William E. "Bill" Whitfield III

• GENERALWilliam Earnest Whitfield, III2449 Summerwood Circle (Home)
• Gulfport, MS 39507
• (228) 896-6933
• Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A. (Office)
• 2781 C.T. Switzer Sr. Drive, Suite 200
• Biloxi, Mississippi 39531
• P.O. Box 10
• Gulfport, Mississippi 39502
• 228.863.6101 (Switchboard)
• 228.867.0827 (Direct/Secretary)FAMILY
• Wife - Anita Robertson Whitfield (married in 1979)
• Children: Stacey R. Whitfield (20)
• W. E. Whitfield IV (16)
• W. M. Whitfield (11)
• EDUCATIONUniversity of Mobile - B.A. (History-Division Award) 1977
• Mississippi College School of Law - JD 1981PUBLICATIONS
• Mississippi College Law Review, Mississippi College School of Law - Spring 1992
• "Mississippi Medical Privilege: Blessing or Curse"
• The Profile-Mississippi Association of Legal Secretaries - Spring 1994
• "Conflicts of Law"
• Crowd Management - October/December 1996
• "Legal Liability in Crowd Management"
• The MDLA Quarterly (December 2003)
• "Fictitious Parties and Amendments Joining a Party under Mississippi Civil Procedure Rule 9(h) and 15(c)"
• The MDLA Quarterly (March 2004)
• "Automatic Liability of Insurance Carriers for Excess Judgments? The Real Meaning of Home v. Miss. Ins. Guaranty Association"
• The MDLA Quarterly (Winter 2005)
• "Katrina: The Face Only a Mother Could Love"
• The MDLA Quarterly (Summer 2007)

"Federal Court Predicts Mississippi Supreme Court Would Adopt a ‘Continuous Trigger’ Theory in Context of Damage Caused by Faulty Construction Work"

The MDLA Quarterly (Spring 2008)

• "Fictitious Parties and Amendments Joining a Party under Mississippi Civil Procedure Rule 9(h) and 15 - Revisited"
• HONORSUniversity of Mobile - Division Award in History (1977)
• Mississippi College School of Law - Law Review (1978-1980)
• Associate Staff Member (1978-1979)
• Executive Editor (1979-1980)
• Am Jur Award in Trusts (1979)
• Mississippi College School of Law - Honor Council
• Member - Justice (1978-1979)
• Chief Justice (1979-1980)
• Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity - President (1978-1979)
• Outstanding Young Men of America (1980 and 1983)
• Harrison County Young Lawyers - President (1988-1989)
• University if Mobile - Alumni of the Year Award (1995)
• Gulf Coast Association of Legal Support Professionals - Boss of the Year (2009)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)
• Board of Directors (2000-2003)
• Officer - Secretary/Treasurer (2003-2005)
• President Elect (2005-2006)
• President (2006-2007)
• Editorial Board (2008-2009)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• State Representative (2007-2009)
• Exceptional Service Award (2006)
• Martindale Hubbell (National Directory of Lawyers) - AV RatedBest Lawyers in America (2006-2008)
• AV RatedBest Lawyers in America (2006-2008) Madisons’ Who’s Who (2007)
• Gulf Coast Assoc. Legal Support Professionals
• "Boss of the Year" (2009)
• PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS
• Alabama State Bar Association - 1981
• (Supreme Court Admission)
• Mississippi State Bar Association - 1982
• (Supreme Court Admission)
• United States Supreme Court - 1998
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1984
• U.S. District Court/Southern District of Mississippi - 1983
• U.S. District Court/Southern District of Alabama - 1991

(Also member of the Bar of the U.S. District Courts: Middle District Alabama; Northern District of Alabama; Northern District of Mississippi)

LAW PRACTICE

• United States District Court Law Clerk 1981-1983 (Magistrate John M. Roper)
• Biloxi, Mississippi
• Bryant Dukes & Blakeslee Associate 1983-1987
• Gulfport, Mississippi Partner 1987-2008

Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A.

• (successor to Bryant Dukes & Blakeslee)
• Gulfport, Mississippi Shareholder 2008-Present