it’s amazing how much lawyering these tiny law firms seem to get done. It’s just as amazing that he gets it done with *no reported decisions.* Pretty strange.

Tim Balducci was born in a small, rural town in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Shelby, in 1967. He received his undergraduate education at Delta State University. In 1989, he earned Bachelor of Arts Degrees with Honors in History and English. He moved to Northeast Mississippi to attend law school at the University of Mississippi, where he received his Juris Doctorate in 1991. At only 23 years of age, Tim became the youngest practicing attorney in the State of Mississippi. Tim has spent his entire legal career practicing as a successful trial lawyer, and has earned his reputation as an aggressive advocate, but an honest adversary.

He has successfully tried-to-verdict multi-million dollar civil cases, and has been the chief architect of numerous multi-million dollar negotiated settlements. Tim has built a reputation as a premier criminal defense attorney as well. He has successfully tried all types of criminal cases, including several high-profile death penalty cases.

Working with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office as Special Assistant Attorney General, Tim was part of a dynamic legal team that recovered $125 Million dollars on behalf of Mississippi in the WorldCom/MCI Tax litigation in Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York. That recovery remains the highest of any taxpayer fraud case in the history of the State of Mississippi; and it ranks among the top state tax fraud settlements in the history of the United States.

Based upon the success of that litigation, Tim was again chosen as the Special Assistant Attorney General to lead the State’s Division of Medicaid in federal court litigation in New York against Eli Lilly & Company for its sale and marketing of the anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa. Tim also previously served as Panel Counsel to the Mississippi Tort Claims Board, where he represented many local municipalities and governmental entities, including the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. He has also represented the Mississippi Public Entities Workers’ Compensation Trust in substantial products liability litigation against a major international medical device manufacturer.

In 2006, Tim was Lead Counsel in Mississippi’s successful prosecution of securities fraud claims against Citigroup in Federal District Court in New York. His success in representing the state in so many complex litigations was a major factor which contributed to his selection by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to prosecute an action on its behalf to recover over $1 Billion dollars in government funds from a major chemical manufacturer. Also, the United States District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, selected Tim to serve on the National Leadership Committee for the ReNu contact lens solution litigation against Bausch & Lomb.

In his career, Tim has also been retained to represent many leading national, and international, companies in significant domestic litigation. He served as Special Counsel to Metabolife International, Inc. from San Diego, California, in Multi-District Litigation in New York Federal Court concerning ephedrine products liability. Also, he served as United States National Counsel for Intelligent Medical Implants, AG, a Zurich, Switzerland medical device company.

In the Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) Multi-District Litigation in Federal District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tim led a consortium of national law firms to reach significant settlements for over 5,000 individual clients, one of the largest prosecuted groups of cases in the nation. Tim also successfully represented several prominent national law firms in major legal action arising from the National Tobacco Litigation.

As a member of numerous national professional associations and trial lawyer organizations, Tim is a frequent guest lecturer to legal and business professional groups. He is admitted to practice in Alabama, District of Columbia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

Tim is married to the former Jennifer Pearson of Amory, Mississippi, and they have twin sons, Brock and Bo, who attend New Albany, Mississippi public school. They are active members of First United Methodist Church in New Albany.