J. Brad Pigott

During over thirty years of trying cases before juries, Brad Pigott has litigated complex questions of business fraud, government fraud, torts, and constitutional rights, including during his six years of service (1994-2001) as the Presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. 

During the 1980’s, ultimately as a partner in Watkins, Ludlam and Stennis, Brad tried numerous cases presenting complex issues of securities fraud, products liability, constitutional rights, and negligence.  In the early 1990’s as a partner in the firm of Maxey, Pigott, Wann and Begley, Brad regularly tried cases involving torts, securities broker fraud, and bank fraud.

As United States Attorney, Brad personally tried on behalf of the United States complex criminal fraud cases involving health care fraud and public corruption.  He formed and chaired the Mississippi Health Care Fraud Task Force, the Mississippi Environmental Crimes Task Force, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Working Group.  His national service included active membership on the U.S. Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Advisory Subcommittee.  His work in fighting health care fraud earned him the “Integrity Award” from the Inspector General of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, while he received the “Environmental Public Servant Award” from the Mississippi 2020 Network for his prosecutions of corporate polluters. 

As a partner in what is now Pigott & Johnson, P.A. since his days at the Justice Department, Brad has litigated complex fraud actions against insurance companies, health care companies, financial lending institutions, and other large  corporations, with results including a $9.9 million jury verdict against Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. and its CEO for marketing fraud, and a $1.17 million jury verdict against Lloyds of London for its wrongful denial of an insurance claim.  

Brad is active nationally in Taxpayers Against Fraud, Inc., an organization of lawyers and other fraud fighters committed to qui tam litigation as an effective force in the fight against fraud. He has earned the highest rating (“AV”) available under the Martindale-Hubbell peer review process, and since 2007 has been listed as a general litigation “SuperLawyer” for Mississippi.