Tupelo, MS

David D. O'Donnell

David D. O'Donnell is a member attorney with more than 37 years of experience in employment, partnership disputes, construction litigation, Constitutional law, voting rights and redistricting, product liability, public entity, and insurance litigation. His practice areas include construction litigation, partnership disputes, ERISA, contract and business litigation, employment defense, constitutional law, voting rights and redistricting litigation, product liability, and insurance coverage law. He is a former federal law clerk and author of 'Mississippi Automobile Insurance Law and Practice'. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

William Wayne Housley

William Wayne Housley is a Mississippi trial and appellate attorney and the founder of William Wayne Housley, Attorney at Law. He has over 30 years of experience in Mississippi courtrooms, representing thousands of people facing DUI, misdemeanor, and felony charges across Northern Mississippi. He also handles personal injury and family law cases, including divorce, custody, and support. Mr. Housley is known for his thoughtful case analysis, clear communication, and willingness to try cases when necessary. He emphasizes preparation, challenges unlawfully obtained evidence, and uses motion practice to narrow issues. He is admitted to the Bar of Mississippi, Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi Court of Appeals, all Mississippi state trial courts, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

John Michael Bailey

A child born into a quickly changing world, John Michael Bailey was a witness to the assassination of JFK, MLK and RFK, the civil rights movement, the antiwar protests, the Watergate investigation which led to the resignation of a sitting president. As such, John Michael witnessed firsthand the effects of discrimination, racism and oppression and bullying by both the government and big corporations. What John saw felt and experienced left an unquenchable fire and a determination to fight back. To fight back against racism, to fight back against religious discrimination, to fight back against oppression, to fight back against bullies. Fighting back is who John Michael is and what he is all about. From the bullies who waited for him at the bus stop when he was five years old to the billion-dollar insurance firms, Trucking Companies, and the government, they have all learned one thing about John Michael and his firm and that is WE-FIGHT. John Michael was not born into a rich family and worked his way through college and law school and knows what it’s like to swing a hammer to make a check. He had excellent grades in college and entered law school at age 21. While in his second year of Law School John represented Vietnam Veterans in administrative hearings and practiced law under special license his third year of law school. John has been representing people and fighting for them his entire adult life, beginning at age 22. When John Michael was 24 he opened his firm and has been fighting back for his clients 24/7/365. He has tried hundreds of cases over the 45 years he has been representing people ranging from Murder to Wrongful Death cases. Since 1996 John Michael has focused solely on representing injured people and fighting to make sure they are treated fairly and justly compensated for the harms and the losses inflicted upon them through no fault of their own. John Michael considers these fights his mission in life and has dedicated his life and resources to those who have been harmed by others.

Casey L. Lott

Casey L. Lott is the Managing Partner at Langston & Lott. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2004 and has been practicing law since 2005. He is admitted to practice in Mississippi and Alabama, as well as various federal courts. Casey has secured multi-million-dollar awards for clients and is actively involved in trial litigation, including personal injury, products liability, and automobile accident cases. He has held several Multi-District Litigation (MDL) leadership appointments and served as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in class action litigation. Casey is an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Mississippi Association for Justice, where he was named Young Lawyer of the Year in 2005-2006. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2011, one of Mississippi’s Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers Association in 2012, and a Top 100 lawyer in Mississippi in 2014. He holds an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Duncan Lott

Duncan Lott serves as Of Counsel at Langston & Lott. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law in 1977 and was admitted to practice in Mississippi and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the same year. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1994. Duncan is an active member of the Mississippi and American Bar Associations, American Association for Justice, and Mississippi Association for Justice. He is a past President of the Prentiss County Bar Association. Duncan has secured multi-million dollar awards for his clients and is actively involved in trial litigation for personal injury, products liability, automobile accident cases, divorce/child custody, and felony criminal defense. He has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Mississippi by the National Trial Lawyers Association.

Brad Morris

Brad Morris is the owner of Brad Morris Law Firm PLLC, focusing primarily on catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, and mass torts. He has helped clients recover millions of dollars and is an experienced trial lawyer serving Mississippi statewide. He is also an active faculty member of the Keenan Trial Institute.

Rachel Pierce Waide

Rachel Pierce Waide is a shareholder at Waide & Associates, P.A., focusing on civil litigation, employment law, personal injury, and medical malpractice. She has tried cases in state and federal courts and handled appeals to the Mississippi Court of Appeals, Mississippi Supreme Court, Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has tried more jury trials than any other Mississippi lawyer for the past four years, except her husband. She graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi University for Women with a B.A. in English and magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she was chair of the Moot Court Board and executive editor of the Mississippi Law Journal. She earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Torts and Legal Profession. She is licensed in all state and federal courts in Mississippi and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She has held various leadership roles in The Mississippi Bar Association and Lee County Bar Association, and is a past president of the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society. She was named to Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2006, Top 20 Under 40 in Tupelo in 2010, and Leaders in Law in 2011.