David W. Mockbee is a lawyer practicing construction law, government contracts law. David W. received a B.A. degree from Davidson College in 1971, and has been licensed for 52 years. David W. practices at Mockbee Hall & Drake A Professional Association in Jackson, MS.
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Areas of Law
Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionPresidentFirm NameMockbee Hall & Drake A Professional Association
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesE&H Steel Corporation v. C. Pyramid Enterprises, Inc., et al, 509 F.3d 184 (3d Cir. 2007)
Caddell Construction, Inc. v. United States, 78 Fed.Cl. 406 (2007)
Oxford Asset Partners, LLC v. The City of Oxford, 970 So.2d 116 (Miss. 2007)
Andrew Earl Creely, Sr. v. C. Delbert Hosemann, Jr., 910 So.2d 5123 (Miss. 2005)
David Scheinblum, et al v. Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors, et al, 350 F.Supp.2d 743 (S.D. Miss. 2004)
St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company v. Merchants & Marine Bank, 882 So.2d 766 (Miss. 2004)
Pamela Hobson v. Waggoner Engineering, Inc., et al, 878 So.2d 68 (Miss. App. 2003)
Aceros Prefabricados, S.A. v. TradeArbed, Inc., 282 F.3d 92 (2nd 2002)
Shackelford Plumbing Corporation v. SIEBE Government Contracts Division, 239 F.3d 365 (5th Cir. 2000)
Hemphill Construction Co., Inc. v. City of Laurel, Mississippi, 760 So.2d 720 (Miss.App. 1999)
R. C. Construction v. U.S., 42 Fed.Cl. 57 (1998) (Meridian Air Base)
Hemphill Construction Company, Inc. v. City of Jackson, 678 So.2d 1038 (Miss.App.1996)
Ham Marine, Inc. v. Dresser Industries, Inc., et al., 72 F.3d 454 (5th Cir. 1995)
Monument Management Limited Partnership I v. City of Pearl, Mississippi, 952 F.2d 883 (5th Cir. 1992)
W. C. Fore Trucking, Inc., 93-2 BCA 25703, ASBCA No. 40663 (Dec. 8, 1992)
Associated Dealers Supply, Inc. v. Intervest Corp., 589 So.2d 1245 (Miss. 1991)
Sorrels Steel Company v. Great Southwest Corporation, 906 F.2d 158 (5th Cir. 1990)
McQueen Contracting, Inc. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryl
, 871 F.2d 32 (5th Cir. 1989)
Bryant Construction Company v. Cook Construction Company, Inc., 518 So.2d 625 (Miss. 1987)
PLM, Inc. v. The E. R
le Company, 797 F.2d 204 (5th Cir. 1986)
Tectonics, Inc. of Florida v. United States, 10 Cl.Ct. 296 (1986)
Fortec Constructors v. United States, 8 Cl.Ct. 490 (1985), aff'd
804 F.2d 141 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
Murray, East & Jennings v. J & S Construction Company, Inc., 607 F.Supp. 45 (S.D. Miss. 1985)
Fortec Constructors v. United States, 760 F.2d 1288 (Fed. Cir. 1985)
Fortec Constructors, 85-2 BCA 17,972, ASBCA Nos. 25847, 27238, 27309, 27312, 28424 (Feb. 28, 1985)
Fortec Constructors, 84-2 BCA 17,371, ASBCA No. 27352 (Apr. 20, 1984)
Fortec Constructors, 84-2 BCA 17,328, ASBCA No. 27069 (April 13, 1984)
Swank v. Virden Commercial Builders, Inc., 459 So.2d 811 (Miss. 1984)
Tectonics Inc. of Florida, 84-1 BCA 17,153, ASBCA No. 28609 (Jan. 16, 1984)
Tectonics Inc. of Florida, 83-2 BCA 16,917, ASBCA No. 28134 (Sept. 29, 1983)
Tectonics Inc. of Florida, 83-2 BCA 16,799, ASBCA No. 27880 (Aug. 22, 1983)
Fortec Constructors, 83-2 BCA 16,727, ASBCA No. 27480 (July 8, 1983)
Fortec Constructors, 83-1 BCA 16,511, ASBCA No. 27478 (Apr. 19, 1983)
Fortec Constructors, 83-1 BCA 16,402, ASBCA No. 27601 (March 18, 1983)
Magnadex, Inc., 83-1 BCA 16,212, ASBCA No. 25831 (Nov. 17, 1982)
Sumner & Greener v. Dunn Construction Company, 417 So.2d 935 (Miss. 1982)
Southern Rock, Inc. v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co., 644 F.2d 1189 (5th Cir. 1981)
Noonan Construction Company, Inc. v. Warren Brothers Company, 632 F.2d 1189 (5th Cir. 1980)
C.E. Frazier Construction Company, Inc. v. Campbell Roofing
Metal Works, Inc., 373 So.2d 1036 (Miss. 1979)
Anderson Construction Company, Inc. v. Lyon Metal Products, Inc., 370 So.2d 935 (Miss. 1979)
Ivey's Plumbing & Electric Company, Inc. v. Petrochem Maintenance, Inc., 463 F.Supp. 543 (N.D. Miss. 1978).
