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Mark D. Herbert 
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633 North State Street
P.O. Box 427
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
  
Phone (601) 949-4750
Fax (601) 949-4804
Email mherbert@watkinsludlam.com
   
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Areas of Practice:
Construction Law
Fidelity and Surety Law
Outdoor Advertising Law
Bar Admissions:
Mississippi, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1979
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1979
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS , 1978
J.D.
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Associate Editor


Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, 1975
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude


Published Works:
Prejudice to the compensated surety as a defense to liability., International Association of Defense Counsel, April, No. 3, 2007


Representative Cases:
Tunica Web Advertising v. Tunica Casino Operators Ass'n, Inc., 496 F.3d 403 (C.A.5 2007)
Tunica Web Advertising, Inc. v. Barden Mississippi Gaming, LLC, 2007 WL 2768914 (N.D.Miss. 2007)
Martin v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 953 So2d 1163 (Miss.App. 2007)
Mississippi Power Co. v. Water and Power Technologies, Inc., 2006 WL 3457026 (S.D.Miss. 2006)
Alexander v. Taylor, 928 So.2d 992 (Miss.App. 2006)
Tunica Web Advertising, Inc. v. Barden Mississippi Gaming, LLC, 2006 WL 662392 (N.D.Miss. 2006)
Tunica Web Advertising, Inc. v. Barden Mississippi Gaming, LLC, 2005 WL 3488499 (N.D.Miss. 2005)
Harrell v. Lamar Co., LLC, 925 So.2d 870 (Miss.App. 2005)
Eller Media Co. v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 900 So.2d 1156 (Miss. 2005)
St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. Merchants & Marine Bank, 882 So.2d 766 (Miss. 2004)
Eller Media Co. v. Mississippi Transp. Com'n, 882 So.2d 198 (Miss. 2004)
USF&G Co. v. Conservatorship of Melson, 809 So.2d 647 (Miss. 2002)
Scott Addison Const., Inc. v. Lauderdale County School System, 789 So.2d 771 (Miss. 2001)
Red Roof Inns, Inc. v. City of Ridgeland, 797 So.2d 898 (Miss. 2001)
Turner v. Ford Motor Co., 116 F.Supp.2d 755 (S.D.Miss. 2000)
Americrete, Inc. v. West Alabama Lime Co., Inc., 758 So.2d 415 (Miss. 2000)
Sneed v. Ford Motor Co., 735 So.2d 306 (Miss. 1999)
Lafayette Steel Erectors, Inc. v. Roy Anderson Corp., 71 F.Supp.2d 582 (S.D.Miss. 1997)
Lamar Corp. v. State Highway Com'n, 684 So.2d 601 (Miss. 1996)
Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., 921 F.Supp. 401 (N.D.Miss. 1996)
J&R Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Hinds County Bd. of Sup'rs, 657 So.2d 1119 (Miss. 1995)
George B. Gilmore Co. v. Garrett, 582 So.2d 387 (Miss. 1991)
Haden v. Krupp Asset Management Corp., 776 F.Supp. 1151 (S.D.Miss. 1990)
Williams v. Freeman, 560 So.2d 136 (Miss. 1989)
Traub v. Johnson, 536 So.2d 25 (Miss. 1988)
Angle v. Estate of Angle, 519 So.2d 883 (Miss. 1988)
Liles Construction Co., Inc. v. Jitney Jungle Stores of America, Inc., 425 So.2d 1361 (Miss. 1983)
Hutcherson v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 418 So.2d 63 (Miss. 1982)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
IRMI Construction Risk Conference, featured panelist, Las Vegas, International Risk Management Institute, 2008 - Present


Mississippi Construction Payment Rights, Lorman Education Services, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999


Mississippi Construction Law, Lorman Education Services, 2003, 2001, 2000


Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Mississippi, Lorman Education Services, 2003, 2000


Construction Issues, Lorman Education Services, 2003


Fifth National Forum on Toxic Mold Litigation, American Conference Institute, 2003


Mississippi Construction Defect and Mold Litigation, National Business Institute, 2003


Advanced Construction Law in Mississippi, National Business Institute, 2002, 1995, 1994


National Construction Defects in 2002: EIFS, CCA Treated Wood and Mold, Mealey's, 2002


Mechanics' Lien Law and Strategies in Mississippi, National Business Institute, 2000, 1999


Mississippi Construction Law: What Do You Do When...?, National Business Institute, 2000, 1996, 1992


Fidelity and Surety Trial Practice Program, IADC, New York, January 2005


Honors and Awards:
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Construction Law


Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow


Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Construction/Surety, 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


The Mississippi Bar
Member


American Bar Association, Construction Industry Practice Section, Forum Committee
Member


American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
Member


American Arbitration Association, National Panel of Commercial and Construction Arbitrators and Mediators
Member


Associated Builders and Contractors of Mississippi
Member


International Association of Defense Counsel
Member


Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc.
Member


Mississippi Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees
Past-Member


Mississippi Bar Foundation, 1995 - 1996
President


Fraternities/Sororities:
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Theta Kappa