Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

Dan W. Webb

Tupelo, MS

• E-Mail: dwebb@webbsanders.com

Admitted

• Mississippi, 1977
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. Supreme Court

Additional Biographical Details:

University of MS Risk Mgmt. and Ins. Advisory Board (2000-2014); Outstanding Supporter, 2008; Chair-Elect, 2003, Chair, 2004-2005); Symposium Chairman (2005); Distinguished Service Award 2005; Outstanding Lawyers of America; Mid-South "Super Lawyer" in Insurance Coverage (2007-2015); Top Rated Lawyer In Insurance Law (2014); CLM Insurance Fraud Committee (2010-2014), Founding Co-Chair (2010); CLM Insurance Bad Faith Committee (2010-2014), Co-Chair for Region 5 MS and LA (2010-2012); ABA Advisory Panel (2008-2009); MDLA Quarterly (Editor, 1998-1999; Director, 1994-1998)

Memberships:

• Federal and Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Associations
• The Mississippi Bar (Delegate, Judicial Conference of Fifth Circuit, 1984-1986)
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 2000; President-Elect, 1999); (Secretary/Treasurer, 1998; Chair, Northeast MS Regional Committee, 1989, 1991-1992)
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• International Association of Arson Investigators
• Defense Research Institute
• International Association of Defense Counsel

Publications:

• Presentations: "Mediation Panel and Deposition Academy," MS College School of Law (2018)
• "Ethics: Sources, Relationships and Reality, Financial Planning Association of Northeast Mississippi Annual Symposium (2014) and Ole Miss Risk Management and Insurance Symposium, University of Mississippi (2013)
• "SIU: More than a Background Check or Surveillance," Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (2012)
• "Mississippi Insurance Law: Key Points and Strategies," Sentry Insurance (2012)
• "Insurance Fraud Initiatives," Council on Litigation Management (2011)
• "Insurance Law Update," The Republic Group (2011)
• "Avoiding and Defending Bad Faith," CLM, Infinity Ins. (2010)
• "If Chinese Drywall Covers the Walls, Are Those Walls Covered?" MS Claims Assn/MDLA, (2009)
• "Fundamentals of Litigation Management and Related Topics," GEICO (2009)
• "Fundamentals of Litigation Management," CLM, Nationwide (2009)
• "Opening Statements," Trial Practice Academy, MDLA (2007)
• "Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues," Seminar, Prentiss County, MS
• "Coverage Issues/Claim Handling," PIA/MCA Convention Cont. Ed (2005)
• "Tort Reform in MS," MSU Ins Day, Starkville, MS (2002)
• "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Act: An Overview of Compliance Obligations"
• "Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint," and "Bad Faith: It Is Best to Avoid It, Here's How," Cont. Ed Seminar for PIA of MS (2001)
• "Update on Ethics Opinions in MS," MDLA Southern Regional (2000)
• "Recent Developments in MS Insurance Law," Ole Miss Ins. Symposium (2000)
• "Update on Insurance Law Developments," Ole Miss Ins. Symposium (2000)
• "Constitutional Issues; MS Tort Claims Act," MS Governmental Tort Immunity Seminar (1998)
• "Counsel Mock Trial for the MS Fire Investigators Arson School (1997)
• "Legal Implications of Current Version of NFPA Sec. 921," State Farm SIU Workshop, Birmingham, AL (1996)
• "Defense of Fire, Fraud and Bad Faith," MSU College of Business and Industry (1994)
• Mock Trial for State Farm Fire and Casualty's Advanced Claim School (1993)
• "Insurance Defense Issues and Recent Developments," MS Claims Assn. (1992)
• "Insurance Defense Issues," Safeco Ins. Co., Nashville, TN (1987)
• "First Party Bad Faith Defense," Southern Farm Bureau Ins. Co. (1985)
• "Arson and Fraud Defense in MS," State Farm Fire and Casualty (1984)
• Publications: "Reasonable Expectations: Interpreting Insurance Policies in Common Law Jurisdictions," American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (forthcoming 2016)
• "The Internet vs. Good Old-Fashioned Sleuthing," The CLM, Claims Management, March 2016
• "Ethics: Sources, Relationships and Reality," Seminar Publication (2013)
• Co-Author: "How Detection and Prevention Can Avoid the High Cost of Insurance Fraud," Litigation Management, Summer 2011
• Monograph: "Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues Related to Where the Chickens Can Insist the Other Chickens Come to Roost," Perspective From the Bench and the Bar (2007)
• Co-Author: "U.S. Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Excessive," The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2003)
• Co-Author: "Y2K - Klear? Konfusing?," The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 4 (1999)
• Co-Author: "Ethical Prohibition on Third Party Audits," The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1999)
• Co-Author: "Constitutional Issues Raised by the MS Tort Claims Act" (1998)
• "The Legal Burden of Proof Implications of NFPA 921," National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 14, No. 3, (September, 1996)
• "Unanimous Verdict for Insurer in Civil Arson Case," National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 18, (September, 1995)

Certifications:

• Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy

Education:

• University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1971
• University of Southern California, M.S.Ed., 1974
• The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. (Valedictorian, with distinction), 1976

