Robert B. Ireland, III, was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 2002 and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Mississippi and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His experience spans from general product liability litigation to tort and general litigation. Before joining Watkins & Eager, Robert served as a law clerk for United States District Judge Sharon L. Blackburn, Northern District of Alabama. Robert is a member of several professional organizations and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral.

Publications And Honors

• Comment, Modified Joint and Several Liability in Mississippi: The Absent Settling Tortfeasor and the Immune Employer, 70 Miss. L.J. 821 (2000)
  
• Mississippi Law Journal, Executive Editor
• Super Lawyers - Mid-South Rising Stars (2011, General Litigation)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Political Science, University of Alabama, 1999
  
• Juris Doctor: University of Mississippi, cum laude, 2002

Professional And Community Involvement

• Defense Research Institute
  
• Jackson Young Lawyers
  
• Mississippi Bar Association
  
• St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral, Active Member