William F. Ray Attorney - Jackson, MS -

William Ray has practiced law on the corporation for over thirty years. His exercise makes a speciality of commercial litigation and arbitration, such as illustration of banks, securities agents, monetary advisors, coverage corporations, and fiduciaries. William has served as lead recommend in defending class moves in Mississippi and some other place.

William has also served as a securities arbitrator for FINRA, and acquired his mediator certification from the Duke University Private Adjudication Center in 2002. He turned into appointed by way of the Mississippi Secretary of State to the venture pressure that drafted the present day version of the Mississippi Securities Act, and served as chair of that task force's subcommittee on fraud and civil legal responsibility.

William has authored amicus curiae briefs in the Fifth Circuit and the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of the Mississippi Consumer Finance Association, the Mississippi Bankers Association, and the American Bankers Association. He changed into diagnosed by way of Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star in 2016; by way of Chambers-USA as a leader in litigation; through The Best Lawyers in America inside the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Banking & Finance Litigation; and by using Mid-South Super Lawyers within the regions of Business Litigation, Employee Benefits/ERISA, and Banking. William has also been named a few of the Super Lawyers Most 50 in Mississippi on 5 occasions.

Honors & Recognitions

•Appointed by using Mississippi Secretary of State to panel charged with presenting revisions to Mississippi Uniform Securities Act (2008, chairman of subcommittee on fraud and civil liability)
• Peer Review Popular by way of
•Benchmark Litigation (2016-17, Local Litigation Star)
•Chambers USA-America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009-17, Litigation)
•Defense Research Institute (1997-ninety nine, Business Litigation Committee, Chair)
•Defense Research Institute (2002-gift, Law Institute)
•Defense Research Institute (2008-10, Law Institute, Chairman)
•Defense Research Institute (2012-15, Board of Directors)
•Duke University Private Adjudication Center Mediator Training (2002)
•Mid-South Super Lawyers (2006-17, Business Litigation, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Banking; 2011-14, Most 50 in Mississippi)
•NASD/FINRA Securities Arbitrator
•The Best Lawyers in America (2009-19, Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking & Finance; Litigation - Securities; Litigation - Trusts and Estates)
•The Best Lawyers in America - Jackson, Mississippi Lawyer of the Year (2018, Litigation - Banking and Finance)
•Most Ten Recipient of Mississippi Business Journal's Leadership in Law Award, 2016.

Articles & Publications

•Identity Theft 2010: Civil Liabilities and Regulatory Red Flags [Author: William Ray]
DRI Strictly Retail seminar, 03.04.2010
• The Law of Life Insurance: Key Issues in Each State, Mississippi Chapter (DRI Defense Library Series, 2017)
• Death of a Salesman? The Regulatory and Litigation Risk Facing Life Insurance Companies, ABA TIPS Seminar, 2016 (co-presenter)
• Mississippi Does Not Need State Court Class Actions, Mississippi Bar Association Summer School for Lawyers, 2016
• Litigation Trends and Emerging Risks, Mississippi Bankers Association, Bank Director Training Seminar, 2015
• Litigation Implications of Asset Protection Trusts, CLE presentation subsidized by using Trustmark Wealth Management, Jackson, Mississippi, 2014
• Protecting Your Corporate Representative from Ambush at Trial, IADC Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee Newsletter, September 2014 (co-creator)
• Punitive Damages: Strategies and Reality Checks, 2003-2006,” DRI Life, Heath, Disability and ERISA Seminar (2006)
•“Evaluating and Defending the Punitive Damages Case,” DRI Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Seminar (2005)
•“Issues Affecting Removal in Mississippi: Remand and Abstention,” University of Mississippi's nineteenth Annual Federal Practice and Procedure Seminar (2004) (moderator of panel of United States District Court judges);
•“Injunctions in Commercial Cases,” DRI Business Litigation Seminar (1999)
•“Representing Businesses in High-Profile Litigation,” DRI Annual Meeting (1999) (moderator)
•“Defending the Claim for Punitive Damages,” DRI Business Torts Seminar (1998)
•“Depositions and Ethics: Effective Deposition Practice,” The University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education (1996)