Military:

U.S. Air Force, 1971-1974 (active duty)

Born: 1949

B. Wayne Williams

Tupelo, MS

• E-Mail: wwilliams@webbsanders.com

Admitted

• Mississippi, 1994
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1994

Additional Biographical Details:

Mid-South "Super Lawyer" (2011, 2013-2018)

Memberships:

• Federal and Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Associations
• The Mississippi Bar
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
• Mississippi Claims Association
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Publications:

• Presentations: "Mediation Panel and Deposition Academy," MS College School of Law (2018)
• "MS Insurance Law: Key Points and Strategies," Sentry Insurance, Goldsboro, NC (2016)
• "MS Insurance Law: Uninsured Motorist Key Points and Strategies," Sentry Ins. Co., Goldsboro, NC (2014)
• "Premises Liability," CLM, Charlotte, NC (2013)
• "MS Insurance Law: Key Points and Strategies," Sentry Insurance, Goldsboro, NC (2012)
• "Insurance Law Update," Harleysville Ins. Co. (2011)
• "Case Assessment & Evaluation," CLM, Charlotte, NC (2010)
• "Hands-On Mock Trial," CLM, Columbus (2010)
• "Reservation of Rights and Insured's Right to Personal Counsel, CLM, Charlotte, NC (2010)
• "Fundamentals of Litigation Mgmt and Related Topics," GEICO, Macon, GA (2009)
• "Fundamentals of Litigation Mgmt," "Case Assessment & Evaluation," CLM, Charlotte, NC (2009), Richmond, VA (2009)
• "Update on UM/UIM Law," MetLife Ins. Co. (2007)
• "Coverage and Claims in the Wake of Katrina," Ole Miss Ins. Symposium (2006)
• "UM/UIM Coverage Updates and Subrogation Issues"
• "Legal Issues and Insurance Claims Presented by Mold," PIA/MCA Convention, Orange Beach, AL (2005)
• "Solving Water Intrusion & Mold Problems," Lorman Education, Jackson, MS (2003), Tupelo, MS (2003)
• "Recent Developments in MS Law," Sentry Claims Service/Dairyland Ins. Co. Seminar, Richmond, VA (2002)
• "Errors and Omissions Claims: How to Avoid E & O Claims and How Courts Deal With E & O Claims Once Presented"
• "Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint"
• "Bad Faith: It Is Best to Avoid It, Here's How," CLE Seminar for the PIA/MCA Convention, Orange Beach, AL (2001)
• "Amended Rule 57 and Implications on Discovery," Safeco Ins. Co., Jackson, MS (2001)
• "Construction Litigation and Amended Rule 57 Implications," MSU Ins. Day, Starkville, MS (2001)
• "Amended Rule 57 and Other Developments in MS Insurance Law," Sentry Claims Service/Dairyland Ins. Co. Seminar, Richmond, VA (2001)
• "Recent Developments in MS Law," Barristers, Booneville, MS (2000)

Education:

• University of Miami, B.M., 1990
• The University of Mississippi, J.D., 1993

Honors:

Phi Delta Phi; Moot Court Board

Born: 1968

Roechelle R. Morgan

Tupelo, MS

• E-Mail: rmorgan@webbsanders.com

Admitted

• Mississippi, 2002
• Tennessee, 2011
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Additional Biographical Details:

Mid-South "Rising Star" in Insurance Coverage (2010-2012)

Memberships:

• The Mississippi Bar
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) (Committees: Professional Liability, 2010, Employment Practices, 2010)
• Defense Research Institute
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Publications:

• Presentations: "Insurance Law Update," The Republic Group, Dallas, TX (2011)
• "Litigation 101," Council on Lit. Mgmt., Sun Prairie, WI (2009)
• "Fundamentals of Lit. Mgmt. and Related Topics," GEICO, Macon, GA (2009)
• "Fundamentals of Lit. Mgmt.," CLM, Columbus, OH (2009)
• "Update on UM/UIM Law," MetLife Ins. Co. (2007)
• "Coverage and Claims in the Wake of Katrina," Ole Miss Ins. Symposium (2006)
• "Summary of MS Ins. Coverage Law," PIA/MCA Convention Cont. Ed. (2005)

Education:

• The University of Mississippi, B.A., 1993
• University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1994
• The University of Tulsa, J.D., 1998

Honors:

Phi Delta Phi; Environmental Law Journal, Staff (1996-1997)

Born: 1972

Norma C. Ruff

Tupelo, MS

• E-Mail: nruff@webbsanders.com

Admitted

• Mississippi, 1982
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi

Memberships:

• The Mississippi Bar
• Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Education:

• Mississippi State University, B.A., 1980
• The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1982

Honors:

Pi Sigma Alpha

Born: 1958

Shanda L. Lewis

Tupelo, MS

Admitted

• Mississippi, 1998

Memberships:

• The Mississippi Bar

Education:

• The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1998

Joshua R. Daniel

Tupelo, MS

Admitted

• Mississippi, 2012
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• The Mississippi Bar
• National Association of Subrogation Professionals
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Education:

• Mississippi State University, B.S. Mech. Engr., 2008
• The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2012

Born: 1986