Clifford B. Ammons, named one of The Best Lawyers in America® in Workers’ Compensation Law, was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1978. His experience spans from workers' compensation, medical malpractice defense and nursing home defense to education. His cases of note include Fresenius Medical Care and Continental Cas. Co. v. Woolfolk ex rel. Woolfolk, 920 So. 2d 1024 (Miss. App. 2005); Davis v. Pioneer, Inc., 834 So. 2d 739 (Miss. App. 2003); and Bates v. Countrybrook Living Center, 609 So. 2d 1247 (Miss.1992). Clifford is active in both professional and civic organizations. He has served as chairman of both the Workers’ Compensation Committee State Bar and Workers’ Compensation and Administrative Law Section of the Mississippi Bar, and he currently presides as a Chancellor for the Mississippi Methodist Church.

Publications And Honors

• Direct and Cross Examination of a Physician in a Workers’ Compensation Case—Employer/Carrier’s Perspective, Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference (May 25, 1994)
• Establishing Wage Loss Disability: Employer’s Perspective, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association Workers’ Compensation Seminar (February 3, 1995)
• How to Evaluate a Workers’ Compensation Case from the Defense Perspective, The Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar Second Annual CLE—Cancun Style Seminar (April 28, 1995)
• The Personal Injury Paralegal in Mississippi for the Defense, Institute for Paralegal Education (October 1995)
• Legal Perspective of Current Challenges in Pain Treatment, The Mississippi Pain Society Division of the Southern Pain Society (July 2005)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Workers’ Compensation Law (1995-2012)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Political Science, Millsaps College, 1975
• Juris Doctor: University of Mississippi, 1978

Professional And Community Involvement

• Capital Area Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association
• National Association of University and College Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
• Past Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Committee of State Bar
• Past Chairman, Workers’ Compensation and Administrative Law Section of The Mississippi Bar
• Past Member Advisory Board of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
• Mississippi Methodist Church, Chancellor
• Member, Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church