Andrea LaVerne Edney is an equity Partner with Butler Snow Law Firm’s Ridgeland, MS office. She serves as the firm’s Chairperson of the Diversity & Inclusivity Committee and is a member of the firm’s Equity Committee.
She has over 25 years of experience trying cases in very difficult venues in state and federal courts in an array of cases, including mass tort, premises liability, medical negligence, and commercial litigation. Her trial practice over the past several years has primarily focused on mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
La’Verne has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Mass Torts/Class Actions since 2016. She was recently chosen as one of the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.
She was selected as Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year by the Mississippi Women Lawyers’ Association and received the Mississippi Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award; was selected as one of Mississippi’s Fifty Leaders in the Law; Lawyer of the Year by Mississippi College School of Law; and Distinguished Alumni of the Year by Mississippi College.
La’Verne is President-Elect of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
