- Criminal DefenseFirm members are active in the state and local bar associations, the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and Mississippi Attorneys for Constitutional Justice. Firm members have lectured regularly at continuing legal education seminars.
- DUI/DWIMember: Coahoma County Bar Association; Mississippi Bar Association; Mississippi Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Mississippi Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys; National Trial Lawyers Association; Top 100 Lawyers; National College for DUI Defense; Member of Mississippi Public Defenders Association; Member of the National Public Defenders Association; Served as Head Public Defender for Coahoma County in the Eleventh Circuit Court Judicial District of Mississippi since 2000.
- Wrongful DeathBrenda Young, as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Terrence Cornelius Young, Deceased vs. Nerhaf Zeino, M.D., Amita Patel, M.D., and Hugh A. Gamble, II, M.D.
- Traffic Violations
- FraudMr. Chapman is a nationally acclaimed trial lawyer who has practiced personal injury trial law for more than 37 years. Mr. Chapman represents plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death actions involving aviation, crashworthiness, ATV litigation, watercraft litigation, consumer fraud, product liability and railroad law.
- MurderOur firm handles a significant number of criminal law matters which has ranged from motor vehicle violations to capital murder indictments. The firm also handles a significant number of product liability, medical negligence and criminal matters with Trials in Mississippi, Tennessee, New York, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas and California wherein a member of CHAPMAN, LEWIS & SWAN served as Lead Counsel..
- Antitrust
- Premises LiabilityCHAPMAN, LEWIS & SWAN has represented numerous families in premises liability matters, and verdicts against nationally recognized companies have been obtained for our clients.
- Construction LitigationMr. Czamanske joined Chapman, Lewis & Swan in 2000 as an associate. His primary areas of practice are General Civil Litigation, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation and Employment Law.
- Property DamageCan cost injured victims their livelihood or significantly interfere with their way of life. You may be entitled to recover compensation for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, permanent disability, present and future medical expenses, property damage, loss of earnings, and permanent disfigurement (scars, amputations, etc.). Your spouse may recover damages for loss of society and companionship and for loss of services. Recovery is based upon the negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Liability for these injuries often arises from crashes involving drunk driving, speeding, failure to stop for a traffic control device, following too closely, faulty vehicles (blowouts, mechanical failures, etc.) and many other acts of negligence.
- Personal InjuryRalph Chapman is a nationally acclaimed trial lawyer who has practiced personal injury trial law for more than 37 years.
- Medical MalpracticeThis was an action based on a medical negligence, wherein the Lockes alleged that J. S. Purdon, M.D. committed negligence when a device he was utilizing to perform a coronary atherectomy was fractured and broken during a procedure resulting in the necessity of the Plaintiff, Larry Locke, having to have an immediate and emergency by-pass operation. This was the first medical malpractice case tried in Quitman County, Mississippi, and the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $650,000.00, which judgment was appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court and affirmed.
- Tax Law