Pepper Cossar

pcossar@markowwalker.com

Pepper Cossar devotes his practice primarily to workers' compensation and also works in the general liability division handling the defense of personal injury claims as well as representing physicians in the medical malpractice division regarding pharmaceutical mass tort litigation. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Mississippi and Alabama. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Mississippi Bar Association, the Madison County Bar Association, and the Alabama Bar Association, as well as being a member of the Young Lawyers Association. He is on the Board of Directors of the Law Alumni Chapter of the University of Mississippi School of Law. He has received an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and has served as a faculty member for various seminars on workers' compensation including those sponsored by the National Business Institute, Lorman, Inc., and CISI. He is also an approved mediator for the Mississippi Bar's Pilot Mediation Program for workers' compensation cases, and is President of Madison County Bar Association.

Pepper graduated from the University of Mississippi and received his J. D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1989. He practiced in Birmingham, Alabama, for two years representing title insurance companies prior to returning to Mississippi where his practice consisted initially of general civil litigation.

Pepper resides in Madison with his wife, Angela, and their children, Pepper, Jr., Jessica, Colton and AnnaLee.