JOHN HILL’S BIO

John Hill is the former chairman of the firm’s finance committee and is the firm’s managing partner. He has a general litigation practice, with an emphasis on commercial and employment litigation, along with family law.  He also represents several governmental entities and school districts in the defense of civil actions.

Education

• Mississippi State University, B.A., with highest honors, 1977
• University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1980

Memberships

• Mississippi State University: Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, MSU Student Assoc. Judicial Council
• University of Mississippi:  Mississippi Law Journal
• Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity American Jurisprudence Awards – Corporations

Professional Acknowledgements

• Americal Bar Association
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Board of Directors of Young Lawyers Section
• The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation

Publications

• Lecturer: Civil Defense Litigation; Workers’ Compensation – Employers’ Perspective

Court Admissions

• All state and federal courts, Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Civic

• First United Methodist Church, Tupelo, MS
• Member of Administrative Board, and Council on Ministries
• Tupelo Rotary Club, Board of Governors
• United Way Corporate Giving Chairman
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Diabetes Society
• Board Member C.A.S.A.
• Baddour Memorial Center Executive Committee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi

Admitted

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