Attorney Henry Laird, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Gulfport, Mississippi

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Henry F. Laird Jr.

Board of Directors Shareholder

One Hancock Plaza, Suite 1125 2510 14th Street (39501) P.O. Box 160 Gulfport, Mississippi 39502-0160

Phone	(228) 864-3094
Fax	(228) 864-0516
Email	hlaird@watkinsludlam.com

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Areas of Practice:: Commercial Litigation; First Amendment/Access; Construction; Land Use

Bar Admissions:: U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2000; U.S. Supreme Court, 1975; Colorado, 1975; U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1975; Mississippi, 1974; U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1974; U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1974; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1974

Education:: University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS, 1974
J.D.; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1972
B.A.

Representative Cases:: In re Gannett River States Publishing Corporation, 630 So.2d 351 (Miss. 1994); Fairley v. Turan-Foley Imports, Inc., 864 F.Supp. (S.D.Miss. 1994); Michael S. Fawer v. Evans, 627 So.2d 829 (Miss. 1993); Ladner v. Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc., 828 F.Supp 427 (S.D.Miss. 1993); Brown v. Knight Ridder and Gulf Publishing Company (S.D.Miss. 1988); Alcom Electronic Exchange, Inc. v. Burgess, 849 F.2d 964 (5th Cir. 1988); Bernstein v. South Central Bell Telephone Company, 730 F.2d 766 (5th Cir. 1987); Bussen v. South Central Bell Telephone Company, 682 F.Supp. 319 (S.D.Miss. 1987); Watson v. Credit Bureau, Inc. of Georgia, 660 F.Supp. 48 (S.D.Miss. 1987); In the matter of Zondel Katz etc. v. Paul M. Franke, 565 F.2d 766 (5th Cir. 1977); United States v. Nix, 976 F.Supp. 417 (S.D.Miss. 1977)

Honors and Awards:: Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and First Amendment Law

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; Colorado Bar Association; Member; The Mississippi Bar; Member; American Bar Association, Litigation's First Amendment Section, Media Litigation Committee; Member; 5th Circuit Bar Association; Member; Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information; Advisory Board Member; Mississippi Defense Lawyer's Association; Member; Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, 1991 - 1998; Commissioner