Jason concentrates his litigation and appellate practice in the areas of civil rights liability and defense; county and municipal liability; lender and surety liability; general business liability; and insurance defense. He has obtained over 300 favorable judgments on behalf of clients and has successfully defended over 50 civil cases at trial and/or on appeal. According to Westlaw records of the reported dispositive motions that he has filed since 2015, 70% were granted in whole or in part. The average for this same time period before the S.D. Miss. is 50% and for the N.D. Miss. is 53%.
During the previous four years, he has obtained the following favorable results for clients:
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Washington v. McQueary, No. 3:20cv105-HTW-LGI (S.D. Miss. May 13, 2021). Granting dismissal of case.
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Duck v. Adams Cty. Sheriff’s Dep’t, No. 2017-12 (Adams Cty. Circuit, May, 3, 2021). Granting summary judgment.
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Wilson v. Apoftolidis, No. 3:19cv190-RPM (S.D. Miss. Mar. 29, 2021). Granting summary judgment.
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Jones v. McLendon, No. 3:18cv884-HSO-JCG (S.D. Miss. May 19, 2020). Granting summary judgment.
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Baker v. Gann, No. 3:18cv410-FKB (S.D. Miss. Mar. 3, 2021). Granting summary judgment.
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King v. Bramlett, No. 3:20cv378-TSL-RPM (S.D. Miss. Dec. 8, 2020). Granting dismissal.
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Parks v. Yazoo Cty., No. 3:19cv632-DPJ-FKB (S.D. Miss. Nov. 12, 2020). Granting motion in limine and granting in part summary judgment.
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Curtis v. Doe, No. 3:20cv16-LRA (S.D. Miss. Oct. 13, 2020). Granting summary judgment.
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In Re: Estate of Thompson, No. 2015-1077 (Madison Cty. Chancery Oct. 12, 2020). Granting reformation of trust.
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Jones v. McLendon, No. 3:18cv884-HSO-JCG (S.D. Miss. May 19, 2020). Granting summary judgment.
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Baker v. Sheriff, No. 3:18cv401-LRA (S.D. Miss. Mar. 4, 2020). Granting summary judgment.
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Baker v. Shaw, No. 3:18cv573-LRA (S.D. Miss. Mar. 4, 2020). Granting summary judgment.
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Brown v. Madison Cty., No. 3:17cv347-CWR-LRA (S.D. Miss. Oct. 11, 2019). Granting entry of consent decree.
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Estate of Sturdivant v. Smith, No. 5:19cv22-KS-MTP (S.D. Miss. Aug. 28, 2019). Granting in part judgment on the pleadings.
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Easterling v. Mississippi Corr. Servs., No. 3:18cv490-HTW-LRA (S.D. Miss. July 12, 2019). Granting dismissal.
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Grant v. Rushing, No. 3:17cv449-LRA (S.D. Miss. Mar. 14, 2019). Granting dismissal.
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Johnson v. Johnson, No. 3:04cv393-HTW-LRA (S.D. Miss. Mar. 1, 2019). Denying plaintiff’s post-trial motions.
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Evans v. Edwards, No. 3:17cv851-RHW (S.D. Miss. Dec. 18, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Whitten v. City of Columbus, No. 2015-29 (Lowndes Cty. Circuit Nov. 16, 2018). Granting dismissal.
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Freeman v. Smith, No. 3:17cv1016-CWR-LRA (S.D. Miss. Nov. 15, 2018). Granting dismissal.
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Gerhart v. Rankin Cty., No. 3:11cv586-HTW-LRA (S.D. Miss. Sept. 29, 2018). Granting motion in limine.
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Evern v. Chisolm, No. 3:17cv941-DPJ-FKB (S.D. Miss. Sept. 17, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Turner v. Sumrall, No. 3:18cv474-DPJ-FKB (S.D. Miss. Aug. 30, 2018). Granting dismissal.
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Edwards v. Richardson, No. 2017-1033 (Madison Cty. Chancery May 31, 2018). Granting judgment on pleadings.
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Mitchell v. Holmes Cty., No. 2017-199 (Holmes Cty. Circuit Apr. 27, 2018). Granting dismissal.
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Vega v. Lowndes Cty., No. 1:16cv78-NBB-DAS (N.D. Miss. Apr. 26, 2018). Granting dismissal.
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Chipley v. Yazoo Cty., No. 3:16cv901-TSL-RHW (S.D. Miss. Apr. 20, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Estate of Boyd v. Pike Cty., No. 5:15cv107-HSO-JCG (S.D. Miss. Mar. 15, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Goldsmith v. Strickland, No. 3:14cv626-FKB (S.D. Miss. Mar. 15, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Wilkerson v. Lowndes Cty., No. 1:15cv173-GHD-DAS (N.D. Miss. Mar. 13, 2018). Granting partial dismissal.
