Member Profile: Thomas D. McNeese

	Thomas D. McNeese McNeese & Hahn, PLLC P. O. Drawer 948 338 Church Street Columbia, MS 39429 Tel: (601) 731-5020 Fax: (601) 731-5030 Website: www.mcneesehahn.com	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation

Admiralty Banking & Finance Commercial/Business Contract Disputes EEOC Education Employment Engineering Environmental Industrial

Insurance Land Use/Planning Landlord/Tenant Legal Malpractice Libel & Slander Medical Malpractice Natural Disasters Nursing Homes Partnerships Personal Injury

Pharmaceuticals Police Premises Liability Product Liability Professional Liability Professional Malpractice Professional Negligence Real Estate Torts Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

A trial attorney for over 30 years with experience in all courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Mr. McNeese litigated cases involving medical malpractice, legal malpractice, products liability, admiralty, criminal, contract and commercial law and personal injury cases. He was also a prosecuting attorney for Marion County from 1972-1976.

Over the last decade, Mr. McNeese has turned to fulltime mediation practice, handling over 1000 cases to date.

EDUCATION:

• B.B.A. University of Mississippi, 1965
• J.D. University of Mississippi School of Law, 1969
• Admitted to Mississippi Bar, 1969 - Admitted to all State and Federal Courts,

ADR TRAINING:

Initial training/certification in 1999 with The Mediation Process and Skills of Conflict Resolution sponsored by Litigation Alternatives, Inc., and Southern Arbitration & Mediation ADR Services . Continuing mediation training through courses sponsored by the National Business Institute, Mississippi College School of Law, Lorman, Mediation Media, and the Association of Attorney-Mediators

Memberships & Affiliations

• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Selected as an Outstanding Lawyer of America
• Appointed to Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions by Mississippi Supreme Court, 1984- 1990
• Member, past President, American Board of Trial Advocates
• Chairman, Court Liaison and Judicial Administration Committee, Mississippi State Bar, 1993
• Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1987-1990
• Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules, 1995-2000
• Court Annexed Mediation Committee, 2005
• Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
• Member, Board of Trustees of The Mississippi Bar Foundation, 1999-2002
• Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Plan Panel of Neutrals, appointed pursuant to the Uniform Local Rules of the Southern District of Mississippi
• Mississippi Bar s List of Approved Mediators
• Charter Member, Mississippi Chapter of the Association of Attorney-Mediators
• Best Lawyers in America, ADR, 2008
• Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals

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