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At Butler Snow, we are driven by our commitment to client service, and national surveys consistently rank Butler Snow as a leader in meeting client needs.

Our culture is one of teamwork, and we develop powerful strategies to help our clients succeed. We provide a full range of business and litigation services to a broad spectrum of regional, national and international clients.

Our practice areas include Product Liability, Healthcare, Commercial Litigation, Public Finance and Incentives, Government and Environmental, Labor and Employment, Corporate and Securities, Investigations, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Appellate, Tax, Intellectual Property, Transportation and Gaming.

Commercial Litigation
Contractor Negligence 

Mississippi – Members of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation Group successfully tried a contractor negligence case in the United States District Court for Mississippi Phosphates Corporation (MPC) against Analytic Stress Relieving, Inc. (ASR), a post-weld heat treatment specialist.  The suit alleged that ASR negligently performed its post-weld heat treatment, thereby warping certain components of MPC’s boiler.  At the conclusion of a 5-day trial, the jury awarded MPC a total of $3,101,506 in damages, with 40% of the fault attributable to ASR.   The Court, therefore, entered a $1,240,602 judgment against ASR, and, in a recent ruling, the district court denied ASR’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.   The Butler Snow team included Phil B. Abernethy, Robert M. Frey, John A. (Jack) Crawford, Jr. and Patrick T. Bergin.

Investigations
White Collar Crime 

New York – Butler Snow recently obtained an excellent result in the federal sentencing of a former partner of Ernst & Young, convicted in the Southern District of New York of several counts involving tax strategies.  Although the guideline range was 240 months, the firm’s team was able to successfully argue that the circumstances of this case and our client warranted a sentence well below the guideline range.  Judge Sidney H. Stein agreed and imposed a sentence of only 20 months with no fine.  The sentence marked the shortest given to any of the defendants, and it was well below the sentence prosecutors sought and that which probation had recommended.  The Butler Snow team was led by Amanda B. Barbour with the support of James B. Tucker, Robert G. (Bob) Anderson and James K. (Jay) McDaniel.  

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