Mark Herbert is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices from the firm's Jackson office. He is a graduate of Millsaps College,where he received his bachelor of arts degree, cum laude, and of The University of Mississippi School of Law, where he received a juris doctor degree. During his 33 year career as a construction lawyer, Mr. Herbert has tried over 200 cases involving construction disputes. He has recently handled arbitrations and state and federal court cases for construction firms involving delays and disruptions, wrongful termination, cost overruns, unpaid retainage, design error, defective specifications, and bid challenges. He has been lead counsel on cases across the country involving breach of supply and fabrication of specialty components for power plants, the construction of high power transmission lines, and the construction of complex industrial facilities. Mr. Herbert has experience representing sureties in both payment and performance bond claims and is an active panel counsel for a major carrier representing architects and engineers in errors and omission actions.
In addition, he has represented the outdoor advertising industry in Mississippi and Tennessee for over 30 years.
While in law school, Mr. Herbert was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and served as Associate Editor of the Mississippi Law Journal. He currently is a member of The Mississippi Bar Foundation, the American Arbitration Association, the Capitol Area Bar Association, and the International Association of Defense Counsel.
Noteworthy
•Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Construction Law and Litigation - Construction (listed annually since 2006)
•Listed in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: Construction (listed annually since 2011)
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
•Listed in the 2016 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers in the area of Construction Litigation (2007-2008, 2014-2016)
•Recognized as one of Mississippi's 50 Leading Attorneys for Leadership in Law 2010, by the Mississippi Business Journal
•Recognized as Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi by The Mississippi Bar (1984-1985)
News
•123 Jones Walker LLP Attorneys Ranked by The Best Lawyers in America 2017
•50 Jones Walker Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA 2016
•Jones Walker LLP Attorneys in Mississippi Recognized in the 2015 Super Lawyers List
•125 Jones Walker LLP Attorneys Ranked in The Best Lawyers in America 2016
•Forty-eight Jones Walker Attorneys Rank in Chambers USA 2015
•Jones Walker Attorneys Named to 2014 Mid-South Super Lawyers
Presentations
• Advanced Construction Law in Mississippi
• Construction Contracting for Public Entities in Mississippi
• Construction Law in Mississippi
• Mechanics' Lien Law and Strategies in Mississippi
• Mississippi Construction Law
• Mississippi Payment Rights , 2011
Publications
• Mississippi Legislature Passes Sweeping New Lien Law
Jones Walker Client Alert March 28, 2014
• The Surety's Options for Completion Upon Termination of an 8(A) Contractor
IADC Fidelity and Surety Committee Newsletter, April 2012
• Prejudice to the Compensated Surety As a Defense to Liability
International Association of Defense Counsel, November 3, 2007
• Contractor's State License Bonds, Desk Reference
American Bar Assocaition 2006
