Robbie is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. He is a litigation attorney with 19 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation, trade secrets cases, contract disputes, medical malpractice, qui tam, fraud, and complex litigation, in state and federal courts and FINRA arbitration. Robbie’s experience covers all aspects of civil litigation including case screening and selection, development of case theories, pleading and motion practice, discovery, pretrial practice, trial, and appeal.
Overview
Robbie is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. He is a litigation attorney with 19 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation, trade secrets cases, contract disputes, medical malpractice, qui tam, fraud, and complex litigation, in state and federal courts and FINRA arbitration. Robbie’s experience covers all aspects of civil litigation including case screening and selection, development of case theories, pleading and motion practice, discovery, pretrial practice, trial, and appeal.
Practice Area
Experience
- 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)
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 2015-2021
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Star, 2016
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2002
- Louisiana, 2003
Education
- 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
Associations
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Charles Clark American Inn of Court
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- 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.