Butler Snow attorney Meade Mitchell was recently sworn in as President of the Mississippi Bar on Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Annual Meeting of The Mississippi Bar.
He has previously served as Chair of The Mississippi Bar’s Summer School Committee; Chair of the Litigation Section; Chair of the Public Information, Bar Admissions Ceremony, and Local Affiliates Committees, as well as a Director of the Young Lawyers Division. Meade is a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division, and a prior recipient of the Mississippi Bar’s Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi award.
Meade concentrates his practice on product liability, pharmaceutical, toxic tort, and transportation litigation. He defends a variety of product liability disputes for manufacturers and distributors, including serving as national/regional counsel. He defends toxic tort suits, including lead, talc, asbestos, silica, and chemical exposure suits and represents industrial manufacturers and consumer product manufacturers and sellers. He also represents trucking companies involved in over the road accidents. Further, he defends complex fire, explosion, and premises liability disputes, as well as representing companies in the energy industry. He is AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and recognized in Best Lawyers in America®, Who’s Who Legal in Product Liability, and Super Lawyers® in Class Action/Mass Tort.
Meade is involved in a variety of professional and community organizations. Meade previously served as the President of both the Capital Area Bar Association and Jackson Young Lawyers. He is active in the American Bar Association’s Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section, where he serves as an officer, and he previously served on its governing Council and as Chair of the Content Management, Commercial Transportation, and Membership Committees and as Chair of the Book Publishing Board. He also serves as Butler Snow’s representative to the Lex Mundi Legal Network. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Bencher of the American Inns of Court, Charles Clark Chapter. Meade previously served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, as President of Leadership Greater Jackson Alumni Association, as a fundraiser chair and a civic club president.
