La’Verne is a trial attorney with more than 25 years of experience in drug and medical device, product liability, personal injury, medical negligence, premises liability and mass torts litigation.  She practices within Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation Group and serves as the Chair of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusivity Committee. She has […]

William is a trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience in drug and medical device, product liability, personal injury and mass torts litigation.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. William served as MDL lead counsel for Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, […]

Marianne Garner is a member of the Health Law Practice and focuses her practice on healthcare law, commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust law, transactions, regulatory compliance counsel and advice. Marianne completed her undergraduate education at Spring Hill College and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers®. She […]

Mark serves as the Practice Group Leader for the Health Law Group. His practice is focused on health law, administrative law and government regulations. He is experienced in the handling of healthcare certificates of need, legislative drafting and strategy, Medicaid policy and appeals, regulation of medical cannabis, and litigation of regulatory disputes. He previously served […]

Dana is a member of Butler Snow’s Health Law group. Her practice focuses on advising healthcare and life sciences companies on operations and regulatory compliance matters, including with respect to domestic and international biomedical research, data privacy and human subjects protections. She has eight years of experience as an in-house hospital and health system attorney […]

Hemant Gupta focuses his practice on intellectual property counseling, business and commercial transactions, and biotechnology and life sciences. He counsels clients in patent, trademark and copyright infringement matters, including litigation and licensing strategies; early-stage formation and financing, including venture capital financings; and domestic and international technology acquisition and commercialization activities. Hemant has been recognized as […]

With more than 35 years of experience, John C. Henegan Sr. has successfully briefed and argued numerous appeals and appeared as counsel for amici curiae in different federal and state appellate courts.  He has also served as first chair trying cases to verdict in jury and bench trials in federal and state courts of Mississippi. […]

Michael is an experienced litigator who practices in the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group. He has spent the majority of his career defending clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device and biologics industries. Michael also served as a JAG Officer in the Army National Guard where he tried numerous cases and presided as a […]

Eric focuses his practice on mass tort litigation for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. He has extensive experience defending federal multidistrict litigation and state court consolidated litigation throughout the United States. He currently serves as national coordinating counsel for a pharmaceutical manufacturer defending nationwide product liability litigation. In addition to his work defending pharmaceutical and […]

Chad Hutchinson is an experienced trial attorney who has defended clients in the products, pharmaceutical and medical device industries the majority of his career. He has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict in first chair trial roles and assisted teams in multi-district litigation and various state courts all over the country. Chad has previously been selected […]

Stephen P. Huwe is a member of Butler Snow’s Litigation Department and practices within the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation Group.  Stephen received his B.S. in Business Administration from Mississippi College and obtained his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law.  Stephen is an Air Force veteran and currently serves as a […]

Donna Jacobs has practiced law for over 25 years, and she has developed a wealth of experience in appellate matters, pharmaceutical product liability defense and media defense. Donna’s work has been recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America® and Super Lawyers®. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Mississippi and is admitted to The Mississippi Bar, […]