Established 1895 Watkins & Eager
   
 

Kenneth E. Milam was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1969. His experience includes: Lead Counsel for multiple public school districts in Mississippi, during the state’s only teachers strike; Lead Counsel for the American Truckers Association’s constitutional challenge to constitutionality of ERISA restriction for multi-employer pension plans and Lead Counsel in successfully defeating an extension of liability to individual managers and supervisors under Mississippi’s at-will employment law. Kenneth has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the past 20 years and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service to our country as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army in Vietnam.

Publications And Honors

  • Listed in the Management Labour & Employment 2010 edition of Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
  • Former co-editor, Law Notes
  • Contributor, Mississippi Employment Law Practice Handbook
  • College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Fellow
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (1989-2012, Labor and Employment Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (2003-2008)
  • Chambers USA—America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009-2011, Labor and Employment Law)
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers (2010-2011 Employment & Labor; 2011 Top 50 in Mississippi)
  • Mississippi Bar Foundation
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree: History, University of Mississippi, 1966
  • Juris Doctor: University of Mississippi, 1969
  • ADR Training: Harvard University, Mediation School for Lawyers (1994); American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator and Mediation

Professional And Community Involvement

  • American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section)
  • Capital Area Bar Association
  • American Employment Law Council
  • Lawyers Advisory Committee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, former member
  • Mississippi Bar Association, former chairman of the ADR section
  • Mississippi State Supreme Court Annexed Mediation Committee
  • Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Vice President (1989)
  • Mississippi Economic Council, Chairman (1987-1988)

 

 

 

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Phone: (601) 965-1852
Email: kemilam@watkinseager.com

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Practices:

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Class Action
  • Employer Advice and Counseling
  • Labor and Employment

 
     
     
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