Slates Veazey focuses his practice on the legal challenges that arise in highly regulated industries where the rules are complex and the stakes are high. His construction practice involves representing owners and general contractors in disputes on public and private projects across the Southeast and beyond, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. Slates has substantial experience prosecuting and defending delay, extra work, impact, and inefficiency claims, as well as defending general contractors in multi-party disputes arising from condominium and multi-family residential construction.
Slates serves as co-chair of Bradley's Cannabis Industry team, where he and his team assist clients in all facets of the highly regulated cannabis industry. Whether representing license applicants navigating state medical cannabis programs, established operators expanding into new markets, or non-plant-touching businesses affected by the industry's growth, Slates and his team bring the full resources of a national firm to a sector where the regulatory landscape shifts constantly and the margin for error is thin. His work in the cannabis space has been featured in the National Law Journal, Law 360, Bloomberg Law, JD Supra, and Cannabis Business Executive, and he has been quoted by the Mississippi Business Journal and Mississippi Today on issues shaping the country’s emerging cannabis market. Slates is ranked by Chambers USA for Cannabis Law – Nationwide (Eastern United States), and the Cannabis Industry team is recognized as a top firm in Cannabis Law by Legal 500.
Slates also maintains a robust insurance coverage practice, representing policyholders across industries when insurers deny, limit, or delay coverage. He brings a thorough understanding of policy interpretation, coverage defenses, and insurer obligations to disputes involving commercial general liability, property, builder's risk, professional liability, and other lines of coverage. Whether the client is a contractor facing a denied construction claim, a cannabis operator navigating the unique coverage challenges of an emerging and underserved industry, or a business contesting a wrongful denial of a defense, Slates advocates for policyholders who have paid for protection and are entitled to receive it.
Licensed in both Texas and Mississippi, Slates advises clients operating in industries where government oversight is constant, the legal environment is fluid, and sound counsel requires both technical knowledge and practical business judgment.