Rebecca Lee Wiggs was admitted to the Mississippi Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1985. Her experience spans from general product liability, medical malpractice to labor and employment, and appellate advocacy. Her cases of note include Shields v. Sturm Ruger, 864 F.2d 379 (5th Cir. 1989); Foster v. Bass, 575 So.2d 967 (Miss. 1990); Dixie Ins. Co. v. Mooneyhan, 684 So.2d 574 (Miss. 1996). Rebecca also served on the defense team for successful Baycol litigation, PPA litigation and HRT litigation. Prior to joining Watkins & Eager, she was a law clerk to the Honorable Paul H. Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Publications And Honors

• A Guide to Women’s Legal Rights in Mississippi, Mississippi State Bar
  
• "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Employment Law," The Mississippi Lawyer (July/August 2000)
  
• Boss of the Year, Jackson Legal Secretaries Association (1989-1990)

Education

• Bachelor's Degree: Politics, Wake Forest University, 1979
  
• Juris Doctor: University of Virginia, 1985

Professional And Community Involvement

• Mississippi State Bar Association; Litigation Section Executive Committee
• American Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Mississippi Economic Council, Board of Directors
• Blueprint Mississippi, Steering Committee
  
• American Judicature Society, Board of Directors
  
• Wake Forest University Divinity School, Board of Visitors
  
• Leadership Mississippi, Class of 1995

Seminars

• "How Jurors Make Decisions", Focus on The Jury, MSB Litigation Section, June 2011
• "Extraordinary In-House/Outside Counsel Relationships", Bar of the City of New York, Sept. 2010
• Deposition Bootcamp, Pfizer & Kaye Scholer, NYC, Jan.2011