November 9, 2015
The Firm proudly welcomed City of Jackson Fire Department representatives to our office after recently learning of a shortage of scissor carjacks within the department which prohibits the department’s full response in crisis situations.
November 9, 2015
The Firm congratulates firm attorneys for being named as 2015 Mid-South Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
October 29, 2015
Joshua Metcalf recently served as Co-Chair of the conference Litigation Management: In-House Counsel Facing the Future, which was hosted by The Network of Trial Law Firms in Laguna Beach, California.
October 21, 2015
Fred Krutz, Daniel Mulholland, and Caroline Upchurch won plaintiffs’ consolidated appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court of summary judgments in seventeen silica cases entered by the Jackson County, Mississippi Circuit Court.
October 21, 2015
Nick Giallourakis, Joshua Metcalf and Daniel Roberts, along with Delaware local counsel, successfully petitioned the Delaware Supreme Court to accept an interlocutory appeal on the issue of whether a company that registers to do business in Delaware but has almost no other contact with the state is subject to general personal jurisdiction there.
October 19, 2015
Joshua J. Metcalf and Nick Giallourakis of Forman Watkins & Krutz persuaded the trial judge to grant a new trial based on attorney misconduct in an Oregon wrongful death action arising from decedent’s alleged exposure to asbestos.
September 1, 2015
Forman Watkins is proud to announce Vernon McFarland’s selection to the Top 40 Under 40 list chosen by The National Black Lawyers. Only 40 Black lawyers or Non-Black Attorneys that promote diversity from each state or region may become members.
August 27, 2015
Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP is pleased to announce 7 lawyers have been named to the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
August 19, 2015
Please join Forman Watkins attorneys at Perrin Conferences’ Asbestos Litigation: A National Overview & Outlook Conference from September 28 – 30 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, CA.
August 3, 2015
On August 3, 2015, The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in its unanimous opinion, affirmed summary judgment for Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP clients Precision Packaging and Clemco Industries in Robinson v. Mine Safety Appliances Co. et al., a silica case filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas.