Samuel D. Gregory

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Jackson
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Sam Gregory concentrates his practice on all aspects of construction law, business litigation, and appellate work.

Featured Experience

Represented a program manager in a $50 million complex construction dispute involving multiple parties.

Obtained jury trial defense verdict on behalf of a trustee in a complex case involving bond issuance and failed development.

Obtained dismissal for a bank in a lawsuit alleging wrongful foreclosure and violation of the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay.

Professional Biography

As a member of the Construction Group, Sam assists clients across a broad range of construction-related issues. This includes advising clients on front-end issues, such as contract negotiations and licensing requirements, and litigating and arbitrating construction-defect and payment disputes.

In addition to his construction practice, Sam regularly handles a variety of business litigation matters, including cases involving trusts and fiduciaries, landlord-tenant law, contract disputes, evictions, eminent domain, antitrust, financial services, class actions, personal injury defense, and the Mississippi Consumer Protection Act.

Sam also focuses on appellate work and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Appellate Practice Section of the Mississippi Bar. He has successfully appealed cases in state and federal court and has a niche practice handling tax appeals.

While attending law school, Sam externed for United States District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan and was a research assistant to Professor Victoria Lowery, Appellate Advocacy.

Represented a program manager in a $50 million complex construction dispute involving multiple parties.
Represented a chemical manufacturer in multiple environmental contamination suits brought by more than 500 plaintiffs. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted a Lone Pine order requiring all plaintiffs to test their property before litigation could resume.
Obtained jury trial defense verdict on behalf of a trustee in a complex case involving bond issuance and failed development.
Represented beneficiaries in a lawsuit that resulted in the appointment of new trustees and ultimate buyout of multi-million dollar trusts.
Represented a water treatment company in a lawsuit stemming from plaintiffs contracting Legionnaire's Disease. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi granted two Daubert motions and granted summary judgment in favor of the water treatment company. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed after oral argument.
Successfully appealed the dismissal of a construction company's auditing malpractice lawsuit, with the Mississippi Supreme Court reversing and remanding for trial.
Obtained dismissal of a products liability class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against a product manufacturer. Class plaintiffs attempted to file second complaint, which was also dismissed on res judicata grounds.
Obtained dismissal for a bank in a lawsuit alleging wrongful foreclosure and violation of the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay.
Represented a licensee defendant in a putative class action by former collegiate athletes claiming a right to individually license their names, images and likenesses (NIL) for use in sports broadcasts and seeking damages for prior uses of same. The U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted a Rule 12 Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal after oral argument.
Achieved numerous commercial eviction orders in bench trials on behalf of real estate firms.
Defended an engineering group in a federal lawsuit by a contractor alleging faulty design and administration of a project to construct a transit shed. Successfully settled the lawsuit on favorable terms.

Named a Best Lawyers in America^® "Ones to Watch" in Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants (2021 – 2023); Appellate Practice (2023)
Named a Mid-South Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers (2016 – 2021)
Recipient of Jackson Young Lawyers Association's Outstanding Service Award (2015)
Recipient of Firm Pro Bono Service Award (2016)
Chair – Jackson Office Pro Bono Committee (2020 – present)
Member – American Bar Association
- Forum on Construction Law
- Liaison – Young Lawyers Division and Division 9, Subcontractors and Materialmen
Member – Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC), Mississippi Chapter
- Young Professionals Executive Committee
Member – Mississippi Bar Association
- Director – Young Lawyers Division
- Executive Committee – Appellate Practice Section
- Executive Committee – Business Law Section
Barrister – Charles Clark American Inn of Court
Member – Capital Area Bar Association
Member – Defense Research Institute
Member – Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA)
Coach – Mississippi College School of Law's moot court team for the Rendigs' National Products Liability Moot Court Competition

Co-author – Contracts Chapter, Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law (eds. 2015 – 2022)
"Federal Court Affirms Ebola Case: What Does it Mean for Projects Impacted by COVID-19?" (June 14, 2021)
"How Dismissal of an Involuntary Plaintiff Can Affect the Deadline to Appeal a Prior Order Dismissing all Defendants," The Mississippi Lawyer, Vol. LXVI, No. 2 at pp.50-56 (Winter 2020)
"My Project Has Been Impacted by Covid-19: What are my rights for time extension, termination, and damages?," Under Construction (Summer 2020)
"The Department of Homeland Security Issues Additional Guidance on Who is an 'Essential' Construction Worker" (April 7, 2020)
Co-author – "Coronavirus: Construction Industry Impacts," (March 18, 2020); republished in New Orleans City Business (March 19, 2020)
"What is the 'Last' 'Work,' 'Labor,' and 'Materials' that Triggers Bond and Lien Filing Deadlines?," Under Construction (Summer 2019)
Co-author – "A Decade Examined: A Review of the Recovery Under Mississippi's Civil Justice Reforms," 34 Mississippi College Law Review 203 (2015)
Contributing Author – "Statutory Damage Caps: Analysis of the Scope of Right to Jury Trial and the Constitutionality of Mississippi Statutory Caps on Noneconomic Damages," 32 Mississippi College Law Review 109 (2013)

"Contract Law Primer for Engineers," Mississippi Engineering Law and Ethics Webinar (March 2022)
"Mississippi's Construction Lien Law: Recent Developments and How a Case in Georgia Could Affect Mississippi Lien Claimants" (June 3, 2021)
"Division 9 Hot Topic Call: Triggering Bond and Lien Deadlines," webinar (April 2021)
"Division 9 Hot Topic Call: COVID-19 IS COMING: Are Your Clients Ready?," webinar (March 2020)

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Baker Donelson Announces 11 Newly Elected Shareholders (April 20, 2021)
69 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 38 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 30, 2020)
Baker Donelson Top-Listed in the Nation in Six Practice Areas in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2021 Listing (August 20, 2020)
Baker Donelson Names Pro Bono Committee Office Leaders (December 11, 2019)
77 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 45 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 6, 2019)
86 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 43 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 8, 2018)
94 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 53 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars (November 7, 2017)

New Baker Donelson Shareholders Discuss in Law360 Pulse How the Firm's Parental Leave Policy Helped Their Journey to Shareholder (April 21, 2021)
Baker Donelson's Litigators: Mississippi (June 10, 2019)

Practices

Education

Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2013, summa cum laude
- First in class
- Articles Editor, Law Review
- Chair, Moot Court Board
Mississippi College, MBA, 2013
Mississippi College, B.S. Business Administration, 2010, summa cum laude

Admissions

Mississippi, 2013
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi

Featured Media

Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Listing

Press Release / August 18, 2022

61 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers; 34 Named to Mid-South Rising Stars

Press Release / November 30, 2021

Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Listing

Press Release / August 19, 2021

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