Mississippi Lawyers

Insurance Law

PO BOX 496, 363 North Broadway, Tupelo, MS 38802

Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, an American Bar Association Accredited Organization. PRACTICE VENUES: Mississippi; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeals Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. PRACTICE AREAS: General Insurance and Corporate Defense; Moeller Counsel; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Law; Fraud and Arson Defense and Special Investigations; Labor & Employment Litigation; Bad Faith Defense; Automobile Liability and Uninsured Motorist Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Expert Witness; Interpleader Proactive. Education: University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, with distinction, 1976); University of Southern California (M.S., 1974); University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1971); Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi Outstanding First Year Student Award. Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal (1976). Law clerk, Honorable William C. Keady, Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (1977-79). Listed in Who’s Who in Mississippi Law.

Civil Litigation

751 Avignon Drive, Suite B, Ridgeland, MS 39157-5161

James F. Noble III (Jamie) has been litigating cases in state and federal courts for more than 30 years. He received his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1985, and his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1989. He is proud of being the third generation lawyer at a family law firm founded by his grandfather. Mr. Noble’s grandfather and father each practiced for more than 50 years.

Civil Litigation

1414 25th Ave, Gulfport, MS 39501

Joe Sam Owen is admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, the fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court and has been admitted pro line twice in multiple states. He has participated as counsel for the plaintiff and as counsel for the defendant in Mass Tort Litigation. He has been involved in more than 350 civil and criminal jury and civil non-jury trials during his forty-seven years in the practice of law beginning in August of 1972. He is a member of the Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter of the American Inns of Court, a fellow of the Mississippi Bar Association and a fellow of the American Bar Association. He served as a member on the Committee for the Mississippi Rules of Criminal Procedure and is currently a member of the Federal Criminal Rules Advisory Committee for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. He is also a Life Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates. A Mississippi Coast native, Joe Sam Owen received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi and was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1972. Mr. Owen has practiced in the U. S. Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit, the U. S. Supreme Court, the U. S. Tax Court and the U. S. Claims Court. During his career, Mr. Owen has served as Assistant District Attorney, Second Circuit Court District of Mississippi, a Former Referee with the Harrison County Family Court, and is a Special Assistant Attorney General handling a designated capital murder case. Mr. Owen is listed in the Best Lawyers in America, Strathmore’s Who’s Who in America, America’s Business and Insurance Attorneys, and the National Directory of Criminal Lawyers. He is a member of the Harrison County, Mississippi, and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; American Judicature Society; American Inns of Court; and is the State Liaison Chairman for Breast Implant Litigation. Mr. Owen has successfully defended high profile federal and state criminal cases. His primary areas of interest are personal injury, criminal defense law, medical malpractice and product liability. In recent years, he has represented Georgia-Pacific in the dioxin litigation, Philip Morris in the tobacco cases, Chiquita International and Waste Management. Mr. Owen is very active in his church, youth sports and community projects.

Family and Divorce Law

122 Church Street, Ashland, MS 38603

Katherine Farese is an associate attorney at Farese, Farese & Farese, P.A. in Ashland, Mississippi. She received a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi in 2016 and her Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2019. She served as the Executive Editor of the Mississippi Law Journal, Volume 88, and was selected by her peers in 2019 to receive Mississippi Law Journal Award, which is the highest award a third-year student can receive in this organization. She was also a member of Moot Court Board, Dean's Leadership Council, Women's Law Association, and Christian Legal Society. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society. She is licensed to practice law in the state of Mississippi, United States District Courts for the Northern District and Southern District of Mississippi, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Criminal Defense Law

P.O. Box 2757, Madison, MS 39130

Lance Mixon is a criminal defense attorney whose law practice is dedicated solely to defending people accused of crimes. His professional philosophy is grounded in the principle that everyone deserves a chance to challenge the government’s case, to level the playing field, to discover if there is a way to overcome the situation, and to get the best individualized results based on the unique facts of the case.