CIVIL LITIGATION ATTORNEYS IN HATTIESBURG
Professional profiles
L. Clark Hicks, Jr.—Mississippi civil litigation attorney who has handled more than 100 trials, including 50 plus jury trials.
Practice areas:
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Automobile Accident
- Insurance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Disputes
- Product Liability
- Construction Litigation
Admitted to practice:
- The Mississippi Bar (1991)
- All state courts in Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
- Juris Doctor, cum laude, University of Mississippi (1991)
- Bachelor of Arts, special distinction with highest honors, Mississippi College (1988)
Awards and Honors:
- Recipient, 1986 Harry S. Truman Scholar from Mississippi
- Recipient, The Best Lawyers in America 2020
- Recipient, Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award
- Recipient, Martindale-Hubbell 2019 AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
Member:
- The Mississippi Bar
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- South Central Mississippi Bar Association
- President, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Trucker’s Insurance Defense Association (TIDA)
- Mississippi Claims Association, Inc. (MCA)
- A. M. Best Attorney’s Listing
- Complaint Tribunal of the Mississippi Bar
Biography:
- Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal (1990-1991)
- Author: “From the Bench: The Five Best Techniques to Persuade a Judge through Written Words,” The MDLA Quarterly
- Author: “Corporations – Fiduciary Duty – In a Closed Corporation, a Majority Shareholder Owes a Fiduciary Duty Towards the Minority When Seeking a Controlling Share,” 60 Mississippi Law Journal 425, Fall 1990
- Member, Character and Fitness Committee – Mississippi Bar (current)
- Counsel, Hattiesburg Housing Authority (current)
- Past President, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Community:
- Married to Kathia Simo with two sons, Harrison, age 25 and Luke, age 21
- Member of University Baptist Church, Hattiesburg, MS
- Community Columnist, PineBelt News
- Member Sunrise Hattiesburg Rotary Club
- Announcer, Sacred Heart High School, Baseball