Smith, William L.
Balch & Bingham LLP
401 East Capitol Street
Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39201-2608
Phone: (601) 965-8175
Fax: (601) 961-4466
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.balch.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
BILL SMITH is a Partner who has enjoyed an extensive and diverse civil litigation practice of 34 years. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits and all state and federal Courts in Mississippi. He practiced for 23 years with the Brunini Law Firm in Jackson, where he chaired one of the firm’s two litigation sections and its environmental group. In 1998, he left Brunini to become General Counsel of Mississippi Chemical Corp. (NYSE-GRO) and oversaw the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. He left Mississippi Chemical in 2003 to re-enter private practice.
Bill served as National Counsel in EPA consent order negotiations for Transcontinental Gas Transmission's PCB problems. He served as Mississippi counsel for the remainder of the interstate Pipeline industry on their massive PCB contamination problems. In addition Bill defended Tennessee Gas Transmission and Texas Eastern Corporation in numerous civil cases growing out of the PCB issues. Bill in the last three years alone has been lead Counsel in Mississippi on two new major pipeline projects, Midcontinent Express Pipeline and Fayetteville Express Pipeline
Bill has handled numerous litigation matters for such companies as Atmos Energy Corporation, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, AT&T, Pennzoil, Amerada Hess, Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Vicksburg Chemical, Southern Natural Gas Corporation, Texas Eastern, Tenneco, Koch Energy, Gulf South Pipeline and Texas Gas Transmission, LLC.
Areas of Practice
- Business Litigation
- Corporate Investigations
- Environmental Litigation
- Fossil Fuels
- Litigation
- Product Liability & Casualty Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1976
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association (Litigation and Environmental Law)
- American Corporate Counsel Association (Member)
- Defense Research Institute (Member)
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
- Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
- Country Club of Jackson (President)
- St. Andrews Episcopal School (Executive Committee)
- Jackson Touchdown Club (President)
- Mississippi Memorial Stadium (Board of Directors)
- Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau (Board of Directors)
Past Employment Positions
- Mississippi Chemical Corp. (NYSE-GRO), General Counsel, 1998 - 2003
- Brunini Law Firm, Jackson
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi,
1976
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal - Mississippi State University, Mississippi,
1972
B.A.
Honors: With Highest Honors
Fraternities/Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
- Omicron Delta Kappa
Office Information
Address
401 East Capitol Street
Suite 200
Jackson, MS 39201-2608
Phones
(601) 965-8175
Faxes
(601) 961-4466
