Butler Snow, RidgelandMr. Caples is an attorney with Butler Snow in Ridgeland. His practice areas include environmental counseling and government relations. Mr. Caples has represented a variety of owners and developers in stormwater and wetland permitting, compliance and enforcement issues. He has also written and negotiated operating, construction, PSD and Title V air permits, including BACT and BART determinations as well as operating and construction permits for NPDES permits, including TMDL mixing zone study. Mr. Caples has also drafted regulations for various municipalities and utility authorities in association with water, sewer and stormwater programs.

Founding Partner of The Carson Law Group
Mr. Carson is the owner of Carson Law Group, listed as one of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” He has over 22 years of experience working on behalf of numerous governmental entities, public and private owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders, sureties, architects and engineers. Mr. Carson’s practice focuses on government contracts, construction law, government relations, commercial litigation, and economic development.

Jones Walker, JacksonMr. Herbert is a member of the firm’s Business and Commercial Litigation Group and Construction Practice Group. He received a B.A. degree, cum laude, from Millsaps College and a J.D. degree from The University of Mississippi School of Law. Mr. Herbert’s practice is nationwide, and he has tried over 200 cases involving construction disputes. He has represented sureties in both payment and performance bond claims, and he is an active panel counsel for a major carrier representing architects and engineers in errors and omissions actions. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006, in Chambers USA-America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in litigation: construction since 2011, and in the 2011 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers in construction/surety. Mr. Herbert is a member of the American Bar Association, the Capital Area Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association (Member, National Panel of Commercial and Construction Arbitrators and Mediators), the Associated Builders and Contractors of Mississippi, the Associated General Contractors of Mississippi, the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Biggs, Ingram & Solop, JacksonChristopher Solop is the chairperson of the Construction Litigation and Government Contracts sections at Biggs, Ingram & Solop, PLLC. Mr. Solop has extensive experience representing clients in all areas of state, federal and private construction and surety law. He has pursued successful bid protests before federal, state, and local authorities. His construction claims and litigation experience includes payment and performance bond disputes; defective plans and specifications claims; scheduling, acceleration, and delay claims; constructive change claims; site access and differing site conditions disputes; terminations for default and convenience; and productivity and loss of efficiency claims. Mr. Solop represents owners, prime contractors, and subcontractors. He has arbitrated, mediated, and tried numerous large complex construction and commercial disputes. Mr. Solop is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and general counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Mississippi. He is also a frequent contributing author to the firm’s construction law blog found at www.constructionlawtoolbox.com.