David E. Stovall
Practice Areas:
Jackson Office
One LeFleur's Square
4735 Old Canton Road
Suite 108
Jackson, MS 39211
P.O. Box 13429
Jackson, MS 39236-3429
Phone: 601-366-4343
Fax: 601-981-7608
David E. Stovall
DAVID E. STOVALL (David) was born in Flowood, Mississippi. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Mississippi State University in 2003. Mr. Stovall received his Masters of Science from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2004 and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Mississippi College School of Law in 2007. Currently, he serves as Assistant President of Province 15 for Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity and as Co-Chair of the Mississippi College School of Law Class of 2007. Mr. Stovall is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, Capitol Area Bar Association, Defense Research Institute and Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. He has been a member of the National Eagle Scout Association since 1994. His practice primarily consists of insurance defense litigation.
Current Employment Position(s):
- Associate
Bar Admissions:
- Mississippi, 2007
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Education:
- Mississippi College School of Law, 2007
- Doctorate of Jurisprudence
- Member: Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
- Christian Legal Society
- University of Southern Mississippi, 2004
- Masters of Science, Instructional Technology
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Mississippi State University, 2003
- Bachelor of Arts, Communications - Public Relations and Communications Studies
- Honors: Alpha Theta Chi Honor Society
- University Honors Program
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Capitol Area Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Mississippi Defense Attorneys Association
- Former Adjunct Professor, Hinds Community College, Rankin Branch
Fraternities:
- Lambda Chi Alpha, Mississippi State University
- President of Housing Corporation Board of Directors
- 2011 Alumnus of the Year
- 2003 Active Member of the Year
- Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity
- Assistant Province 15 President
- 2006 MC Graduate Member of the Year
Publications and Presentations:
- Speaker, Litigating a Claim, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Law Review CLE, Jackson, Miss., January 31, 2012.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash and M. Madison Taylor, Mississippi and North Carolina chapters, Excess and Umbrella Insurance State-by-State Compendium, Defense Research Institute, published January 2012.
- Speaker, Preparing for Academic and Employment Success, Hinds Community College, Honors College, Raymond, Miss., Sept. 14, 2011.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash, Expert Advocacy: Beyond Selection, The Whisper, Newsletter of the Young Lawyers Committee, Defense Research Institute, Vol. 7, Issue 6, July 7, 2011.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash, Beyond the Credentials of Opposing Experts, MDLA Quarterly, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring, 2011.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash, Chapter 10, The Standard for Ensuring that Reliable Expertise Gets to Jury-Novel Scientific Evidence, Daubert Compendium, Defense Research Institute, published Spring 2011.
- Co-Presenter with Bradley K. Overcash, Select Your Expert | Support Your Expert | Strike the Opposing Expert, Corporate Counsel Committee Lunch and Learn Teleconference Series, Defense Research Institute, May 25, 2011.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash, Expert Selection is Advocacy, The Whisper, Newsletter of the Young Lawyers Committee, Defense Research Institute, April 29, 2011.
- Co-Author with Bradley K. Overcash, Stubborn Facts in Premises Liability Litigation, Marketer's Update, Mississippi Petroleum Marketer's and Convenience Stores Association, January/March, 2011.
- Speaker, Preparing for the Job Market, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 15, 2010.
- Speaker, Interviewing and Career Success, Hinds Community College, Honors College, Raymond, Miss., March 24, 2010.
- Speaker, Personal Marketing, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss., Fall, 2009.
- Co-Speaker with Diane Pradat Pumphrey, An Overview of Insurance Law in Mississippi and Case Study, Mississippi State University, College of Business and Industry, Department of Finance and Economics, Starkville, Miss., Oct. 30, 2008.
Judgments:
Hinton v. Singleton, Pike County, Mississippi (October, 2011)
David Stovall defended a landowner in a two day trial after logging operations allegedly flooded a neighboring property. A jury returned a verdict to the plaintiff, but limited the recovery against the defendant to only 18% of the damages.
Allstate Insurance v. Richard C. Heck, United States District Court (September, 2011)
David Stovall obtained a declaratory judgment when the District Court held that coverage was unavailable to an injured worker under the terms and conditions of a homeowners policy.
Alfa Insurance v, Sri Ram, Inc., United States District Court (January, 2009)
David E. Stovall obtained a declaratory judgment in the U.S. District Court of the Southern Division of Mississippi when the Court held that the terms of a business owner’s insurance policy did not provide coverage to an injured employee for a lawsuit on premises liability and unsafe working conditions.
Appellate Court Decisions:
Alfa Ins. Co. v. Hasselle, No. 2010-CA-00609-COA (Miss. 2010)
The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed and rendered the trial court's ruling in Alfa Ins. Corp. v. Hasselle in favor of the insurance carrier on appeal and at oral argument. David Stovall argued on appeal that the Chancellor's ruling was in error and the appellate court upheld family liability exclusions within automobile liability policies issued in the State of Mississippi.
Johnson v. Alfa Ins. Corp., 2008-M-00863-SCT (Miss. 2008)
David Stovall successfully defended an interlocutory appeal to the Supreme Court of Mississippi regarding the proper venue for the filing of a Complaint against an uninsured motorist carrier.