John Nisbett
Heilman Law GroupThe 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 personal injury, insurance bad faith, and commercial/business litigation. We also regularly litigate in the fields of healthcare law (including medical malpractice, False Claims Act litigation, and Medicare/Medicaid audit defense) and labor/employment (wrongful termination, noncompete cases, disputes arising from the breach of employment contracts, and discrimination). 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.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Hourly Rate - $300-$350
- Mississippi
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- 5th Circuit
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- English
- Partner
- Heilman Law Group
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- University of Mississippi
- B.A. | Biology
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- Mississippi College School of Law
- J.D. | law
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- Honors: Best Comment Award - MCSOL Law Review
- Activities: Served as chairman of the Moot Court Board and as an editor on the Law Review.
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- 2019 Mid-South Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- America's Top 100 Attorneys
- Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Top Ten
- Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Association
- Top 40 Lawyers Under 40
- American Society of Legal Advocates
- Clients' Choice Award
- Avvo
- America's Top 100 Attorneys - Mississippi
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- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee
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- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee
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- American Society of Legal Advocates
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- Madison County Bar Association
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- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee
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- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair, Distance Learning Committee
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- Wind Dance Homeowners' Association
- Legal Counsel
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- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
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- Mississippi Bar
- Member of Civil Appellate Practice Committee
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- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
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- United States District Court for the Southern Districts of Mississippi
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- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
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- American Bar Association, Health Law Section
- Vice Chair of the Health Law Committee for the YLD
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- Healthcare Recovery Actions Brought Under The False Claims Act: The Devil Is in the Details When It Comes to Insurance Coverage
- ABA The Health Lawyer
- The Three-Headed Monster of Healthcare Fraud Enforcement: the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute
- ABA The Young Lawyer
- Medicare Compliance Enforcement Trends: Recovery Efforts Brought Under the False Claims Act and Defending the RAC Audit
- The MDLA Quarterly
- Checkmate: How Sexual Predators in (Your)Space Have Strategically Employed Existing Cyber-Laws to Outflank their Prey
- Mississippi College Law Review
- Components of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and Strategies for Successfully Litigating Malpractice Claims (II), Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- 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
- American Bar Association - Health Law Section
- Components of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and Strategies for Successfully Litigating Malpractice Claims, Anatomy of a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- American Bar Association
- 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
- American Bar Association
- Ethics and Civility, Practice in a Flash: Litigation 101 Series
- Mississippi State Bar
- Website
- Heilman Law Group
