Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis provides a broad range of services including business law, litigation support, family law and lobbying efforts. What sets us apart is our depth of knowledge, expertise and resources in these areas. Whether you need a business lawyer to help with a transaction or a litigator to defend your business in court, you can turn to us for your legal needs.

The firm serves clients throughout the world from offices in Jackson, Gulfport and Olive Branch Mississippi. Companies from all corners of the globe have come to rely on Watkins Ludlam for legal guidance. Through the firm's relationships with Meritas Law Firms Worldwide and State Capital Global Law Firm Group, we provide our clients with access to legal services from Bangor to Bangkok.

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Fifth Circuit Upholds Policy Exclusions in Katrina Homeowner Litigation. FULL STORY

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis has been recognized by American Lawyer Media (ALM) as a “Go-To Law Firm” in the area of Litigation. The firm will be recognized as a Go-To Law Firm in a national reference guide which is being released at the end of June 2007. FULL STORY

Ten Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis attorneys have been named a “Leader in their Field” by Chambers & Partners, which publishes the directory Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. FULL STORY

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is pleased to announce that Robert (Bob) S. Lazarus has been elected as a Regular Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel by a unanimous vote of the College's Board of Directors. Bob is currently the only attorney from the State of Mississippi to be elected to this honorary College. The American College of Bond Counsel is a national group of approximately 200 experienced bond counsel organized for the purpose of promoting the high standards of professional and ethical responsibility in the practice of municipal finance. Membership is exclusive and is by invitation only. Members must have demonstrated a career as a distinguished municipal law practitioner for a period of not less than 10 years and undergo an extensive nominating process by the existing members before election by the Board of Directors of the College.

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis is pleased to announce that Andrew J. Gipson has been selected by the Simpson County Development Foundation to participate in the 2006-2007 class of Leadership Simpson County, a nine-month leadership program devoted to planning for the future of Simpson County.  Participants in this program work to implement economic development, educational, or other projects beneficial for the county and its residents.  The program concludes with a retreat to be held at the Trent Lott Leadership Institute in Oxford, Mississippi.

A Mississippi trial court recently issued a significant ruling in a major corporate income tax case tried by this firm.  The case, AT&T Corp. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission , addressed the means by which the State taxes corporate affiliated groups and their intercompany dividends, and the favorable ruling could present refund opportunities for such companies.  FULL STORY  

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis attorneys included in The Best of the U.S.’s  list of  "Best of Class" service providers in the United States. FULL STORY

Three of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis’ attorneys have been selected The Best Lawyers in Trust & Estates Law.  FULL STORY

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is pleased to announce that Janet McMurtray has joined the firm as Counsel in our Jackson, Mississippi office. FULL STORY

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. congratulates Linda Bounds Keng for being elected Vice President / President Elect of the MS Society of CPAs last week at the annual convention.  Linda will serve as President for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. is pleased to announce Alveno N. Castilla and Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr.  have been selected for recognition in the 2006 edition of Who's Who Legal :USA - Corporate Tax 2006*.  Both attorneys will be listed in the Corporate Tax Chapter and are the two of only 215 lawyers Nationally listed in this field.  Watkins Ludlam is the only Mississippi firm with two lawyers in this publication.  Castilla and Van Slyke are both shareholders in the Firm’s Business Solutions Practice Group in the Jackson, Mississippi office. FULL STORY

Local Law Firm Strengthens Global Reach at Toronto Meeting

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. Provides Gateway to International Legal Services for Mississippi Businesses

(Jackson, MS)--May (24), 2006 – (Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.) is strengthening its commitment to global delivery of legal services to clients, due to the continued expansion of Meritas, an international alliance of commercial law firms. That was the key message at the recent annual meeting in Toronto, where 300 attorneys, representing 140 law firms and 39 countries, participated in lively panel discussions on a variety of topics ranging from doing business in China to cross-border issues facing Canada.  Shareholder Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., who attended the 16th annual meeting for his  3rd year said, “It was an excellent opportunity to build relationships with other members and discuss ways to use our alliance to better serve our clients needs. Thanks to Meritas, we are able to position ourselves as a local law firm with international capabilities to benefit our clients, whose legal needs often stretch across borders and legal jurisdictions.”  FULL STORY

Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. congratulates Kristina M. Johnson for completing certification requirements to become one of only five people in the State of Mississippi to be Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification.  Not only is Kristina one of only five attorneys in the state to obtain this certification, she is also the first and only female.  FULL STORY