About Dorsey
Dorsey practices in the firm’s Construction Law group. He has represented numerous owners, general contractors, subcontractors and sureties within the construction industry.
Dorsey attended Mississippi State University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree, graduating magna cum laude. He received his J.D. from the University of Georgia where he served as Vice-President of the Student Bar Association as well as Articles Editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. While in law school, Dorsey also attended the London Law Consortium at the University of London.
Dorsey is admitted to the Mississippi Bar, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court for both the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. He is also admitted to the Georgia Bar, the U.S. District Court and Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia.
Dorsey has held memberships with the Mock Trial Board, Blue Key, Who’s Who: American Law Students and Outstanding Young Men of America. He is currently a member of the Mississippi, Georgia and American Bar Associations, as well as Litigation Section Forum on Construction Industry Associations, Association of General Contractors, American Subcontractors Association, Construction Specifications Institute and Lawyers Club of America.
Dorsey has published the following articles:
“Mississippi Construction Law” Chapter co-author.
State Public Construction Law, CCH Incorporated, 2002, Chapter co-author.
Mississippi Practitioner’s Foreclosure Manual, University of Mississippi Pres, 1999.
“Remembering Dean Rusk,” Summer 1996, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law.
What is your favorite thing about the law?
I enjoy working directly with my clients, learning about their businesses, and then helping them find solutions and resolve their problems. On those occasions where there is no resolution without full litigation, I really enjoy the strategy and old fashioned story-telling associated with presenting that case to a judge or jury.
What community projects are you involved in?
Meals on Wheels: My wife and I cook and deliver meals to inner-city elderly on the first Saturday every other month.
Preserve Sight Mississippi: Supporter and former Board President of non-profit organization which conducts statewide testing to prevent visual impairment and blindness in Mississippians of all ages and economic backgrounds.
Stewpot: Regularly serve meals at this inner-city homeless soup kitchen.
Habitat for Humanity: Work on the annual Martin Luther King “Peace House” with members of various faiths (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu).
What was your first job?
I had my own yard cutting venture when I was in seventh grade. I borrowed money from the bank to purchase my first lawn mower, and then paid it off by the end of that summer.
My first employment was a summer job at a water park named Waterland, U.S.A. when I was fourteen years old. I went from cooking and park cleanup that first summer to bumper boats and water slides the next. By the third summer, I had obtained the coveted spot of wavepool lifeguard.
What are your hobbies?
Travel, kayaking, sailing, mountain hiking, scuba diving, music, art.
What advice would you give to a young student in law school?
The practice of law is a marathon, not a sprint.
What is your favorite lawyer joke?
I’ll have to know you a little better before I can tell that one.
How do you define a “good day?”
Am I still alive? If so, then God has given me another good day.
How do you spend your weekend?
In the spring and summer, I try to spend as much time as possible outdoors—preferably sailing on the Reservoir, lounging by the pool, or kayaking down a river. The fall is for football and Mississippi State tailgating.