Mr. Naylor joined the firm's Jackson office in 2000 and is a shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors of Wise Carter Child & Caraway.  He practices in the area of civil litigation including medical malpractice, premises and product liability, business and insurance disputes and general healthcare law.  Mr. Naylor's healthcare practice includes hospital administration, medical staff issues, health information management and the representation of hospitals and physicians in the defense of medical malpractice litigation.  He has extensive experience in complex litigation including mass tort and multi-district litigation involving pharmaceutical products, medical devices, insurance and not-for-profit litigation.  

Mr. Naylor received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi (B.S. 1982) and law degree from Cumberland School of Law (J.D. 1985) and was law clerk for the presiding circuit judge, 8th Judicial Circuit, Alabama. He is a frequent speaker on the subjects of risk management, physician and nursing practice, health information management, including addresses to membership of the American and Mississippi Health Information Management Associations, Mississippi Hospital Association Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Alabama Society of Neonatologists and seminars as a faculty member. He has served on the board of the Mississippi Hospital Association Society for Healthcare Risk Management and is a member of the Mississippi Bar, the American, Federal and Hinds County Bar Associations, American Health Lawyers Association, and Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.  Mr. Naylor has also been selected for inclusion in Mid-South SUPER LAWYERS for 2006 in the area of Personal Injury Defense.