Virginia S. Gautier

Virginia S. Gautier is a shareholder at Wise Carter whose practice includes workers’ compensation, insurance defense, commercial transactions, business law, and employment law-related matters. She represents insurance carriers, self-insured employers, and business entities operating locally and nationally. Her work covers litigation, appeals, contractual negotiations, and risk analysis. Before entering law practice, she worked as a senior claims adjuster and stockbroker, experience that supports her understanding of insurance, business, and financial issues.

Gautier earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi and a B.B.A. from Mississippi State University. Her education in law and business supports a practice involving commercial agreements, workers’ compensation disputes, and insurance matters. Her academic and business background provides a foundation for analyzing contractual risks, financial issues, claims, and litigation strategies involving corporate and insurance clients.

Gautier handles workers’ compensation matters from the administrative level through appeals before the Mississippi Court of Appeals and Mississippi Supreme Court. Her commercial work includes negotiating general service agreements, master purchase agreements, nuclear indemnification agreements, confidentiality agreements, and rental agreements. She also advises on employment matters arising in the workers’ compensation context and provides in-house training for corporations and insurance companies on issues specific to their operations.

Virginia S. Gautier is admitted to practice in all Mississippi state and federal courts. Her professional memberships include the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network, Defense Research Institute, Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, and Mississippi Association of Self-Insureds. She continues to represent businesses, insurers, and employers in litigation, transactions, and workplace matters while drawing on her earlier insurance and financial experience to address complex commercial and claims-related issues.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Wise Carter
• Member, National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, Capital Area Bar Association
• Member, Mississippi Association of Self-Insureds
• Member, Mississippi Bar Association
• Member, Mississippi Claims Association
• Member, National Association of Subrogation Professionals

Licensed State

• Mississippi

Education

• University of Mississippi
  Juris Doctor (JD) Magna Cum Laude
• Mississippi State University
  Bachelor of Business Administration

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