Sheryl Bey

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4268 I-55 North Meadowbrook Office Park
Jackson, Mississippi 39211
T: 601.351.2490
F: 601.592.7490

 

Sheryl Bey, shareholder in the Jackson office, concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation, bad faith insurance defense, insurance coverage and contract disputes. In addition, Ms. Bey has experience in personal injury and wrongful death disputes, hospital operations and ad valorem tax appeals.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • "Insurance Law 2010 – Calculating and Proving Loss," National Business Institute (2010)
  • "Bad Faith," National Business Institute (2007)
  • "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Mississippi," National Business Institute (2006 and 2007)
  • "Federal and State Trial Practice – A Course in Practical Legal Skills," 4th Annual Bridge the Gap CLE Seminar (2004)
  • "Commercial Insurance Coverage and Business Interruption Issues in Mississippi," National Business Institute (2002)
  • "Joint Commission Creates Quandary – Sentinel Event Policy Issues," Baker Donelson alert
  • ABA Property Tax Deskbook, Mississippi (1997 – 1998 and 1998 – 1999 editions)
  • ABA Property Deskbook, Mississippi (1997 – 1998 and 1998 – 1999 editions)

Professional Honors & Activities

  • Member – American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice, and Admiralty)
  • Member – Louisiana Bar Association (Presidential Appointee, Committee on Federal Habeas Corpus Death Penalty Appeals, 1991 – 1992)
  • Member – Mississippi and Capital Area Bar Associations
  • Member – Maritime Law Association of the United States
  • Member – Federal Bar Association
  • Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers since 2006; listed as one of the top 50 female attorneys (2011) 
  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers as a leading litigation lawyer in Mississippi (2012)
  • Fellow – American Bar Foundation  
  • Fellow – Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honor Society
  • Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers’ Project
  • Mississippi Bar Association – Women in the Profession
  • Pro Bono – Habeas Corpus Federal Death Penalty Appeal Assigned Counsel – Parchman, Mississippi
  • Named to Mississippi Business Journal’s 50 Leading Business Women, 2007
  • Recipient – Jackson Pro Bono Award, 2012

Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1993
  • Louisiana, 1989
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2001
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1989
  • Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Tribal Courts, 2000

Education

  • Loyola University, J.D., 1988
  • University of New Mexico, B.A., 1978