Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A.

April D. Reeves

Shareholder

April D. Reeves

Shareholder

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Antitrust and Business Tort Litigation

Education

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University - Birmingham, AL, 2002 J.D.
University of South Alabama - Mobile, AL, 1998 B.A.

Bar Admissions

Alabama - 2003
Mississippi - 2002
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi - 2002
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi - 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit - 2002
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama - 2004
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama - 2004
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama - 2004

Honors and Awards

Leadership Jackson, 2006 - 2007
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009
American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Senior Associate Editor, 2001-2002
American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Member, 2000-2001
Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board, 2001-2002
Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow, 2001-2002

Published Works

Walmart Stores, Inc. v. Smitherman: Applying Collateral Estoppel to Issues Raised in Administrative Proceedings, 24 Am. J. Trial Advoc., 483, 679, 2001

Representative Cases

Figuero v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., 07-60698 (5th Cir. 2008)
Figuero v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc., WL 2088280 (S.D. Miss 2006)
Price v. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, et al., 2007 WL 902816 (N.D. Miss. 2007)
Ross v. National Forms & Systems Group, Inc., 882 So.2d 245 (Miss. App. 2004)

Professional Associations and Memberships

Charles Clark American Inns of Court, Associate

Cumberland School of Law Alumni Association, Jackson Chapter, 2004 - 2005, President

American Bar Association, Member

The Mississippi Bar, Member

The Womens Fund, Member

Alabama Bar Association, Member

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Member

Madison Ridgeland Rotary, Member

Capitol Area Bar Association, Member

Birth Information

Hartselle, Alabama