Henry Laird’s practice includes commercial litigation at the trial and appellate level in state and federal court and representing the news media and individuals in defamation, invasion of privacy, and access to public records and public places such as the courtroom and governmental agencies under First Amendment and common law principles.

• University of Southern Mississippi. B.A, 1972
• University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1974

• United States Supreme Court
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Courts Mississippi
• Mississippi State Courts
• Colorado State Courts (inactive)

• President, Mississippi Bar Foundation 2014-2015
• Board Member, Mississippi Bar Foundation 2009-2016

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 1995-2025:
  - Commercial Litigation
  - Litigation - First Amendment
• Super Lawyers (2009-2020): Commercial Litigation
• Mid-South Super Lawyers - 2020
• Mississippi Business Journal Top Ten Lawyers in Mississippi 2015

• Commissioner, Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality 1991-1998
• City of Pass Christian Historic Preservation Commission – Chairman 2004-2012
• City of Pass Christian Historic Preservation Commission – Member 1998-2018
• City of Pass Christian Historical Society 2015 – 2018 – Board Member
• One Book One Pass 2018 -2019 – Committee Member

• Mississippi Department of Audit v. Gulf Publishing Company, Inc., 236 So.3d 32 (Miss. 2017)
• Fannie Mae v. Hurst, 613 Fed.Appx. 314 (5th Cir. 2015)
• Hudson v. WLOX, Inc., 108 So.2d 429 (Miss. 2012)
• Hanson v. Disotell, 106 So.3d 351 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011)
• Favre v. Hancock County Bd. Of Sup’r, 52 So.3d 463 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011)
• Norwicz v. Markel Intern. Ins. Co., Ltd., 2009 WL 2500195 (S.D. Miss. 2009)
• In re Gulf Pub. Co., Inc., 135 Fed.Appx. 716 (5th Cir. 2005)
• S & F Pub. Co., Inc. v. Gulf Pub. Co., Inc., 760 So.2d 38 (Miss. 2000)
• Sentinel Industrial Contracting Corp. v. Kimmins Industrial Service Corp., 743 So.2d 954 (Miss. 1999)
• Ishee v. Peoples Bank, 737 So.2d 1011 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998)
• In re Gannett River States Pub. Corp., 630 So.2d 351 (Miss. 1994)
• Stegall v. WTWV, Inc., 609 So.2d 348 (Miss. 1992)
• American Chocolates, Inc. v. Mascot Pecan Co., Inc., 592 So.2d 93 (Miss. 1991)
• Alcom Electronic Exchange, Inc. v. Burgess, 849 F.2d 964 (5th Cir. 1988)
• Bussen v. South Cent. Bell Telephone Co., 682 F.Supp. 319 (S.D. Miss. 1987)
• Stone v. Thibodeaux, 511 So.2d 151 (Miss. 1987)
• Bernstein v. South Cent. Bell Telephone Co., 730 F.2d 987 (5th Cir. 1984)
• Matter of Katz, 563 F.2d 766 (5th Cir. 1977)