Agriculture and farm equipment are a first love for Sumner. He spent his formative years working on his cousins’ farm, and now spends his free moments on a tractor of his own with his dog, Hobbs.
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2024 Mississippi Bar Leadership Forum, Class of 2025 McNair v. Johnson, ---F.4th---No. 24-10153, 2025 WL 1923126 (11th Cir. July 14, 2025) Successfully secured affirmance of district court’s dismissal of Section 1983 lawsuit and clarifying district court’s discretion to do so for litigant’s failure to comply with local rules. First Kuwaiti Gen. Trading & Contracting W.L.L. v. Kellogg Brown & Root Int'l, Inc., ---F.4th---,No. 23-2121, 2025 WL 1689129, at *1 (4th Cir. June 17, 2025) Successfully secured affirmance of district court order confirming multimillion dollar arbitral award and enforcing 9 U.S.C. 12’s statute of limitations against untimely vacatur effort. 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, 766 F. Supp. 3d 686, 687 (W.D. Tex. 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, 406 So. 3d 12 (Miss. Ct. App. 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, 393 So. 3d 1031 (Miss. 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), cert. denied, 144 S. Ct. 2565 (2024) Successfully defended an order granting arbitration in a significant construction dispute between a general contractor and an electrical subcontractor.
