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R. Sumner Fortenberry

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  • Mississippi Passes New Retainage Law Governing Private Construction Jobs
    5/13/2024
    BUILDSMART
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Board Minutes: Mississippi Court Says Public Bodies Must Fully Explain Why Lowest and Best Bidder Is a Better Choice Than the Lowest Bidder
    10/2/2023
    BUILDSMART
  • Don’t Hide the Money: Supreme Court Allows Civil Racketeering Claim to Proceed in Foreign Arbitration Context
    7/5/2023
    BUILDSMART
Area(s) of Focus
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Appellate
  • International Arbitration
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2021, Journal of Law and Politics; Law Christian Fellowship; President, Virginia Law Rod and Gun Club
  • Mississippi State University, B.A., 2018, summa cum laude; Political Science Undergraduate Student of the Year, 2018; Society of Scholars; Associate Justice, Mississippi State Student Judicial Council
  • Mississippi
  • United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
  • Mississippi Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Honorable Leslie H. Southwick, 2021-2022
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Super Lawyers 2024 Badge
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2024 Mississippi Bar Leadership Forum, Class of 2025 Gen. Land Off. v. Trump, No. 24-40447, 2025 WL 1410414, at *1 (5th Cir. May 15, 2025) Obtained reversal of denial of intervention for multiple government contractors seeking to intervene in an action between state and federal government over Congressional expenditures. Great W. Cas. Co. v. Deepwell Energy Servs., LLC, 2025 WL 542837, -- F. Supp. 3d -- (W.D. Tex. Feb. 15, 2025) Served as embedded appellate counsel in a jury trial victory for commercial policyholder in high-stakes coverage litigation involving a policy’s “hydrofracking exclusion.” The court entered judgment in the face of post-trial briefing challenging the jury’s verdict. Old Hattiesburg High, L.P. v. Harris Constr. Servs., LLC, No. 2023-CA-00579-COA, 2024 WL 4022182, at *9 (Miss. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2024), reh’g denied (Mar. 18, 2025) Secured dismissal of appeal for lack of jurisdiction as an improper appeal from a nonfinal order. Rankin Cnty. v. Mississippi Pub. Serv. Comm’n, No. 2022-UR-00803-SCT, 2024 WL 4296168, at *1 (Miss. Sept. 26, 2024) Successfully secured affirmance of rate order from Mississippi Public Service Commission on behalf of major utility client. Warren Paving, Inc. v. O'Neal Constructors, LLC, No. 1:24-CV-009-HSO-BWR, 2024 WL 3687088 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 5, 2024) Successfully compelled arbitration against signatory plaintiff and achieved discretionary stay over plaintiff’s related claims against nonsignatory defendant. McInnis Elec. Co. v. Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, 384 So. 3d 485 (Miss. 2023) Successfully defended an order granting arbitration in a significant construction dispute between a general contractor and an electrical subcontractor.
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