Mississippi Business Lawyers

Sam McHard has practiced law for 45 years. He is admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions: 1976, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, Iowa; 2001, Mississippi, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Sam received his B.A. at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL and his Juris Doctor at Northwestern University. Sam is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and maintains membership with the following professional associations: Mississippi Bar Association; Iowa Bar Association; Illinois Bar Association; Mississippi Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Texas Bar Association; and...

I am an attorney with a practice focused on meeting the legal needs of business owners and real estate owners and investors.

My business planning practice involves advising companies and individuals on business matters, including taxation, mergers and acquisitions, choice of entity and company formation, and corporate governance. I have also been lead attorney on several multi-million dollar business acquisitions in the Southeast.

My estate planning practice involves helping clients pay less taxes and protect their assets through the use of trusts, partnerships, closely held businesses, private foundations, and charitable trusts. I have served in various capacities with the Real Property, Trust...

Over the last ten years, i have practiced in several large law firms in the Jackson and surrounding areas as well as served as a law clerk for the honorable Leslie Southwick on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. In April 2010, I dediced to start the law office of Michael Moore, PPLC, where I worked diligently to provide personal attention and excellent legal services to my clients. In January 2016 I partnered with Robert G. Barlow, III and formed Barlow & Moore, PLLC.

Southaven attorney Benjamin Taylor is a lifelong resident of DeSoto County in Mississippi. Ben is an accomplished lawyer in the areas of personal injury and product liability law.

In May 2002, Casey received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Mississippi State University where he graduated cum laude. In December 2004, Casey received his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law, with honors. After passing the February 2005 Mississippi Bar Exam, Casey began practicing law with his father, Duncan Lott. He was admitted to Practice in the State and Federal Courts of Mississippi and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2005. He was also admitted to practice in Alabama in 2006. Since entering the practice of law, Casey has secured multi-million...

Today, Robert B. Ogletree PLLC, is a law firm with clients ranging from large corporations to individuals, and legal matters from complex litigation to real estate transactions. We offer services in a broad range of areas including litigation, OSHA violations, corporate matters, commercial and civil litigation, personal injury, family law, workers compensation and criminal defense. One of the greatest benefits Robert B. Ogletree PLLC offers its clients is our dedication to quality, understanding of the law, trust and respect. Through our experience and the broad range of services that we provide, we are able to offer our clients...

We specialize in Personal Injury, Construction Law, Insurance Law, Business Law, and Abuse.

I am a native Mississippian with 38 years of experience in many areas. I have closed thousands of real estate transactions, formed business corporations, sued for personal injury and written hundreds of wills and probated estates. I have offices in Olive Branch and New Albany and appear in all of the courts in North Mississippi.

Consider my office in Columbia @ (601)731-2098 for all your legal needs. As a 38 year old Christian, I am married 17 years with three children, a son and two daughters. I was raised in Marion County on a farm in the Improve-Blue Springs Community attending Bassfield schools for ten years and East Marion for two to graduate. I then served active duty in the U. S. Army. Thereafter, after trade school at PRCC, I worked in the heating and air conditioning trade until I was injured and returned to school. With the support of my wife I successfully attended PRCC...

University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., with highest honors, 1982)
University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1985)

Mr. Panter has been a member of the Mississippi Bar since 1985. He has a wide range of experience, with a focus on business and employment disputes.

Lawsuits can be time-consuming and costly. For this reason, Mr. Panter works hard to resolve his clients’ disputes out of court, saving them valuable time and money. He will not hesitate, however, to file a lawsuit when necessary to protect their interests.

Business clients of Mr. Panter have included healthcare providers, oil and...

Tim was admitted to the practice of law in January 1981. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating obtainable. He has been selected as a member of the America College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Best Lawyers in America, Mississippi Bar Foundation. He is admitted to the all courts in the State of Mississippi, the United States District Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Mississippi...

James has practiced in Mississippi since 1981 with degrees from Millsaps College and the University of Mississippi. With the firm of Page Kruger & Holland in Jackson, he defends commercial, personal injury, product liability and premises litigation. He has completed numerous jury trials and has many reported decisions in both State and Federal courts and carries an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell. He presently serves a Vice President of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. He recently served on the Mississippi Supreme Court's Civil Jury Instruction Committee as Vice Chair and worked as the Vice Chair of the Business Court...

Jay is the founding partner of Hughes Brown, PLLC. He was raised in South Louisiana, and then served as an enlisted soldier in the U. S. Army and graduated from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He moved to Oxford in 1988 to attend law school and fell in love with Oxford, Ole Miss, and a girl from Natchez. He earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1991, with a semester spent at Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. He married his college sweetheart, Cris, and they proudly continue to call Oxford...

Peyton Moore was born in Flowood, Mississippi and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi. He is the son of James and Lorela Moore. Peyton graduated from Saltillo High School before attending The University of Mississippi, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. Peyton received his J.D. from The University of Mississippi School of Law. Peyton and his wife Mollie have one son, Parker.

William T. Ashley, III, graduated cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College in 2005, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. In 2008, he earned his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi. While in law school, Mr. Ashley received the Business Law Section of the Mississippi Bar Award, served on the Moot Court Board, and won the American Jurisprudence Award in Admiralty Law. Mr. Ashley began his career with an insurance defense firm in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama in August 2008. While practicing in Alabama, Mr. Ashley tried numerous personal injury...

James is the managing partner of Harper Little in Oxford, Mississippi. He has 23 years of experience in civil litigation with a focus on employment, business, contract and construction law. James has represented businesses and people in state and federal courts throughout the southeast and is licensed in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas. He has a master’s degree in conflict resolution and provides mediation services and negotiation training for legal and organizational conflict. Prior to forming Harper Little, James served as a founding partner of Stroud & Harper, P.C., in Southaven, Mississippi, where he focused on employment,...

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Member.
AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell as Preeminent.
University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1991.
Mississippi State University, B.B.A., 1988.
Admitted to practice in all state and Federal Courts in Mississippi, 1991.
Admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Alabama, 1997 .
Certified as Family Law Mediator by the Atlanta Justice Center.
Member of the Mississippi Bar.
Member of the Alabama Bar.