R. James Young

Areas of Practice:

Business Successions

Closely Held Businesses

Elder Law

Estate Planning and Probate

Fiduciary Administration

Formation & Business Planning

Partnerships

Real Estate

Bar Admissions:

Mississippi, 1971

U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1971

U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1971

U.S. Tax Court

Education:

University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi
J.D.

University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
B.B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major:  Banking and Finance

Representative Cases:

Mississippi Employment Sec. Com'n v. PDN, Inc., 586 So.2d 838 (Miss. 1991)

Lewis v. Delta Loans, Inc., 300 So.2d 142 (Miss. 1974)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Liability and Asset Protection Planning for Mississippi Pharmacists, Wells Marble & Hurst, PLLC

Annual Estate Planning Seminars co-sponsored by Mississippi College School of Law & the Estate Planning Council of Mississippi

 

Honors and Awards:

Included in Best Lawyers of America, 1997 - 2007

Accredited Estate Planner with National Association of Estate Planning Councils

         2007 Mid-South Super Lawyer         

         2006 Mid-South Super Lawyer

Professional Associations and Memberships:

 

American College of Trust & Estate Counsel

Fellow

1997 - 2002 State Chair

Mississippi State Bar, Estates and Trusts Section, Taxation Section

Past Chair of Estates and Trusts Section

Hinds County Bar Association

Member

Financial Planning Association

Served on various boards and in various offices

National Association of Estate Planning Councils

          Accredited Estate Planner

 

Estate Planning Council of Mississippi

Past President

Mississippi Family Asset Protection Committee

Past Chairman

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Member

 

Jackson Estate Planning Forum

Member

 

National Care Planning Council

Member

 

Belhaven Improvement Association

Past President

Greenwood Cemetery Restoration Association

Past President

Urban Committee of Young Life

Past Co-Chairman

Baptist Health Foundation

Regent

Mississippi College Estate Planning Council

Member

 

"Navigating Parent Care" Talk Show Participant

Each Tuesday on WJNT Newstalk Radio

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Research Assistant, Chief Justice of Mississippi Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service- Estate Tax Attorney for 6 years, Received High Quality & Special Achievement Award

Birth Information:

1946, Meridian, Mississippi, United States of America