Don Barrett - Lexington, MS

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Mississippi, 1969

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi, 1967
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Pro Bono Activities

• Milton Lee Olive Memorial Committee

Representative Cases

• Nealy v. Woodman of the World Life Insurance Society. This was a discrimination case brought against an insurance company, in which I was co-lead counsel. This case was settled for $23.1 million, which settlement was approved by Chief Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
• Cox v. Shell Oil Co., et al
• Holmes v. Trustmark National Bank, et al, U.S.D.C., So. Dist. Mississippi, No. 1:95-cv-323BrR, a forced-placed insurance class action which resulted in an $8.8 million settlement approved by Judge David Bramlette on June 4, 1997
• Austin, et al. v. Lehman Brothers, Inc. et al
• On January 26, 2009, in Stanich, et al v. Travelers Indemnity Company, et al, U.S.D.C., N.D. Ohio, No. 1:06 CV 962-KMO
• Vereen v. Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc.

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1969
• U.S. Tax Court, 1969
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975

Other Affiliations

• Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association
• Charles Clark Inn of Court
• Mississippi Community College Attorneys Association