Clifford B. Ammons

Clifford B. Ammons is Senior Counsel at Watkins & Eager PLLC in Jackson. Current firm listings connect his practice with workers’ compensation, professional liability, healthcare litigation, education, insurance, corporate matters, and administrative or regulatory work. He was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1978 and has longstanding experience defending employers, healthcare providers, nursing-home interests, professionals, and institutional clients in disputes and regulatory matters.

Ammons earned a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1978 after completing a bachelor’s degree at Millsaps College in 1975. His education and admission to the Mississippi Bar in 1978 provided the foundation for a long litigation practice. He has developed experience in workers’ compensation defense, professional liability, healthcare matters, education law, and insurance disputes involving institutional and professional clients.

Ammons has handled workers’ compensation claims, medical-malpractice defense, nursing-home defense, professional-liability matters, and education-related issues. Current Watkins & Eager practice pages also list him among lawyers serving colleges and universities, professional-liability clients, insurance clients, and corporate matters. His work has included appellate and trial issues arising from employer claims and healthcare disputes, giving him experience with both recurring institutional risk and contested litigation.

Clifford B. Ammons has been recognized for many years in The Best Lawyers in America in areas including workers’ compensation, administrative and regulatory law, healthcare litigation, and professional-malpractice defense. He has also held leadership roles in workers’ compensation and administrative-law organizations. His practice reflects long-term familiarity with employer, institutional, and professional risk, allowing him to guide clients through claims, litigation, regulatory questions, and issues that require coordination between legal strategy and organizational operations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Watkins & Eager
• Member, The Mississippi Bar
• Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Committee State Bar
• Chairman, Workers’ Compensation and Administrative Law Section of the Mississippi Bar
• Member, National Association of University and College Attorneys
• Past Member, Advisory Board of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
• Member, Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church
• Chancellor, Mississippi Methodist Church

Licensed State

• Mississippi

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Millsaps College
  Bachelor’s Degree: Political Science

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