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Leo J. Carmody, Jr.
Licensed in: Mississippi
Direct Dial: 601.713.1206
Direct Fax: 601.713.9491
lcarmody@rbisf.com
Primary Practice Areas
Practice Description
Leo is an associate with the firm. His practice focuses on civil litigation,
with an emphasis on insurance litigation, industrial accidents, toxic torts,
environmental matters, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical litigation, personal
and professional liability and bankruptcy matters.
Activities & Affiliations
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, member, Editorial Board
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Hinds County Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
Educational & Professional Background
- University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (BA)
- University of Mississippi School of Law (JD – 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
- Senior Staff Columnist, The Daily Mississippian, 2000-02
- Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award, General Column Writing Society
of Professional Journalists, 2002
- Staff writer, The Daily Tar Heel, 1994-1996
Representative Matters
- 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.
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