About Paul
Paul H. Stephenson, III was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1977. He is also admitted to practice before all state and federal district courts in Mississippi, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His practice has focused on business, commercial and financial disputes at the trial and appellate levels involving a wide array of subject matters. Paul's experience includes complex class actions, oil and gas controversies, and business practices challenges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). His cases of note include The Piney Woods Country Life School v. Shell Oil Co., 539 F. Supp. 957 (S.D. Miss. 1982), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 726 F.2d 225 (5th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1005 (1985); on remand, No. J74-0307(W) (S.D. Miss. April 24, 1989), aff'd in part,rev'd in part, 905 F.2d 840 (5th Cir. 1990); on remand, 1995 WL 917482 (S.D. Miss. 1995), aff'd in part, 116 F.3d 478 (5th Cir. 1997);on remand, 170 F. Supp. 2d 675 (S.D. Miss. 1999), aff'd, 218 F.3d 744 (5th Cir. 2000); Ayers v. Allain, 674 F. Supp. 1523 (N.D. Miss. 1987),aff'd en banc, 898 F.2d 1014 (5th Cir. 1990), vacated and remanded, 505 U.S. 717 (1992); on remand, 879 F. Supp. 1419 (N.D. Miss. 1995), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 111 F.3d 1183 (5th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 1084 (1998); on remand, 2002 WL 91895 (N.D. Miss. 2002), aff'd, 358 F.3d 356 (5th Cir. 2004), cert. denied,543 U.S. 951 (2004); and Smith v. Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc., 216 F.R.D.338 (S.D. Miss. 2003), aff'd, 91 Fed. Appx. 952 (5th Cir. 2004),cert. denied., 534 U.S. 1089 (2005).
Practice Areas
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Jackson, MS (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Jackson, MS (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Jackson, MS (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Natural Resources Law, Jackson, MS (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Oil and Gas Law, Jackson, MS (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Jackson, MS (2015)
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Energy Law
- Recognized: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Recognized: Natural Resources Law
- Recognized: Oil and Gas Law
- Practice Area: Antitrust Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Antitrust
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Class Actions
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Contract
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Natural Resources
- Special Focus: Oil and Gas
- Special Focus: Professional Malpractice