John L. Hunter

Phone: 1-866-461-1591
Fax: 1-228-762-4864
Email: jlh@cchmlawyers.com

John L. Hunter practices law in the following areas:

• Personal Injury
• Products Liability
• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Insurance
• Workers Compensation
• Criminal Law

Biography

• Born in Scott County, Mississippi, August 15, 1946
• Assistant District Attorney, Jackson County, Mississippi, 1980
• Jackson County Port Authority, 1992 to present
• Attorney, Jackson County Emergency Communications District

Education

• Mississippi State University, B.S., 1969
• University of Mississippi, J.D., 1972

Admittance Information

• Mississippi Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1972
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1974
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Member of the Mississippi Bar, State Bar Commissioner, 1980-1983
• American Bar Association
• Mississippi Association for Justice, Sustaining Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1988
• The American Association for Justice, Sustaining Member
• American Board of Trial Advocates, former President, Charter Member, Mississippi Chapter

Reported Cases

• Ellis v. Powe, 645 So.2d 947 (1994)
• McDonald v. Southeastern Fidelity Insurance Co., 606 So.2d 1061 (1992)
• Gregory v. Continental Insurance Company; 575 So.2d 534 (1990)
• Krebs v. Strange, 419 So.2d 178 (Miss. 1982)
• Warner v. City of Bay St. Louis, 408 F. Supp. 375 (USDC 1975)
• Fishboats, Inc. v. Welzbacher, 413 So.2d 710 (Miss. 1982)
• Glaskox v. Glaskox, 614 So.2d 906 (Miss. 1992)
• Schmiz v. Ill. Cent. Gf. RR, 546 So.2d 693 (Miss. 1989)
• USA v. A Parcel of Land in the City of Lucedale, George County, 791 F.Supp. 1144 (USDC, 1991)
• Litton v. Enochs, 449 So.2d 1213 (Miss. 1984)
• Butler v. U.S., 726 F.2d 1057 (5th Cir. 1984)
• Ward v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Dept. of Labor and Zapata-Haynie Corp., 684 F.2d 1114 (5th Cir, 1982)
• Wilson v. USF&G, 830 F.2d 588 (5th Cir. 1987)
• State Farm v. Bishop, 329 So.2d 670 (Miss. 1976)
• Progressive Casualty, Ins. Co. v. Keyes, 317 So.2d 396 (Miss. 1975)
• State Farm v. Roberts, 379 So.2d 321 (Miss. 1980)
• Litton v. Burrows, 342 So.2d 569 (Miss. 1976)
• Brannan v. Howell, 422 So.2d 294 (Miss. 1982)
• Direct Mail Specialist v. Lykes Youngstown Computer, 308 So.2d 86 (Miss. 1975)
• White v. Campbell Piping, 311 So.2d 906 (Miss. 1976)