Practice Expertise

  • Insurance
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Areas of Practice

  • Insurance
  • Complex Business Litigation
  • Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Labor and Employment
  • Lending
  • Life Sciences
  • Life Sciences Litigation
  • Life, Health and Disability Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability Litigation
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Profile

Will Manuel focuses his practice on products liability, commercial and employment litigation. He has handled various disputes for both international corporations and small businesses in Mississippi and other jurisdictions. He currently serves on the national trial team for a Fortune 500 company for products cases and is helping other manufacturers handle actions across the country.

Will's clients include numerous manufacturers and commercial interests, as well as various insurance and financial services companies. He has worked to defend these clients nationwide through discovery and trial. He has tried numerous personal injury cases in both state and federal courts. Will also has experience in advising businesses on issues involving age discrimination, sexual harassment and wage/overtime disputes. His primary focus is on motion practice, depositions and courtroom work.

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1994
  • Arkansas, 2015

Court Admissions
  • United States Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1994
  • Mississippi State University, B.A., 1990, magna cum laude; Harry S. Truman Scholar

Areas of Practice

  • Insurance
  • Complex Business Litigation
  • Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Labor and Employment
  • Lending
  • Life Sciences
  • Life Sciences Litigation
  • Life, Health and Disability Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability Litigation

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