Experienced, Respected
Civil Litigation Attorneys
Attorney David W. Baria

Location: Bay St. Louis Office

Practice Areas

  • Appeals
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass and Toxic Tort
  • Tort and Insurance Litigation

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi
    • Juris Doctor - 1990
  • Cambridge University Faculty Board of Law The Old Schools, Cambridge
    • Honors: Ole Miss Summer Program
  • University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
    • B.S., Bachelor of Science - 1987
    • Honors: University of Southern Mississippi Autism Advisory Board
    • Major: Criminal Justice
  • USM Summer Program- University of London

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi, 1990
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990
  • U.S. Federal Court, 1990

Professional Associations

  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, 07/2006 to Present
  • Mississippi Association for Justice, Past President, 06/1997 to Present
  • Mississippi Bar Association, Member, 08/1990 to Present
  • Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Past-President
  • Hancock County Bar Association

Published Works

  • Taking Wrongful Termination Cases Is Not Just Tilting at Windmills Anymore. Voir Dire Magazine, Summer 1998

Honors

  • Mississippi Association for Justice Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2020 Best Lawyers selection
  • Legislative Horizon Award, Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, 2008
  • Mississippi Association for Justice (“MAJ”) Legislative Award, 2008
  • American Cancer Society Legislative Champion Award, 2008
  • American Federation of Teachers “Friend of Education,” 2009
  • MAJ Stanford Young Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014
  • Minority Leader, Mississippi House of Representatives, 2016
  • “Best Lawyers” and “Super Lawyers”

Classes & Seminars

  • Nursing Home Practice in Mississippi. National Business Institute Seminar, September 9, 1998
  • Nursing Home Litigation. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Holiday Seminar, December 4, 1998
  • Wrongful Termination. Mississippi Municipal Attorneys Association, Annual Seminar, January 28, 1999
  • Jury Selection (Panel Discussion). Mississippi Bar Labor and Employment Law Section, Annual Seminar, February18, 1999
  • Circumventing Workers Compensation. ATLA National College of Advocacy Jazz Fest Seminar, May 1, 1999
  • Nursing Home Litigation: Are These Cases Better/Worse than You Think? Mississippi Lawyer, July 1999
  • Nursing Home Litigation. Mississippi Bar, Summer School for Lawyers, July 1999
  • Nursing Home Litigation - It’s All Right There in the Record. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Seminar, March 15, 2000
  • Bad Faith. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Seminar, February 21, 2001
  • Litigating the Nursing Home Case: Plaintiff’s Perspective. Professional Educational Services, Inc., April 18 and April 19, 2002
  • Litigating the Nursing Home Case: Plaintiff’s Perspective. Professional Educational Services, Inc., June 18 and 19, 2004
  • Effective Voir Dire. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Seminar, October 22, 2004
  • Life After Learmonth. Mississippi Bar Summer School for Lawyers, July 2014
  • Legislative updates provided to various groups (2008-2018)
  • Employment Law. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Interesting Issues Seminar, October 1996

Pro-Bono Activities

  • United Policyholders, Board of Directors
  • America’s Energy Coast, Leadership Council
  • Chairman, Southern Legislative Conference, Gulf Coast and Atlantic States Task Force
  • Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
  • Mississippi House of Representatives, District 122, 2012 to Present
  • House Minority Leader, 2016 to Present
  • Democratic Nominee, United States Senate (MS), 2018