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Dana G. Deaton
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Dana was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi on April 7, 1965. She graduated in the top quarter of her class from the University of Mississippi School of Law in May, 1990 and was admitted to the Mississippi State Bar in September, 1990. Since her admission to the bar, Dana has developed a litigation practice, an insurance coverage practice and an appellate practice. She is actively involved in her community as demonstrated by her participation in and support of the Mississippi Economic Council, New Expectations for Women in Mississippi, Concerned Women for America, and Community Leadership Institute. Dana is also a Career Development Instructor for Christian Women’s Job Corps.
Dana and her husband and law partner, Chris, live in Tupelo, Mississippi and have five children - - Mary, Jim, Katy, Rick and Luke.
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Education and Training
- Juris Doctor, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi (May 1990); Mississippi Law Journal; Mississippi Supreme Court Briefing Service; Moot Court Board (Trial Division Chairperson); Phi Delta Phi Fraternity; William C. Keady American Inns of Court
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (1986); Management major
Special Honors and Recognitions
- Nominated by Congressman Roger Wicker to attend the
Business and Professional Women's Leadership Summit chaired
by U. S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (2005)
- Recognized by Mississippi Business Journal
as "Top 40 Under 40" (2005)
- Shockwave Aquatic Team "Parent of the Year"
(2005)
- Accepted into Community Development
Foundation's Community Leadership Institute (Fall, 2004)
- Recognized by The National Register in
"Who's Who In Executive and Professionals" (2004)
Publications and Presentations
- Voter Identification Presentation to Winston County Republican Women (Oct. 2005), Lafayette County Repulican Women (Sept. 2005), and Lowndes County Republican Women (Sept. 2005)
- Voter Identification Presentation in State Capitol
Rotunda to legislators, government officials, and Republican
women at Legislative Day event hosted by Mississippi
Federation of Republican Women (Feb. 2005)
- Voter Identification Presentation at GOP District Meeting
(Feb. 2005)
- Demonstration of Trial Examination of Fire
and Fraud Expert at the Mississippi Fire Investigators
Association's Fall Meeting (2004)
- The Moeller Muddle (Co-Author), 22 MDLA Quarterly No. 2, p. 3 (Sept. 1998)
- Defending the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Claim, 61 AM. JUR. TRIALS 95 (1996)
- The Daubert Challenge to the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence, 60 AM. JUR. TRIALS 1 (1996)
- Mississippi Supreme Court Review - Torts (Co-Author), 59 MISS. L. J. (1989)
Reported Decisions
- Steed v. Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co., 145 Fed. Appx. 967 (5th Cir. 2005)
- Dominguez-Cota v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co,396 F.3d
650 (5th Cir. 2005)
- Mississippi Department of Transportation v. Johnson, 873 So. 2d 108 (Miss. 2004)
- American National General Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. L. T. Jackson, 203 F. Supp. 674 (S. D. Miss. 2001)
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Brewer, 914 F. Supp. 140 (S. D. Miss. 1996)
Professional Memberships
- Mississippi State Bar Association
- Lee County Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Defense Research Institute
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Mississippi Claims Association
- Mississippi Fire Investigators Association
- International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.
Other Memberships and Affiliations
- Co-Chair of Mississippians for Harriet Miers (2005)
- National Federation of Republican Women
- Mississippi Economic Council
- Mississippi Manufacturers Association
- Mississippi Federation of Republican Women
(Board of Directors; Voter ID Chairperson)
- New Expectations for Women in Mississippi (NEWMS), Supporter
- Christian Women’s Job Corps Instructor (Instructor; Advisory Board Member)
- Community Development Foundation (Member; Private /Public Partnership Committee)
- Community Leadership Institute (Class of 2006)
- Lee County Republican Club
- Republican Women of Northeast Mississippi
(President and Founding Member)
- Tupelo Historic Perservation Commission (2005 Appointment)
- Tupelo Rotary Club
- Tupelo Main Street Association
- Tupelo Community Theater (Executive Producer)
- Municipal Executive Committee, GOP
- Thomas Street Elementary School P.T.A. Board Member (Corresponding Secretary 2005-2006)
- Past Legislative Co-Delegate to Board of Delegates for Mississippi Swim, Inc.
- U.S.A. Certified Stroke and Turn Official; U.S.A.
Provisional Starter
- Shockwave Aquatic Team (President Board of Directors;
Swim Relations Committee)
- Calvary Baptist Church (Safe and Secure committee member; Children’s Choir Leader; former Sunday School teacher; former Vacation Bible School teacher; former Property and Space committee member)
Practice Venues
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
- All Mississippi state courts
Primary Practice Areas
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Defense
- Products Liability Defense
- Toxic Tort Defense
- Appellate Practice
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