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Burnett v. Hinds Cty., No. 2015-533 (Hinds Cty. Circuit, Mar. 7, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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Anderson v. Flemming, No. 3:16cv37-DPJ-FKB (S.D. Miss. Feb. 2, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
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MEC, Inc. v. Lowndes Cty., No. 1:16cv151-GHD-RP (N.D. Miss. Jan. 3, 2018). Granting summary judgment.
2003 - J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law
1998 - B.S. (Biology/Chemistry), University of Louisiana-Monroe
Mississippi
United States Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Selected to Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Litigation - Municipal and Litigation - Insurance.
Speaking Engagements & Published Works
Jason Dare, From Opening a New Firm to a Shelter-In-Place in the Span of a Month, Northside Sun (2020).
National Business Institute – Concealed Carry Law (2019).
National Business Institute – Police Liability Claims from Start to Finish (2017).
National Business Institute – Civil Trial – Everything You Need to Know (2016).
Jason Dare, Federal Circuit Tweaks Takings Clause Analysis, 22 Water Log 3 (2002).
Jason Dare, State May Control Pilots Past Three-Mile Seaward Boundary, 22 Water Log 2 (2002).
Jason Dare, Courts Limit EPA’s Obligation to Establish and Implement TMDLs, 22 Water Log 2 (2002).
Jason Dare, Fifth Circuit Rejects Endangered Species Act Challenge, 22 Water Log 1 (2002).
Jason Dare & Kristen Fletcher, Corporation’s Lease of U.S. Government Easement Affirmed, 22 Water Log 1 (2002).
Jason Dare, $5 Billion Punitive Damages Against Exxon Deemed Excessive, 21 Water Log 4 (2001).
Jason Dare, City’s Riparian Rights Stem from Public Street, 21 Water Log 4 (2001).
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Capital Area and Mississippi Bar Associations
Defense Research Institute
Delta Waterfowl (Jackson, MS Chapter) Committee Member
REPRESENTATIVE APPEALS:
Burnett v. Hinds Cty. Bd. of Supvrs., 313 So. 3d 471 (Miss. 2020).
MEC, Inc. v. Lowndes Cty. Bd. of Supvrs., 759 F. App’x 331 (5th Cir. 2019).
Gerhart v. Barnes, 724 F. App’x 316 (5th Cir. 2018), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 1239 (2019).
Cathcart v. Fairly, 227 So. 3d 1176 (Miss. App. 2017).
Hill v. Hinds Cty., 237 So. 3d 838 (Miss. App. 2017), cert. denied, 237 So. 3d 1269 (Miss. 2018).
Johnson v. Johnson, 694 F. App’x 945 (5th Cir. 2017).
Alexander v. State of Mississippi, 655 F. App’x 989 (5th Cir. 2016).
Hinds Cty. Econ. Dev. Dist. v. W&G Properties, LLC, 203 So. 3d 49 (Miss. App. 2016).
Dorman v. Power, 203 So. 3d 33 (Miss. App. 2016).
Hinds Cty. v. Burton, 187 So. 3d 1016 (Miss. 2016).
Graham v. Hodge, 619 F. App’x 394 (5th Cir. 2015).
Williams v. Mueller Copper Tube Co., 149 So. 3d 527 (Miss. App. 2014).
Skinner v. Reed, 544 F. App’x 398 (5th Cir. 2013).
Burton v. Owens, 511 F. App’x 385 (5th Cir. 2013).
Horn v. Vaughan, 469 F. App’x 360 (5th Cir. 2012).
Stern v. Hinds Cty., 436 F. App’x 381 (5th Cir. 2011).
Brandon v. Davis, 476 F. App’x 550 (5th Cir. 2011).
Brown v. Delta Reg’l Med. Ctr., 997 So. 2d 195 (Miss. 2008).
Foss v. Williams, 993 So. 2d 378 (Miss. 2008).
McClain v. Clark, 992 So. 2d 636 (Miss. 2008).
Thomas v. Greenwood Leflore Hosp., 970 So. 2d 273 (Miss. App. 2007).
River Region Med. Corp. v. Patterson, 975 So. 2d 205 (Miss. 2007).
Davis v. S. Sunflower County Hosp., 956 So. 2d 1103 (Miss. App. 2007).
Bolivar Leflore Med. All., LLP v. Williams, 938 So. 2d 1222 (Miss. 2006).
Johnson ex rel. Johnson v. Blackwood, 919 So. 2d 1053 (Miss. App. 2005).
Partin v. N. Mississippi Med. Ctr., Inc., 929 So. 2d 924 (Miss. App. 2005).
Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Jackson, 883 So. 2d 91, 92 (Miss. 2004).