News & Knowledge

The Firm is excited to welcome new associates Amber Stewart, Chelsea Lewis, and Patrick Fields to our Jackson office!

We are excited to announce the completion of our New Orleans office’s new space in the Place St. Charles building! We moved into the new space in December of 2018, and within 9 months the need to expand arose due to rapid growth of our team. The expansion is now complete, so we wanted to share some details and photos of our new office. The additional build-out followed our phased approach for future growth, which made it easy to continue with phase 1 and have it completed by August 2019.

Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP is pleased to announce that 15 lawyers from our Firm have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers® has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise, and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP is a proud funding supporter of the 2019 Mississippi Book Festival. The literary lawn party, as the Festival has been known since birth, is Saturday, August 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the charming grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol, nearby Galloway United Methodist Church, and surrounding streets.

Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP is proud to once again be a patron sponsor of the Blazer Bolt for Brain Cancer 5k and 1-mile fun run—a race that was created entirely to support those who are battling brain cancer.

Win Gault and Jake Banks obtained a defense verdict in an arbitration concerning claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“Act”). Claimant maintained that Respondent (a national retailer) violated the Act by using an automatic telephone dialing system (“ATDS”) to place calls to her cellular phone to collect a delinquent debt.

Malissa Wilson and Spencer Ritchie were speakers at the Mini Law School for HR Professionals seminar, held July 31, 2019, in Pearl, Mississippi.

A FormanWatkins trial team consisting of Peter Moir, Tim Gray, and Margaret McLaughlin just obtained a defense verdict in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  The case involved a claim that an equipment manufacturer supplied asbestos-containing components in equipment it provided to a copper mine and that the components caused the mesothelioma and subsequent death of a mine employee. 

On Friday, July 26, 2019, attorneys and summer clerks from our Jackson office were among those who volunteered at the Hinds County Family Law and Expungement Clinic, a pro se legal clinic held at the Hinds County Chancery Courthouse. The clinic assisted individuals with a variety of legal matters, including uncontested ID divorces, uncontested guardianships, uncontested emancipations, custody changes, name changes/birth certificate corrections, simple wills, and felony and misdemeanor expungements.

FormanWatkins is excited to announce our selection as one of the Best Places to Work in Mississippi for 2019, as voted on by our very own employees. Our team in Jackson and the culture we foster are extremely important to the Firm, and seeing this come to light with this recognition is truly an honor.