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1974, Mississippi
Bar Fellowship• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate
• National Board of Trial Advocacy, Certified Trial Advocate
• College of Master Advocates & Barristers, Senior Counsel
• Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
• Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Ratedª by Martindale Hubbell®
• Repeatedly selected to:
· The Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Construction Law; and selected as the 2011 Jackson, MS Construction Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America;
· The International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers;
· Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Litigation: Construction, Bank 1; and
· Mid-South Super Lawyers (top 50 in Mississippi)Professional activities
• Adjunct Professor, Mississippi State University School of Architecture (legal aspects to fifth-year students)
• General Counsel, American Subcontractors Association of Mississippi
• Member, ABA Public Contract Section
• Member, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry
• Certified Mediator, State of Mississippi
• AAA Construction Industry Arbitration Panel Member
Articles and publications
• Mississippi Construction Law (1994 and 2005 - Second Edition) (370 page treatise)
• Architect/Engineer Expert Witnesses: Professionals or Prostitutes? 5 ACCL Journal, p. 71 (2011)
• Engineer's Legal Exposure for Facilities Built on Expansive Soils, American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Forensic Engineering, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 7, 2001) (co-author)
• Mississippi law contributor to State-By-State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims (From A Contracting And Claims Perspective), Aspen Publishers, Inc. (2006, supplemented annually)
• Mississippi law contributor to Lien and Bond Claims in the 50 States, American Subcontractors Association, Inc. and the Foundation of the American Subcontractors Association, Inc.
• Anatomy of a Construction Defect Case (University of Mississippi, 2007)
• Mississippi Contract Law for Professional Engineers and Mississippi Construction Contracts for Professional Engineers (Jackson), 2006 (Half Moon, LLC)
• Mold and Mildew Problems in Buildings (Jackson), 2002 (Lorman Education Services)
· Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Mississippi (1999) (Lorman Education Services)
· Mississippi Construction Law (October 3, 1994) (Construction Education Management Corporation)
· Mississippi Construction Law: What Do You Do When? (1990 and 1993) (National Business Institute)• Mississippi Construction Law (1981)
· Mississippi law contributor to "Economic Loss Doctrine," American Bar Association, Committee on Construction Litigation, Mississippi Section
· Mississippi law contributor to "No Damage for Delay, American Bar Association, Committee on Construction Litigation
· Authentication: A Comparison of Mississippi Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence, 49 Miss. L.J. 151 (1977) (co-author)
· Municipal Annexation in Mississippi, 45 Miss.L.J. 393 (1974) (co-author)
· Conflicts of Laws - Statutes of Limitations - Substantive Foreign Statute Commencing at Time of Discovery Governs (analysis of the 5th Circuit's decision in Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Allied Chemical Corp., 44 Miss. L.J. 27 (1973) -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Mississippi
Class of 1974
J.D.
with honors
Other EducationDavidson College
Class of 1971
B.A.
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Military ServiceCapt., USAR, 1971-1979
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1949
Brookhaven, Mississippi, December 2, 1949
David W. Mockbee
Capital Towers, Suite 1820125 South Congress StreetJackson, MS 39201-3300U.S.A.
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