Jimmy spent six years early in his career as an estate tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, serving as Chair for the State of Mississippi from 1997-2002, and is a past chairman of the Mississippi Bar's Estates and Trusts Section. An Accredited Estate Planner with the National Association of Estate Planning Councils, Jimmy has taught at seminars for many years, including chairing the Annual Estate Planning Seminars co-sponsored by the Mississippi College School of Law and the Estate Planning Council of Mississippi. Jimmy has been included in The Best Lawyers in America since 1999 and has been selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer since its inception.

He earned a B.B.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of Mississippi and the J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

Areas of Practice:

Estate Planning and Probate

Elder Law

Business Successions

Fiduciary Administration

Formation & Business Planning

Closely Held Businesses

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, 1979

 

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:

Miss. Employment Sec. Comm’n v. PDN, Inc., 586 So. 2d 838 (Miss. 1991)

 

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

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Annual Estate Planning Seminars co-sponsored

   by Mississippi College School of Law & the Estate

   Planning Council of Mississippi

 

Liability and Asset Protection Planning for Mississippi

   Pharmacists, Wells Marble & Hurst, PLLC

Honors and Awards:

 

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997 - 2011

Accredited Estate Planner with National Association of

   Estate Planning Councils

 

Mid-South Super Lawyer -  2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009

          

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American College of Trust & Estate Counsel

   Fellow

   1997 - 2002 State Chair; Practice Committee

 

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

 

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems

   Regent

 

Mississippi College Estate Planning Council

   Past Member

"Navigating Parent Care" Talk Show Participant

   Each Tuesday on WJNT Newstalk Radio

 

2009 Mississippi Secretary of State's Office Trust  Laws Study Group 
   Co-Chair

 

Holy Trinity Anglican Church

   Member

Past Employment Positions:

 

Chief Justice of Mississippi Supreme Court

   Research Assistant

 

Internal Revenue Service

   Estate Tax Attorney for six years

   Received High Quality & Special Achievement Awards

Birth Information:

 

1946, Meridian, Mississippi