Deaton & Deaton, P.A. was founded on December 1, 1998 by Chris and Dana Deaton. Chris and Dana bring to their firm years of experience which provides their clients both extensive legal knowledge and training and also an understanding of the business realities facing them.

Chris and Dana began practicing law with a premier insurance-defense law firm in Oxford, Mississippi. There, Chris and Dana gained valuable knowledge and training in all areas of civil litigation. They practiced law primarily in the areas of product and professional liability, automobile liability, premises liability, toxic torts, and bad faith in state and federal courts throughout Mississippi.

In 1992, Chris and Dana left Oxford and moved to the Tupelo area. They began practicing law with a growing insurance defense firm and continued to develop and expand their practice areas. Chris began developing and devoting a significant portion of his practice to investigation and defense of arson and fraud claims, fire-related litigation, property and casualty matters and defense of asbestos matters. He became an instructor with the Mississippi Fire Investigators Association and also maintained and grew an active third party litigation practice. Dana began developing her current extensive insurance coverage practice while maintaining and growing her litigation practice which has been primarily devoted to the defense of product liability, toxic tort, and bad faith lawsuits.

After moving to Tupelo, Chris and Dana also began to develop and cultivate important relationships with their clients. They continued to strive to provide excellent legal representation but became concerned about how large firm overhead expenses impacted their clients. Believing that a smaller firm could provide better value at lower cost, Chris and Dana founded Deaton & Deaton.

Deaton & Deaton’s philosophy is and has been to provide its clients with excellent legal representation at fair and reasonable costs. It is committed to meet all of its clients’ legal and business needs. Deaton & Deaton has also taken an interest in and made a commitment to community. It is a proud member of Tupelo’s Main Street Association, Lee County’s Community Development Foundation, the Mississippi Economic Council, and the Mississippi Manufacturers Association. Deaton & Deaton demonstrated its promotion of community by being the first business to begin construction in Tupelo’s new Fair Park District. It completed construction and moved into its new building on August 15, 2003.