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Updated: October 10th, 2022 | Jackson | Lawyer List G | Watkins & Eager |
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Address: 400 East Capitol Street, jackson, MS, 39201
Law Firm: Watkins & Eager
Phone: 601-965-1912
Fax: 601-965-1901
Email:
Website: http://www.watkinseager.com/
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| Areas of Practice | Banking, Construction, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Insurance, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability |
| Description | George R. Fair joined Watkins & Eager in 1974. During his legal career, he has had both a business and a commercial litigation practice. His business practice has been primarily in the areas of banking, corporate, administrative and regulatory, and commercial transactions (including, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, public finance, and public utilities). His commercial litigation practice has been primarily in the areas of banking, fidelity and surety, construction, professional liability, and public utilities. He is admitted to practice before all state and district courts in Mississippi, as well as the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Cases of note in his litigation practice include: North Mississippi Savings and Loan Ass’n v. Hudspeth, 756 F.2d,1096 (5th Cir. 1985), cert den., 474 U.S. 1054 (1986); State v. Board of Levee Comm’rs for Yazoo Mississippi Delta, 932 So.2d 12 (Miss. 2006).He served as President of the Mississippi Bar in 2009-10. He also served on the Board of Bar Commissioners from 2004-07. He is a fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation, the Mississippi Young Lawyers Foundation, and the American Bar Foundation. In 2010, he received the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project’s Pro Bono Volunteer Award. In 2017, he received the Capital Area Bar Association’s Professionalism Award.Honors & RecognitionsThe Mississippi Bar (President, 2009-10; Board of Commissioners, 2004-07) Mississippi Bar Foundation, fellow Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Association – Pro Bono Volunteer Award Capital Area Bar Association – Professionalism Award Mississippi Young Lawyers Foundation, fellow American Bar Association, fellow Capital Area Bar Association, Past Director Jackson Young Lawyers Association (President, 1982) Mississippi Bankers Association (Bank Attorneys Committee, Past Chairman) The Best Lawyers in America (1987-2021, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Municipal Law and Utilities Law) The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year – (2015, Administrative/Regulatory Law; 2014, Financial Services Regulation Law; 2013, Corporate Law; 2012, Financial Services Regulation Law; 2011, Banking and Finance Law) Chambers USA-America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-20, Corporate/Commercial; 2003-19, Corporate/Commercial: Banking & Finance) Mid-South Super Lawyers (Banking, 2006-19; Top 50 Mississippi, 2012-13) AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell |
Established in 1895, Watkins & Eager PLLC is a full-service, diversified law firm, specializing in a multitude of practice areas. These areas include an extensive real estate, banking, corporate and business practice, as well as the firm’s broad trial and appellate practice. The firm is privileged to represent banking and financial institutions, manufacturers, oil and gas companies, pharmaceutical companies, commercial real estate developers, hea…
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