Greenlee

Robbie is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. He is a highly skilled trial lawyer with more than 22 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation in federal court, state court, and arbitration. Robbie’s experience covers every aspect of civil litigation, including developing case theories and damage models, preparing pleadings, motion practice, fact and expert discovery, serving as lead trial counsel, and representing clients on appeal. He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts, arbitration awards, and settlements for his clients.  Robbie represents individuals, businesses, healthcare providers, and governmental entities in litigation related to trade secrets, contract disputes, professional malpractice, fraud, personal injury, restrictive covenants, and healthcare.

• Commercial Litigation
• Business Torts & Unfair Competition
• Professional Liability
• Health Care Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Recently, Robbie obtained a $28.3 million dollar consent judgment on behalf of the University of Mississippi Medical Center resulting from its former physician’s misappropriation of trade secrets (University of Mississippi Medical Center vs. Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine, P.C., et al., 3:19-cv-00459-CWR-LGI (S.D. Miss.)) and a $5.4 million jury verdict in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in Haddonfield Foods, Inc. vs. Southern Hens, Inc., 2:20-cv-84-KS-MTP.

Robbie is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers®. He is licensed to practice in Mississippi and Louisiana.

• University of Mississippi Medical Center vs. Jensen, 334 So. 3d 78 (Miss. 2022) (reversal of lower court’s denial of motion for summary judgment and judgment rendered in favor of UMMC).
• University of Mississippi Medical Center vs. Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine, P.C., et al., 3:19-cv-00459-CWR-LGI, 2021 WL 4713242 (granting default judgment as a discovery sanction based on perjury, spoliation, and concealment of evidence) 
• Raymond James & Associates vs. Barlow, et al., 3:19-cv-394-CWR-LRA, 2020 WL 1493465 (denying vacatur of $2M FINRA arbitration award obtained on behalf of 20 defrauded investors) 
• Bissette v. University of Mississippi Medical Center, 282 So.3d 507 (Miss. Ct. App. 2019) (affirming summary judgment on all claims including breach of contract and fraud) 
• Mississippi Department of Audit v. Gulf Publishing Co., Inc., 236 So.3d 32 (Miss. 2017) (affirming court of appeals decision to reverse chancery court judgment against special assistant attorney general and rendering judgment for appellant) 
• University of Mississippi Medical Center vs. Oliver, 235 So.3d 75 (Miss. 2017) (reverse and render on sovereign immunity grounds)
• Denbury Onshore, LLC v. Precision Welding, Inc., 98 So.3d 449 (Miss. 2012) 
• Meadows v. Blake, 36 So.3d 1225 (Miss. 2010) (reversal of lower court based on issues of waiver) 
• Harris v. Darby, 17 So.3d 1076 (Miss. 2009) (reversal of lower court on issues relating to the survival statute and statute of limitations)

• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 2015-2021
• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
  • Mid-South Rising Star, 2016
• ABOTA National Trial Academy

• Mississippi, 2002
• Louisiana, 2003

• Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002
  • Mississippi Bar Award in the Business Law Section American Jurisprudence Award for Counseling and Negotiation Moot Court Board Best Advocate Award in the American Bar Association National Moot Court Competition 
• University Of Louisiana Monroe, B.A., 1998
  • President’s List Dean’s List

• Mississippi Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Charles Clark American Inn of Court

• Presenter, “Pre-dispute arbitration: Legal and practical issues with pre-dispute arbitration agreements,” Mississippi Bar Association Summer School for Lawyers, 2019.
• Presenter, “How to Get Your Social Media, Email and Text Evidence Admitted (and keep theirs out),” NBI, 2019
• Presenter, “Hearsay, Email, Business Records and Social Media – In the Trenches!” NBI, 2017
• Presenter, “Ultimate Guide to Evidence,” NBI, 2016.