David Baria
Cosmich Simmons & Brown
David Baria has taken on big insurance companies for 32 years. When he is on your side, the odds of getting your claim paid increases dramatically. David has been recognized as a Best Lawyer@ and Super Lawyer@ of the year in Personal Injury litigation. David handles toxic tort matters and is also an experienced construction and business lawyer.
David has over 30 years of courtroom experience in the state and federal courts in Mississippi and has been recognized by his peers as “preeminent,” achieving the highest legal ability rating given by Martindale Hubbell (“AV”) and a “Superb” rating by AVVO. David has been inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates, Litigation Counsel of America and is a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. David was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement award from the Mississippi Association for Justice in 2017.
David is a graduate of USM (B.S. in Criminal Justice) where he also attended a summer program at the University of London, and a graduate of the University of Mississippi Law School where he also attended a summer program at Cambridge University. David is married to Marcie Fyke Baria and they have three children: Merritt, Bess and Max.
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Litigation
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- DUI & DWI
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Mississippi
- The Mississippi Bar
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- 5th Circuit
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney
- Cosmich Simmons & Brown
- Current
- University of Mississippi School of Law
- J.D. (1990)
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- Honors: Chairman- Moot Court Board
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- University of Southern Mississippi
- B.S. (1987) | Criminal Justice
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- Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers
- Personal Injury: Plaintiff
- Super Lawyers
- Mississippi Top 50 Award
- Y'all Politics
- Stanford Young Lifetime Achievement Award
- Mississippi Association for Justice
- Legislative Horizon Award
- Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
- Hancock County Bar Association
- Member
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- American Board of Trial Advocates
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- Mississippi Bar Foundation
- Fellow
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- Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association
- Past President
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- The Mississippi Bar
- Member
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- Taking Wrongful Termination Cases Is Not Just Tilting at Windmills Anymore.
- Voir Dire Magazine
- Circumventing Workers Compensation, ATLA National College of Advocacy Jazz Fest Seminar
- Nursing Home Practice in Mississippi, National Business Institute Seminar
- Employment Law, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Interesting Issues Seminar
- Mediator
- Mississippi State Bar
- Website
- Cosmich, Simmons & Brown, PLLC
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