Attorney Information
Biography
Lynda Carter joined the firm in 1999 after practicing for seven years in a very litigious environment in South Texas. Lynda opened the Gulf Coast office of Wise Carter in 2002, where her areas of practice include general healthcare litigation, with an emphasis in representing hospitals, physicians and nursing homes in medical malpractice litigation and arbitration, as well as general insurance defense, including trade secret litigation and personal injury defense.
Lynda received her B.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1989 and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 1992. Although Lynda’s practice is predominately in Mississippi, she continues to handle nursing home litigation in Texas and Alabama.
Education
- University of Houston, 1992, J.D., cum laude
- University of Southern Mississippi, 1989, B.S., with honors
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi State and Federal Courts
- Texas State and Federal Courts
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association's Health Law and Litigation Sections
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Harrison County Bar Association
Special Designations
- Martindale-Hubbel® - AV Preeminent
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016-2025
- Litigation: Health Care
- Medical Malpractice: Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation: Defendants - Listed in Best Lawyers - Women in the Law, 2020
Civic and Charitable Interests
- Business and Professional Women's Association
- Our Lady of Fatima Church
Publications and Seminars
Lorman Seminars
Featured Cases
- Sykes v. Kuvera Partners, Inc. 2024 WL 716066 (N.D. Miss. 2024)
- Victoria York, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Bennett York, Jr., Deceased v. Dr. Benjamin Root, Jr. and Mississippi Neuropsychiatric Clinic, PLLC, 327 So.3d. 1094 (Miss. Ct. App. 2021)
- Shaw v. Quality Correctional Health Care, 2020 WL 980151 (S.D. Miss. 2020)
- Riley v. Payne, 2019 WL 6895962 (S.D. Miss. 2019)
- Henderson v. Quality Correctional Health Care, Inc., 2018 WL 11411204 (S. D. Miss 2018)
- Jacob Heath Vanslyke v. John Montgomery, MD, 2018 WL 5795817 (S.D. Miss. 2018)
- Estate of Pope ex rel. Payne v. Delta Health Group, Inc., 55 So.3d 1080 (Miss. 2011)
- Doris Biglane, Individually as Conservator of her Husband, William Biglane v. Ramesh Singh, M.D., Steven Nowicki, M.D., et al., Cause No. 2005-22-CV-2, Second Judicial District of the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi - Defense Verdict 2009
- Estate of Deiorio ex rel. v. Pensacola Health Trust, Inc., et al., 990 So. 2d 804 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008)
- Hartel v. Pruett, 998 So. 2d 979 (Miss. 2008)
- Delta Health Group, Inc., et al. v. Estate of Pope, 995 So.2d 123 (Miss. 2008)
- Estate of Guillotte, et al. v. Delta Health Group, Inc., et al., 5 So.3d 393 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008)
- Hariel v. Biloxi HMA, Inc., 964 So. 2d 600 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007)
- Lyons v. Biloxi HMA, Inc., 925 So. 2d 151 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006)
- Whittington v. Mason, 905 So. 2d 1261 (Miss. 2005)
- Blailock v. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, 919 So.2d 126 (Miss. 2005)
- Bowie v. Montford Jones, 861 So. 2d 1037 (Miss. 2003)