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H. Mitchell Cowan 
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633 North State Street (39202)
P.O. Box 427
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0427
  
Phone (601) 949-4713
Fax (601) 949-4804
Email mcowan@watkinsludlam.com
   
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Areas of Practice:
Products Liability
Banking, Mortgage and Lender Liability
Commercial Litigation
Appellate Practice
Insurance Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Mississippi, 1984
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS , 1984
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief, 1983


University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1981
M.S.


University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1980
B.S.


Representative Cases:
Leonard v. Nationwide Insurance Company, 438 F. Supp. 2d 684 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
Boone v. Citigroup, Inc., 416 F. 3d 382 (5th Cir. 2005)
DIJO, Inc. v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 351 F. 3d 679 (5th Cir. 2005)
Mack Trucks v. Tackett, 841 So. 2d 1107 (Miss. 2003)
Smith v. Mack Trucks, Inc., 819 So.2d 1258 (Miss. 2002)
Richton Bank & Trust Company v. Bowen, 798 So.2d 1268 (Miss. 2001)
Leflore County v. Givens, 754 So.2d 1223 (Miss. 2000)
Branning v. Hinds Community College District, 743 So.2d 311 (Miss. 1999)
Terex Corporation v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 671 So.2d 1316, 31 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 134 (Miss. 1996)
FSC Securities Corporation v. McCormack, 630 So.2d 979 (Miss. 1994)
First United Financial Corporation v. Specialty Oil Company, 5 F.3d 944, 21 UCC Rep. Serv. 2d 1133 (5th Cir. 1993)
Smoll v. ACandS, Inc., 977 F.2d 499 (9th Cir. 1992)
State Highway Commission of Mississippi v. Charmar, Inc., 569 So.2d 1132 (Miss. 1990)
Rogers v. First Union Mortgage Corporation, 568 So.2d 1214 (Miss. 1990)
Honors and Awards:
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


The Mississippi Bar
Member


Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Member


Defense Research Institute
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Judge E. Grady Jolly, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1985


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information:
1958, Hattiesburg, Mississippi