RICK CULP

H. Richmond Culp, III

RICK CULP’S BIO

Rick Culp couples his problem-solving skills and professional decorum to meet his clients’ demands for successful litigation of complex matters. With a firm command of substantive and procedural case management tools, Rick represents insurers defending Class Actions, “Bad-Faith” Litigation, and Casualty Insurance disputes in both trucking and auto arenas. He defends Creditors and Agencies in highly technical FDCPA, FCRA and TCPA actions. Rick has extensive trial success in state and federal courts.

 

Education

  • University of Montevallo, B.M.E., 1981
  • Florida State University, M.S. in Higher Education Administration, 1982
  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1986
  • Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Editor

Memberships

  • The Mississippi Bar
  • Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • DRI
  • ACA International

Case History

  • Blanton v. Gardner’s Supermarket, Inc. — So.3d —, 2010 WL 2367117, , Miss.App., June 15, 2010
  • AAA Cooper Transp. Co v. Parks, 18 So.3d 909, 2009 WL 3175676, , Miss.App., October 06, 2009
  • Progressive Gulf Ins. Co. v. Fit Exp., Inc., Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2009 WL 648677, , N.D.Miss., March 11, 2009
  • Mooneyham v. Progressive Gulf Ins. Co., 910 So.2d 1223, 2005 WL 2140857, , Miss.App., September 06, 2005
  • Buckingham v. Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle, Inc., 283 B.R. 691, 2002 WL 31246111, , N.D.Miss., September 17, 2002
  • Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Dunning, 252 F.3d 712, 2001 WL 540551, , C.A.5 (Miss.), May 22, 2001
  • Brown v. Progressive Gulf Ins. Co., 761 So.2d 134, 2000 WL 216045, , Miss., February 24, 2000
  • Gilbert v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 749 So.2d 361, 1999 WL 810540, , Miss.App., October 12, 1999
  • Jarvis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 161 F.R.D. 337, 1995 WL 314659, , N.D.Miss., May 05, 1995
  • Smith v. Malone & Hyde, Inc. 583 So.2d 209, 1991 WL 151351, , Miss., July 31, 1991
  • Cregar v. Occidental Fire & Cas. Co. of North Carolina, 547 So.2d 809, 1989 WL 97416, , Miss., August 16, 1989

Publications

  • “Fair Apportionment of Fault of Joint Tortfeasors – A Mississippi Perspective”
  • 55 Mississippi Law Journal 709 (1985), Faculty Member
  • Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Lorman Education Services, 2007
  • Litigating the Mississippi Auto Injury Case, National Business Institute, 2004
  • Discovery Considerations Continuing Legal Education, Cancun
  • Mississippi Young Lawyers, 1994

Previous Employment

  • Senior Litigation Counsel-Community Defense Counsel

Court Admissions

  • All state and federal courts, Mississippi
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Civic

  • Boys & Girls Club of North Mississippi, Inc. – Incorporator
  • Tupelo Christian Preparatory School, Past Board Chairman

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi

Admitted

  • 1986

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CONTACT INFO

  • Phone: 662-842-3871
  • Fax: 662-842-8450
  • Address: 105 South Front St. – Tupelo, MS 38804
Rick Culp AV Rated Tupelo Mississippi Attorney