Experienced, Respected
Civil Litigation Attorneys
Civil Litigation Attorneys
David
W.
Baria
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