RONNY ROBERTS’ BIO

Ronny Roberts practiced in the firm’s litigation section until 2022, but now limits his practice to alternative dispute resolution and mediation cases throughout the state of Mississippi. Mr. Roberts has been mediating matters since 1996.

Education

• Mississippi State University, B.A. 1975
• University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor,1977 with distinction; Moot Court Board; Appellate Chairman, 1976; Chairman, 1977; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi
• Harvard Law School Mediation Program of Instruction
• Pepperdine University School of Law Advanced Mediation Training

Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member, Tort, Insurance, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections)
• The Mississippi  Bar; Chair, Budget Committee (2000-2001)
• Member Executive Committee (1999-2000)
• Mississippi Board of Bar Commissioners, 1998-2001; (Chair, Fee Dispute Committee (2009-2010)
• Executive Committee Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (2010-2013)
• Lowndes County Bar Association
• MUW Paralegal Advisory Board Member

Professional Acknowledgments

• Mississippi Bar Foundation (Board of Trustees 2010-2013)

Case History

• Agora Syndicate, Inc. v. Robinson Janitorial Specialists, Inc., 149 F.3d 371 (5th Cir. 1998)
• Murray v. Red Kap Industries, Inc., 124 F.3d 695 (5th Cir. 1997)
• Vaughn v. City of Olive Branch, 2010 WL 1328731 (N.D. Miss. 2010)
• Maddox v. Townsend & Sons, 2009 WL 804696 (N.D. Miss. 2009)
• Wildmon v. EMC National Life Ins. Co., 2009 WL 691226 (N.D. MIss. 2009)
• Marchbanks v. Dolgencorp, 2008 WL 5050136 (N.D. Miss. 2008)
• Brown v. Town of Vaiden, Mississippi, 2007 WL 1031310 (N.D. Miss. 2007)
• Rice v. Perma Corp., 908 So.2d 875 (Miss. App. 2005)
• Sheen v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Ins. Co., 858 So.2d 186 (Miss. App. 2003)

Publications

• Presenter: Mississippi Bar 2009 Summer School – Mediation
• MUW Law Practice Seminar 2009 – ADR and the Litigated Case

Court Admissions

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

Pro Bono Work

• Counsel-Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity
• Board of Directors and Counsel-Good Samaritan Medical Clinic
• Participant, Mississippi Volunteers Lawyers Project

Civic

• First United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1993-1996)
• Habitat for Humanity Task Force Chairman (1994-2001)
• Administrative Board Member Chairman (1998-2002)
• Endowment Fund Committee Chairman (1997-2000)
• Stewardship Chairman (1998-2000)
• Columbus Kiwanis Club, Board of Directors (1998)
• Oxford-Lafayette County United Way, Past Campaign Chairman and President
• Columbus-Lowndes County United Way, Professional Division Chairman (1987)
• Columbus-Lowndes Leadership Tomorrow
• Magnolia Tennis Club Board of Directors, President (1991)
• Boys & Girls Club of Columbus-lowndes County Board of Directors, President (1993-1996)

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi

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