Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Douglas G. Mercier has extensive litigation and business experience, and enjoys helping clients with their legal problems. Mr. Mercier has successfully obtained multimillion dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients during the course of his legal career. Likewise, Mr. Mercier has also successfully defended many clients, both individuals and businesses, from adverse judgments in litigated matters.

Mr. Mercier received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law, and upon receiving his law degree, he served as Law Clerk to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. After his clerkship, he practiced for a law firm as an associate attorney where he solely practiced litigation for the defense. Later, he served as corporate counsel for Interhealth, Inc., a national healthcare provider, but he returned to a litigation practice in Jackson. Mr. Mercier’s broad areas of practice have included: business litigation; personal injury litigation; corporate law; consumer fraud; medical malpractice; insurance coverage opinions; pollution liability; commercial transactions; commercial litigation; environmental law; toxic tort litigation; professional liability law; products liability; property and casualty litigation; product design liability; commercial automobile/trucking accident litigation; premises liability; insurance bad faith litigation; healthcare law; elder law matters; corporate contractual compliance; employment law; corporate regulatory and statutory compliance; appellate practice; complex litigation; oil and gas law; and representation of not-for-profit organizations.

Mr. Mercier is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and a resident of Madison, Mississippi. He is married to the former Becky Dearman, with two children, William Felder and Rebecca Myers with whom he enjoys spending his time. He is also an active member of the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, and takes pleasure in playing golf, tennis, and hunting for recreation.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate Law-Business Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Insurance Coverage
• Consumer Fraud
• Medical Malpractice
• Nursing Home Litigation
• Elder Law-Medicare and Estate Planning
• Toxic Torts-Environmental Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Immigration Law

Representative Cases

• Coho Resources, Inc. v. Chapman, 913 So.2d 899 (Miss. 2005)
• Broadway v. Kelly Bros. Contractors, Inc., 803 So.2d 1155 (Miss. 2000)
• Irby v. Fred's Stores of Tennessee, Inc., 967 F. Supp. 187 (S.D. Miss. 1997)
• McCurtis v. Dolgencorp., 968 F. Supp. 1158 (S.D. Miss. 1997)
• L. T. ex rel. Hollins v. City of Jackson, 145 F. Supp. 2d 750 (S.D. Miss. 2000)
• Perry By and Through Perry v. Nationwide General Ins. Co., 700 So.2d 600 (Miss. 1997)
• AmSouth Bank v. Gupta, 838 So.2d 205 (Miss. 2002)
• Whittington v. Mason, 905 So.2.d 1261 (Miss. 2005)
• Silbley v. Unifirst Bank for Savings, 699 So.2d 1214 (Miss. 1997)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Licensing, Regulatory Enforcement, Auto Dealer Fraud, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Joint Ventures, Transactions, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Energy Law, Minerals & Mining, Oil & Gas, Environmental Law, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Hazardous Waste, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Solid Waste, Water Pollution, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Childrens' Rights, Collaborative Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Prenuptial Agreements, Health & Health Care Law, Medicare & Medicaid, Nursing Home, Immigration & Naturalization Law, Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship, Visas, Insurance Law, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Insurance Malpractice, Insurance Subrogation, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, Multidistrict Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Assault & Battery -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Railroad Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Pesticides, Toxic Mold, Whistleblower/Qui Tam, Workers' Compensation Fraud

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1993
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Mississippi Bar
• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice

Education

• Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi
  J.D.
• University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
• Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Address

240 Trace Colony Park Drive
Suite 200
Ridgeland, MS 39157

Phones

(601) 914-2882

Faxes

(601) 914-2887

Emails

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Websites

http://www.simmonslawgroup.com