John W. Nisbett
Partner
The focus of my practice is general litigation, and our firm regularly handles matters in a variety of areas. In particular, I enjoy practicing in the contexts of insurance bad faith, personal injury and commercial/business litigation. We also regularly litigate in the fields of healthcare law (including medical malpractice, False Claims Act litigation, Medicare/Medicaid audit defense, and discrimination) and labor/employment (wrongful termination, noncompete cases, disputes arising from the breach of employment contracts). I also enjoy appellate practice and am fortunate to be part of a group with representations involving traditional appeals to both the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Mississippi Court of Appeals as well as to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. We are comfortable litigating in a wide spectrum of environments, with recent or ongoing representations in many Mississippi state courts, all Mississippi federal district courts, Mississippi federal bankruptcy courts, and federal district courts in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Publications
- Checkmate: How Sexual Predators in (Your)Space Have Strategically Employed Existing Cyber-Laws to Outflank their Prey, 28 Miss. C. L. Rev. 181, 2009
- Medicare Compliance Enforcement Trends: Recovery Efforts Brought Under the False Claims Act and Defending the RAC Audit, The MDLA Quarterly, October 2013
- Top of FormBottom of FormThe Three-Headed Monster of Healthcare Fraud Enforcement: the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute (American Bar Association – pending publication)
- Healthcare Recovery Actions Brought Under The False Claims Act: The Devil Is in the Details When It Comes to Insurance Coverage (pending publication in the American Bar Association’s The Health Lawyer)
Honors and Awards
- Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 – American Society of Legal Advocates – 2017
- AV Preeminent Rating – Martindale-Hubbell
- Leadership in Law – Class of 2014 – Top 40 – Mississippi Business Journal
- Clients’ Choice Award (2014) – Avvo
- Best Comment Award – MCSOL Law Review
- Clients’ Choice Award – Avvo (2016)
- Clients’ Choice Award – Avvo (2017)
- Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 American Society of Legal Advocates 2016
Speaking Engagements
- Potential for Insurance Coverage for Allegations of Allegations of Violation of the False Claims Act, Navigating Insurance Coverage Issues in the Face of Allegations of False Claims Act Violations, 2016
- Components of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and Strategies for Successfully Litigating Malpractice Claims, Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, 2016
- Successful Strategies for Representing a Federally Qualified Health Center through a HRSA Site Review, Fundamentals of Federally Qualified Health Centers: Handling an HRSA Site Review and Recent Regulatory Trends, 2015
- Ethics and Civility Practice in Flash: Litigation 101 Series 2017
Education
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude – Mississippi College School of Law
- Chairman, Moot Court Board
- Editor, Mississippi College Law Review
Bachelor of Arts, Biology – University of Mississippi
Memberships/Bar Admissions
Mississippi Bar – Member of Civil Appellate Practice Committee
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
American Bar Association, Health Law Section; Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee (2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18)
- Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee (2015)
- Vice Chair of the Health Law Committee for the YLD (2013/2014)
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Member – Madison County Bar Association 2016-present
Member – American Society of Legal Advocates 2016-present