David C. Dunbar - Ridgeland, MS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1985
    J.D.
    Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Editorial Staff

• Non Legal Education

  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982
    B.A.
    Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Classes and Seminars

• "Answering the Midnight Call: Top Ten Action Items for a Lawyer to Know and Do to Immediately React to a Catastrophic Motor Vehicle Accident", Transportation Lawyers Association, November 30, 2010 - Present
  
• “Dealing with the Impossible Judge”; ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference; Speaker; April 29, 2016
  
• “Handling the Hostile Forum”; ABA National Legal Malpractice Conference; Speaker; April 29, 2016

Representative Cases

• K &C Logistics, LLC v. Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. and Daniel Steven Cooper
  • Citation: No. 2022-CA-00939-SCT
  • Court: Miss. Supreme Court
  • Year: 2023
• Malsch v. Vertex Aerospace, LLC
  • Citation: 361 F.Supp. 2d 583
  • Court: S.D. Miss.
  • Year: 2005
• Tidwell v. Homestar Real Estate Services
  • Citation: 290 F.Supp. 2d 729
  • Court: S.D. Miss.
  • Year: 2003
• Ott v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.
  • Citation: 213 F.Supp.2d 662
  • Court: S.D. Miss.
  • Year: 2002
  • Serial Number: 2002484512
• Johnson v. Great American Ins. Co.
  • Citation: 213 F.Supp.2d 657
  • Court: S.D. Miss.
  • Year: 2001
  • Serial Number: 2002484538
• Roebuck v. City of Aberdeen
  • Citation: 671 So. 2d 49
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1996
  • Serial Number: 1996065432
• Harvey v. Bounds
  • Citation: 588 So. 2d 845
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1995
  • Serial Number: 1991193814
• Bumgarner v. Carlisle Medical, Inc.
  • Citation: 809 F.Supp. 461
  • Court: S.D. Miss.
  • Year: 1993
  • Serial Number: 1993026028
• Quick Change Oil and Lubrication Co., Inc.
  • Citation: 571 So. 2d 968
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1990
  • Serial Number: 1990176005
• Kight v. Sheppard Bldg. Supply, Inc.
  • Citation: 537 So.2d 1355
  • Court: Miss.
  • Year: 1989
  • Serial Number: 1989017410

Published Works

Articles

• "COBRA'S Anti-Dumping Provisions: Fertile Ground for Hospital and Physician Liability", Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, Vol. 31-No. 3 (March), 1990
  
• "Who's the Boss? Addressing the Increasing Controversies Associated with the Owner-Operator/Employee Dichotomy", Transportation Law Journal, Vol. 25, Number 2, 2008
  

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1985
• Georgia, 1985
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• Arkansas, 2023

Specialties and Certifications

• Approved Mediator for the State and Federal Courts, Harvard Law School Mediation Workshop
• Trucking Accident Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Other Affiliations

• American College of Transportation Attorneys
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Trucking Industry Defense Association
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1985 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Trial and Insurance Practice Section
• Charles Clark American Inns of Court
• Defense Research Institute
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• Mississippi Trucking Association
• American Trucking Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• State of Mississippi Commisioner to the National Conference of Uniform State Law Commissioners, 1996 - 2000 (Commissioner)
• Uniform Mediation Act for the Uniform Law Commission (Drafting Committee)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Phi Alpha Theta