Gaye Nell, a Shareholder, has been a member of Wise Carter since 2001. Gaye Nell’s practice focuses on defending physicians, hospitals, nurses and other medical professionals in Mississippi and Louisiana, as well as doing general insurance defense work such as personal injury and premises liability cases. When not working, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1987, B.A.
• Mississippi College, 1993, J.D.

• Mississippi State and Federal Courts
• Louisiana State Courts and Federal Courts

• American Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
• Capital Area Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Federal Bar Association
• National Association of Professional Women

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016-2025:
  - Litigation: Health Care
  -Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Mid-South Super Lawyers - 2016-2022
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018-2023:
  Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  

• Rankin County Chamber of Commerce

• Author, Federal Protection: Valid Employer Concern or Disguised Discrimination?, 12 Miss. College Law Rev. 533, (1991).
• 2000 Annual Report, Solid Waste Committee, Environment Energy and Resources
  Law: The Year in Review, American Bar Association
• 2001 Annual Report: Solid Waste Committee, Environmental Energy and Resources
  Law, The Year in Review, American Bar Association
• Frequent speaker at various Health Law and Medical Malpractice seminars and
  in-services throughout the state

• Greer v. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Directed Verdict, September 2023
• Claiborne County Hospital v. Truitt, 335 So. 3d 562 (Miss. 2022)
• Smith v. Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital, 300 So. 3d 991 (Miss. 2020)
• Mississippi Baptist Medical Center v. Phelps, 254 So. 3d 843 (Miss. 2018)
• Thomas v. Purdy, Defense Verdict (2015)
• McKeithen v. Lackey Memorial Hospital, Defense Verdict (2013)
• Toy v. Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Defense Verdict (2013)
• Johnson v. Pace, 122 So. 3d 66 (2013)
• Randall v. Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Defense Verdict (2012)
• Gorton v. Rance, 52 So. 3d 351 (Miss. 2011) Tallahatchie General Hospital v. Howe, 49 So. 3d 86 (Miss. 2010)
• Vaughn v. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, 20 So.3d 645 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)
• Stark v. Greenwood Leflore Hospital, 39 So.3d 201 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009)
• Delta Health Group v. Pope, 995 So. 2d 123 (Miss. 2008)
• Mays v. Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Defense Verdict (2008)
• Thomas v. Greenwood Leflore Hosp., 970 So. 2d 273 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007)
• Ormond v. Greenwood Lefore Hospital, Defense Verdict (2005)
• Powe v. Byrd, 892 So. 2d 223 (Miss. 2004)