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Robert A. Biggs III
Licensed in: Mississippi
Direct Dial: 601.713.6336
Direct Fax: 601.713.9485
bbiggs@rbisf.com
Primary Practice Areas
Practice Description
Bob is experienced as a trial attorney handling a broad range of litigation for plaintiffs and defendants for thirty-four years including insurance coverage issues, products liability, catastrophic personal injury, fire and casualty, health and accident, life, automobile, trucking, and medical malpractice and health related cases. Bob has also handled a variety of business and commercial litigation, including consumer fraud and breach of contract matters. He is a certified mediator for the Mississippi State Bar Association and is a certified panel arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.
Activities & Affiliations
- Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA) (President 2003-2004; Board of Directors 1997-1999)
- Former Law Clerk, Chief Judge Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Association of Former Federal Law Clerks
- Member, Transportation Lawyers Association
- Member, Counsel on Litigation Management
- DRI (Trucking & Insurance Sections)
- American Bar Association (Litigation & TIPS Sections)
- Mississippi Federal Bar Association
- National Lawyers Association (NLA)
- Member, The Mississippi Bar, Hinds County Bar
- Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, the Mississippi Bar (1992-1995)
- Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (District Trustee 2002-2005)
- Member, Scribes
- Editor of the Hinds County and Federal Bar Newsletter
- Selected Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of personal injury defense in 2009-2010
- “AV” rated in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory for 10 + years
- Listed in Bests Recommended Insurance Directory for 35 years
- Member, Task Force for Judicial Reform by appointment of Chief Justice Edwin Pittman, Mississippi Supreme Court (2002)
Educational & Professional Background
- University of Mississippi (B.S. 1973)
- University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D. 1976)
- Admitted to practice; Mississippi Supreme Court, 1976; Federal Courts of the State of Mississippi (Northern and Southern Districts), 1976; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1976
Prepresentative Matters
- Served as primary litigation counsel for defense of Fortune 500 Company for personal injury litigation in all counties of Mississippi for over seventeen (17) years.
- Represents trucking companies and their insurers
- Extensively handled the defense of catastrophic injury and death claims statewide
- Participated in the defense team for tobacco litigation and dioxin toxic tort litigation filed in Mississippi
- Serves as Coverage Counsel to insurers in the evaluation of insurance policies; Commercial General Liability, Professional Liability, Auto, Homeowners, and Excess Insurance
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