Attorney Profiles

The focus of Goodloe Lewis' practice is insurance defense and insurance coverage litigation.  He is an experienced trial attorney, and has litigated cases at all levels of the Mississippi and Tennessee state and federal court systems.  Goodloe is a member of the Rotary Club of Oxford and is a Presiding Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Oxford.  He is married to Angie, and they have two boys, William and Avery. 

Year Joined Organization

• 1994

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Defense Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Opinions and Litigation
• Realtor Professional Malpractice Litigation
• General Litigation

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2009

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1994
• Tennessee, 2000
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1994
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1994
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999
• Choctaw Tribal Court, 2003

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, May, 1994
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: Phi Delta Phi
  Honors: Moot Court Board
  Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Articles Editor, 1993 - 1994
  
  
• Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, June, 1991
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: History
  
  

Representative Clients

• Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
• State Farm Insurance Companies
• Safeway Insurance Company

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Insurance Law in Mississippi, Current Issues & Recurring Themes, Barristers Educational Services, 2004
• Premises Liability Update, DRI Southern Convention, Defense Research Institute, 2006
• Ethical Quandries, Quick Tips for Mississippi Litigators, Barristers Educational Services, 2007
• Quick Tips for Interpreting and Using Medical Records, Litigation Nuts & Bolts, Barristers Educational Services, 2008

Honors and Awards

• Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2007 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Mississippi Bar Association, 1994 - Present
  Bar Commissioner (2004-07)
  
  
• Lafayette County Bar Association, 1994 - Present
  President (2002-03)
  
  
• Tri-County Junior Bar, 1994 - 2004
  President (1995-97)
  
  
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1994 - Present
  President (2010)
  
  
• Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, 2001 - Present
  
  
• Defense Research Institute
  
  
• American Inns of Court, 1999 - Present
  
  

Birth Information

• 1969, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America