LATHAM & BURWELL, PLLC
618 Crescent Blvd., Ste. 200
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
Telephone: (601) 427-4470
Facsimile: (601) 427-0189
Founded in 1971, by William Larry Latham, Latham & Burwell, PLLC is a full-service law firm with a broad based general practice. Our primary areas of practice include commercial litigation; insurance defense litigation; business and commercial transactions; creditor’s rights representation and litigation; personal injury litigation; worker’s compensation litigation; and alternative dispute resolution.
Latham & Burwell, PLLC is an AV-rated law firm, which is the highest rating reflecting legal ability and professional ethical standards awarded by Martindale-Hubbell’s National Legal Directory.
William Larry Latham, the firm’s senior member, was cited together with the firm in the Client’s Guide by Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In its review of General Commercial Litigation firms and attorneys in Mississippi, Chambers cited eight large firms as leaders in this practice area. In addition to the large local and regional firms cited, Latham & Burwell, PLLC and William Larry Latham were the only attorneys cited as other notable practitioners and described as follows:
Senior member of Latham & Burwell PLLC, William Larry Latham has been in private practice for over 30 years. Based in Ridgeland, just north of Jackson, the firm offers services to individuals and businesses including several large corporations throughout the USA. Interviewees recommended Latham as a "very capable and effective lawyer" often being called in by big clients on conflicts of interest. Others drew attention to his "commercial astuteness, quick mind and practicality."
This five-partner outfit commands respect from peers for its business and commercial, contractual dispute, employment and PI litigation successes. Its wide-ranging capabilities are reflected in its client roster . . . [T]his “extremely competent and resolutely ethical” group excels at both trial and appellate level.
This outstanding legal team is comprised of William Larry Latham, G. Todd Burwell, Robert L. Spell, Julie P. Ratliff and Dustin DuBose.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
American General Financial Services, Inc.; Citicorp Vendor Finance, Inc.; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Lancer Claims Services, Inc.; LeTourneau, Inc.; Locke D. Barkley, Chapter 13 Trustee; M-I, LLC; Manheim Auctions; Mississippi Tort Claims Board; Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company; National States Insurance Company; PDN, Inc.; Realty Mortgage Corporation; Rice Insurance Services Company, LLC; Scott Regional Hospital; Smith International, Inc. and State Bank & Trust Company.