William R. Purdy

Contract, Mediation
P.O. Box 24206
Jackson, Mississippi 39225


Contract

Admitted

1975, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1980, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; 1982, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Cour

Law School

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1975 . Morehead Scholar

Law School Graduation Year

College

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1972 . Morehead Scholar

Memberships

American Bar Association (State Co-Chairman, Public Contract Law Section, 1980-1983; Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry); Mississippi Bar. Fellow : American College of Construction Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Biographical

Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1974-1975. Master of the Bench, Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court. Author: Representing the General Contractor, Mississippi Construction Law Seminar, University of Mississippi, 1987; The Surety in Federal Government Contracts, Surety Law Institute, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1984; Liability Insurance: The Movable Link Between Coverage Denial and Settlement Offers, 52 North Carolina Law Review 703, 1974. Editor and Co-Author: 1996 Contractor's Desk Book on Mississippi Law; Equitable Adjustments in Federal Government Contracts (1996); Mississippi Construction Law: What Do You Do When...? National Business Institute, 1987, 1988, 1992. Lecturer: Mississippi Construction Law, 1984-2002; Representing the General Contractor, Best of CLE Seminar, University of Mississippi, 1987; Choosing Between Arbitration and Litigation, Mississippi Arbitration Seminar, 1986.

Military

Infantry Company Commander, U.S. Marine Corps, 1968-1971