: cum laude

   Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Editor and

     Research Editor

 

University of Mississippi

   Oxford, Mississippi, B.A., 1983

   Major: English

   Honors: summa cum laude

Representative Cases:

Reported Cases in which listed as attorney of record: 

 

Flagstar Bank, FSB v. Danos, No. 2007-CA-00418-COA, 2008 WL 5064953 (Miss. Ct. App. Dec. 2, 2008)

 

Durham v. Univ. of Miss., 966 So. 2d 832 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007)

 

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Murriel, 904 So. 2d 112 (Miss. 2004)

 

Bates v. Dow Chem. Co., No. Civ.A. 3:03CV519BN, 2004 WL 443879 (S.D. Miss. Feb. 17, 2004)

 

Wilbourn v. Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, 687 So. 2d 1205 (Miss. 1996)

 

Exxon Corp. v. Crosby-Miss. Res., Ltd., 40 F.3d 1474 (5^th Cir. 1995)

 

Dine v. Uniroyal Tire Co., 754 F. Supp. 98 (S.D. Miss. 1991)

 

Morris v. Traffic Control Prods., Inc., 557 So. 2d 561 (Miss. 1990)

 

Quick Change Oil & Lubrication Co. v. County Line Place, Inc., 571 So. 2d 968 (Miss. 1990)

 

Rankin Props., Ltd. v. Woodhollow Estates, 714 F. Supp. 800 (S.D. Miss. 1989)

 

Other Legal Experience:

 

Driggs v. Winters, No. 3:05cv48BN (S.D. Miss. filed Oct. 17, 2005) (final judgment for permanent injunction against actress infringing copyright of play)

 

Appointed to represent Death Row inmate for several years in state post-conviction appeal; the MS Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel was listed on final decision --- Wilcher v. State, 863 So. 2d 719 (Miss. 2003) , and Wilcher v. State, 863 So. 2d 776 (Miss. 2003)

 

Worked on several mass tort and/or MDL cases  

Honors and Awards:

 

Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar, 1992

Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation

 

Fellow, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association

   Litigation Section

   Woman Advocate Committee

   Council of Appellate Lawyers

   Business Law Section

 

Federal Bar Association

 

The Mississippi Bar
   Litigation and General Practice Section

      Chair, 1997-1998

   Women in the Profession Committee

 

Hinds County Bar Association

 

Past Employment Positions:

 

Clerkship, Judge William H. Barbour, Jr.

U.S. District Judge, Southern District, Mississippi

Birth Information:

 

Yazoo City, Mississippi