Ross F. Bass, Jr.
Senior Partner
Rick Bass practices in the area of complex commercial and product liability litigation. He has substantial experience in the representation of financial institutions and the litigation and settlement of class actions, mass tort and other complex matters.\
Rick is a frequent lecturer on litigation issues, and for several years has served as Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Mississippi College School of Law. He also served on the faculty for the NITA Gulf Coast Deposition Program.
Experience
- Defense of Connecticut-based insurance company against alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and copyright infringement.
- Defense of national bank headquartered on east coast involving 1,500 individual home improvement loan claims and a statewide class action.
- Multi-forum litigation for Mississippi LLC over ownership of cellular license for Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Defense of national consumer finance company in state and federal actions in Mississippi challenging sale and financing of satellite television systems.
- Nationwide class action on collateral protection insurance claims against California-based national bank in Southern District of Mississippi.