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The Denham Law Firm has Been Recovering Losses for Individuals for Over 35 Years.


The Denham Law Firm has had a track record of successfully litigating individuals' cases for decades. We continue to focus on personal injury and wrongful death suits involving various types of accidents, as well as, divorce/child custody, workers compensation, criminal/DUI, insurance bad faith, products liability. 

 

Each individual case is scrutinized to maximize the client's recovery.  Our lawyers, team of experts, and dedicated support staff work with you and for you from the first consultation through recovery. 

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Earl Lamar DenhamEarl Lamar Denham
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Practice Areas: Wrongful Death and Personal Injury; Hurricane and Bad Faith Insurance Litigation; Complex Litigation; Constitutional Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Maritime Accidents; Criminal Law; Real Estate Litigation; White Collar Crime; Mediation; Commercial Litigation

 

Admitted: 1972, Mississippi

 

Law School : University of Mississippi, J.D., 1972

 

Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice; Mississippi Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors); The Lamar Order

 

Biography: Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Phi Epsilon

 

Languages: Spanish.

 

Reported Cases: Warwick v. Gautier Utility Dist. (setting aside lower court dismissal of utility rate dispute and directing liability); McClain v. White (setting aside default judgment); Logan v. Logan (landmark ruling giving custody of child to step-father over natural mother); Gulf Coast Research Laboratory v. Amaraneni ($461,000 landmark establishment of expectation of continuing employment for at will state employees); State v. Roderick (declaring Mississippi RICO statute on usury unconstitutionally void for vagueness); Touart v. Johnston (affirming trial victory of youth court judge over board of supervisors); Dunn v. Dunn (landmark decision involving equitable liens in a domestic case); Lawler v. Government Employees Ins. Co. (establishing that statute of limitations in Mississippi does not run for minors until age 21); Extension of Boundaries of City of Moss Point v. Sherman (Municipal annexation – contestants’ win at trial affirmed); In re Jordan (capital murder conviction reversed); Robinson v. Robinson (affirming divorce); Denham v. Ramsey (striking down Mississippi residency requirements for voting)

 

Born: July 1, 1947

 

ISLN: 907912840

Kristopher Weiss Carter

Associate
kris@denhamlaw.com

 

Practice Areas: Hurricane Related and Bad Faith Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; General Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Constitutional Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Real Estate Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Appellate Practice; Trial Practice; Employment Discrimination, Criminal Law; Maritime/Shipyard Injuries

 

Admitted: : 2005, Mississippi; 2006, Alabama

 

Law School: The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2005


College: University of Southern Mississippi, B.A. in Foreign Languages, 2002

 

Member: The Mississippi Bar; The Alabama Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Association for Justice; Southern Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Jackson County Bar Association, Jackson County Young Lawyers Association; Former Member: Hinds County Bar Association.

 

Biography: The University of Mississippi School of Law: Member, Mississippi Law Journal, Moot Court Executive Board, Moot Court Board; Phi Kappa Phi; Environmental Law Society; Gorove International Law Society; Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Review of First Impressions; Participant, Supreme Court Practice, Professor George Cochran, Spring, 2005; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Outstanding Student Award, Professor Weems, Mississippi Wills and Estates, Fall 2003; M.M. Roberts Scholarship; Dean’s Scholarship; Trustmark National Bank Award Scholarship; First Recipient, William Weems Gates Memorial Scholarship. University of Southern Mississippi: Member, Pi Kappa Alpha; Student Alumni Association; Recipient, Leadership Scholarship, Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni Scholarship. Clerk to Judge David Ishee, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 2005-2006


Languages: Spanish, English, German (intermediate), Japanese (intermediate)


Born: February, 15, 1980, Laurel, Mississippi

 

ISLN: 918738262

Jason Embry

Associate


Practice Areas: Hurricane Related and Bad Faith Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Worker's Compensation; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Family Law; Maritime and Shipyard Injuries


Admitted: 1995, Mississippi


Law School: The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1995


Member: Mississippi Bar Association; Mississippi Association for Justice; Southern Trial Lawyers Association


Born: August 07, 1969


ISLN: 919796711