Jernigan Copeland Attorneys | Mississippi Construction & Insurance Law

W. Wright Hill, Jr.; born Tupelo, Mississippi, 1967

Education

• Mississippi State University (B.B.A., Cum Luade, 1990)
• University of Mississippi (J.D., Cum Laude, 1993)
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Member, Moot Court Board
  • Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Pretrial Practice

Professional Affiliations

• The Mississippi Bar
• Capital Area Bar Association (formerly Hinds County Bar Association)
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association
• Fifth Circuit Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • Chair, Young Lawyers Division, 1999-2002
  • Chair, Trial Practice Academy, 2002
  • Board of Directors, 2002-2005
  • Vice President, 2005-2007
  • Secretary/Treasurer, 2007
  • President Elect, 2008
  • President, 2009
  • Immediate Past President, 2010
• Defense Research Institute
  • Chair, 2006 DRI Southern Regional Convention
  • Chair, 2009 DRI Southern Regional Convention
  • Mississippi State Representative (2012-2014)
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Mississippi Claims Association

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, 1993, Mississippi
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Practice Areas

• General Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Defense
• Personal Injury
  • Automobile
  • Premise Liability
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability
• Toxic Tort

Honors and Achievements

• Best Lawyers in America – Insurance Litigation (2012-present)
• Mid-South Super Lawyers – (2011-present)
• MDLA Distinguished Service Award, 2009
• DRI Exceptional Performance Citation, 2009
• DRI Rudolph A. Janata Award (for Outstanding State and Local Defense Organization, 2009)
• DRI State Leadership Award, 2015
• MDLA Exceptional Leadership Award, 2015

Speaking Engagements

Opening Statements
2002 Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Trial Practice Academy

Mississippi Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
2003 Defense Research Institute Southern Regional Convention

Mississippi Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
2004 Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association – Mississippi Claims Association Joint Seminar

Closing Arguments
2004 Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Trial Practice Academy

Mississippi Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage
2005 Defense Research Institute Southern Regional Convention

2006 Defense Research Institute Southern Regional Convention
Chairman and Host

2009 Defense Research Institute Southern Regional Convention
Chairman and Host

Reported Decisions

KM Leasing Company, Inc. vs. Butler, 749 So.2d 310 (Miss. 1999)

Daniel Meyers vs. American States Insurance Company, 914 So.2d 669 (Miss. 2005)

Jeffcoat vs. American National Property and Casualty Company, 919 So.2d 982 (Miss. 2005)

AXA Re Property and Casualty Insurance Company vs. Day, 206 WL133532 (C.A. 5-Miss. 2005)

In re Silica Products Liability Litigation, 398 F. Supp. 563 (S.D. Tx 2005)

Lancaster vs Stevens, 961 So.2d 768 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007)

Wright vs. Davis, 2008 U.S. Dist Lexis 94041 (SD Miss 2008)

Kinsey ex rel. Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Watkins vs. Pangborn Corp, 78 So.3d 301 (Miss. 2011)

Berry v. EZ Trench Mfg, 772 F. Supp. 757 (SD Miss 2011)

Canal Ins. Co. vs Herrington, 846 F. Supp. 654 (SD Miss 2012)

Empire Abrasive Equipment Corp. vs. Morgan, 87 So.3d 455 (Miss. 2012)

Lone Star Industries vs. McGraw, 90 So.3d 564 (Miss. 2012)

Lambert vs. Safeco, 87 So.3d 1123 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012)

Montgomery vs. Safeco Ins. Co., 99 So.3d 564 (Miss. Ct. App. 2012)

Campbell v Jones, 200 So.3d 1126 (Miss, Ct, App. 2016)

Hudson Specialty Ins. Co. v Talex Enter. LLC etal, 2018 U.S. Dist. Ct. LEXIS 20625 (S.D. Miss. 2018)

Gibson v Provenza, 2024 Miss LEXIS 49, 2024 WL 372880 (Miss. 2024)

Pace v Cirrus Design Corp. etal, 93 F.4^th879 (5^th Cir. 2024)  

Pace v Cirrus Design Corp. etal, 2024  U.S. App. LEXIS 13317 (5^th Cir. 2024)

Gibson v McNatt, 383 So.3d 1200 (Miss.2024)