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Leo J. Carmody, Jr.
Licensed in: Mississippi
Direct Dial: 601.506.3112
Direct Fax: 601.713.9491
lcarmody@rbisf.com
Primary Practice Areas
Practice Description
Leo is a member of the firm. His practice focuses on civil litigation and appellate matters,
with an emphasis on insurance litigation, industrial accidents, toxic torts,
environmental matters, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical litigation, and personal
& professional liability.
Activities & Affiliations
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Lafayette County Bar Association
- Tri-County Young Lawyers
Education
- Undergraduate: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (1992-1996) Majors: English & Political Science
- Law School: University of Mississippi School of Law (1999-2002), Cum Laude
- Executive Board Member, Moot Court Board – University of Mississippi
School of Law
- Member, Journal of National Security Law – University of Mississippi
School of Law
Honors and Activities
- Martindale-Hubbell "BV" Rated - Maximum Rating for Attorneys in First 10 Years of Practice
- Executive Board Member, Moot Court Board
- Member, Journal of National Security Law
- American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law, Spring 2000
- Senior Staff Columnist, The Daily Mississippian, 2000-2002
- Mark of Excellance (MOE) Award, General Column Writing Society of professional Journalists, 2002
- Staff Writer, The Daily Tar Heel, 1994-1996
- Admitted to Practice in 2002 - licensed to practice in all State Courts of Mississippi; United States District for the Northern District of Mississippi; United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Representative Matters
- Appellate counsel in the successful appeal reversing $3,500,000 verdict in medical malpractice lawsuit - Clein v. Blake, 903 So. 2d 710 (Miss. 2005)
- Obtained summary judgment in United State District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in multimillion dollar contractual indemnity claim, subsequently affirmed by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – Astec, Inc. v. Rouse Polymerics International., Inc., 282 Fed. Appx. 417, WL 2521098 (6th Cir 2008)
- Defense Counsel on behalf of municipality, police department, and individual officers and officials in multiple lawsuits alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 – Burnett v. City of Southaven, 2009 WL 1683984 (N.D. Miss. 2009)
- Defense Counsel on behalf of school official in multiple lawsuits alleging state and federal claims, including violations of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and other Constitutional claims
- Defense counsel in multiple lawsuits alleging death and bodily injury
from exposure to dioxin from the burning of creosote and pentachlorophenol
(pcp) treated wood chips
- Defense counsel in multiple soil, air and water contamination case involving
polychlorinated biphenyls (pcb’s) in Copiah County, Mississippi
- Defense counsel in multiple suits arising from largest industrial accident
in Mississippi history involving the May, 2002 explosion of a rubber processing
plant in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Defense counsel in multiple pharmaceutical products liability cases involving
Phenylpropanolamine (ppa’s)
- Plaintiffs’ counsel in multiple lawsuits against national mobile
home finance company alleging fraud and harassment.
Reported Decisions
- In re Blake, 912 So.2d 907 (Miss. 2005)
- Blake v. Clein, 903 So.2d 710 (Miss. 2005)
- Astec, Inc. v. Rouse Polymerics International., Inc., 282 Fed. Appx. 417, WL 2521098 (6th Cir. 2008) (Brief published at 2007 WL 5110580)
- City of Southaven, Miss. v. Datamatic, Ltd., 2008 WL 3200703 (N.D. Miss. 2008)
- Lee v. Barbour, 2008 WL 4187356 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
- G.B.W. v. E.R.W., No. 2007-CA-01967-COA, -- So. 2d -- (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)
- Burnett v. City of Southaven, 2009 WL 1683984 (N.D. Miss. 2009)
Published Articles
- “Stone Broke and Loving It! A Beginner’s Guide to Federal Bankruptcy Jurisdiction” (MDLA Quarterly, Summer, 2005)
- “Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged?” (MDLA Quarterly, Spring 2006)
- “Who Said Love Doesn’t Cost A Thing? The Continuing Viability of Alienation of Affection Claims” (MDLA Quarterly, Spring, 2008)
- “The Truth Shall Set You Free … Assuming, Of Course, That The Other Side Lied About It In The First Place” (MDLA Quarterly, Fall, 2009)
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