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Kathleen Shields O'Beirne

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  • One Jackson Place
    188 E. Capitol Street
    Suite 400
    Jackson, MS 39201
P: 601.592.9938
F: 601.592.1438
Secretary:
P: 601.592.9927

Kathleen Shields O'Beirne

Associate
Kathleen O’Beirne practices in the Firm’s litigation practice group and is a member of the financial services and insurance litigation team as well as the professional liability team. She primarily focuses on representing financial institutions, insurers and attorneys in civil litigation matters in both federal and state courts. Kathleen represents companies and individuals against a wide variety of claims, including the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as claims for fraud, legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and wrongful foreclosure.

Kathleen O’Beirne practices in the Firm’s litigation practice group and is a member of the financial services and insurance litigation team as well as the professional liability team. She primarily focuses on representing financial institutions, insurers and attorneys in civil litigation matters in both federal and state courts. Kathleen represents companies and individuals against a wide variety of claims, including the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as claims for fraud, legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and wrongful foreclosure.

Kathleen is licensed to practice in Mississippi and Tennessee and has handled a wide range of pre-litigation and litigation matters throughout the country.

Kathleen is Chair-elect of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Fund of Mississippi, an advocacy and grantmaking organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and families in Mississippi.

Distinctions

  • Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers
    • Business Litigation, 2012
    • "Rising Star," 2012 

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Jackson Young Lawyers
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Mississippi Women Lawyers Association
  • The Women’s Fund of Mississippi

You May Not Know

Before attending law school, Kathleen worked as a paralegal at Legal Services of Southern Piedmont in Concord, North Carolina and as a program director at the Foundation for the Mid South in Jackson. After finishing her J.D., she spent a short time as an associate at a law firm in Memphis before returning home to Jackson. Kathleen and her husband welcomed their first child in 2011 and are having a great time navigating the new world of parenthood. When the inspiration strikes, she enjoys training for and competing in road races and triathlons of various distances and cheering on the Davidson Wildcats and New Orleans Saints.