Attorney Susan Desmond, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Gulfport, Mississippi

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Susan Fahey Desmond

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

Phone	(228) 864-3094 (504) 400-6124 (Cell)
Fax	(228) 864-0516
Email	sdesmond@watkinsludlam.com

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Education:: University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, TN , 1985
J.D.; University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1982
B.A.

Representative Cases:: Howard v. Hancock Medical Center, WL 3487109 (S.D.Miss. 2006); Sumrall v. Boeing Co., WL 1523378 (S.D.Miss 2005); Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss., 135 F.3d 320 (C.A.5 (Miss.) 1998); Lee v. Coahoma County, Miss., 937 F.2d 220 (C.A.5 (Miss.) 1991); Hendrix v. City of Yazoo City, Miss., 911 F.2d 1102 (C.A.5 (Miss.) 1990)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: FMLA Master Class, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, April 2006; Wage & Hour Master Class, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, September 2007; Hiring and Interviewing Soup-to-Nuts: How To Attract and Select the Best Candidates, Effectively and Legally, Business and Legal Reports - National Employment Law Update; When an Employee's Religious Beliefs and Company Policies intersect: a Legal Guide for Employers, M. Lee Smith Publishers - Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, October 2008

Honors and Awards:: The Mississippi Bar, Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi, 1997 - 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; The Mississippi Bar; Member; Federal Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; Member; American Bar Association, Torts & Insurance Practice Section; Member; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Member; American Bar Association, 1996 - 1997; Executive Council Coordinator; Jackson Young Lawyers Association, 1991 - 1993; Director; American Bar Association, Labor Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1990 - 1992; Chairman; The Mississippi Bar, Young Lawyers Division, 1990 - 1992; Director; Mississippi Women's Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1990; Secretary; The Louisiana Bar Association; Member