James J. Crongeyer, Jr.

Jim Crongeyer served as a Managing Member of the firm from 2008 to 2023. He began practicing law in Florida in 1995 after graduating cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Mississippi (1997), Alabama (1996), and Florida (1995), and has actively practiced in all three states.

Jim has significant litigation and trial experience across multiple jurisdictions (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, New Jersey, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Iowa and Ohio, among others) in general product liability litigation, mass tort cases, commercial litigation, complex litigation, and construction matters. He has successfully tried cases to verdict in federal and state courts in Mississippi and other states. He also has arbitrated numerous matters. He has served as counsel for football helmet manufacturers, current and former manufacturers of welding products, automobile and tire manufacturers, pipeline equipment manufacturers, and many other industrial and consumer product manufacturers. He has handled and tried construction and surety cases in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Jim served as an officer in the Mississippi Army National Guard from 1987-94, and is currently a member of several civic and professional organizations.

Notable Cases

Alysson Mills, Receiver v. Baker Donelson et al. (S.D. Miss., May 20, 2026)

Engle v. National Litigation Law Group, LLP, Case Number: 01-21-0016-5313 (AAA Arbitration 2022)

Premier Entertainment Biloxi, LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino v. P.T.E. Systems Int’l., LLC, 2016-CA-0182-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2017)

Dunbar v. Walker, 2012-899-B (Madison Cnty. Chan. Ct. June 5, 2014)

A.K.W. v. Riddell et al., Civil No. 1:09CV703-HSO-JMR (S.D. Miss., October 2012)

Arroyo v. Lincoln Elec. Co., 08-WF-17980 (N.D. Ohio 2010)

Lincoln Elec. Co. v. McLemore, 54 So. 3d 833 (Miss. 2010)

Jowers v. Lincoln Elec Co. et al., 617 F.3d 346 (5^th Cir. 2010)

Seay v. Baker Donelson et al. (Miss. 2010)

Rowan v. Kia Motors, 16 So. 3^rd 62 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)

Columbia Welding Service, Inc. v. The BOC Group, Inc., 2:06cv128-MTP (S.D. Miss. 2007)

Creel v. Bridgestone/Firestone North Am. Tire, LLC et al., 950 So. 2d 1024 (Miss. 2007)

Tuttle v. Kia Motors (Forrest Cnty., Miss., Circuit Ct., May 2005)

Brandon v. Toyota Motor Corp., 240 F. Supp. 2d 604 (S.D. Miss. 2002)

Miss. Transp. Comm’n. v. Ronald Adams Contr., 753 So. 2d 1077 (Miss. 2000)

Watson v. Gulf Power, 695 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 1^st DCA 1997)

Hicks v. Baptist Hosp., 676 So. 2d 1019 (Fla. 1^st DCA 1996)

Cooper v. Gulf Breeze Hosp., 95-2918 (11^th Cir. 1996)

• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Mid-South Super Lawyers (2010-21, Personal Injury Defense: Products)
• The Best Lawyers in America (2018-27, Commercial Litigation; 2020-27, Construction Law; 2018-27, Litigation – Construction; 2022-27, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action-Defendants; 2010–27, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; and 2010–27, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants).

• International Association of Defense Counsel (Product Liability and Construction Law and Litigation Committees)
• American Bar Association (Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; Construction Litigation Committee)
• American Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Mississippi Army National Guard