Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning

• Taxation Law

• Business Formation and Governance

• Business Transactions

• Probate & Estate Administration

Teaching Experience

• Instructor, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Accountancy (Accounting Principles, Corporate Income Taxation, Individual Income Taxation, and Business Law)

• Instructor, Continuing Professional Education for CPAs (Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning)

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Professional Associations & Activities

• Member, Mississippi Bar Association  (1966 - present)

• Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation

• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

• President, DuBard School for Language Disorders Foundation

• Member, South Mississippi Certified Public Accountants Association

• Past Member, Bank of Hattiesburg        Advisory Board

• Past Member, Board of Directors, Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Students, University of Southern Mississippi​

• Past Member, Board of Directors, University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

• Past Member, Board of Directors, University of Mississippi Alumni Association

• Past Member, Board of Directors, Forrest General Hospital

• Past Member, Board of Directors, Forrest County Industrial Park Commission

• Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys

• Elder Emeritus, First Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg, MS

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Fraternities

• Phi Alpha Delta

• Beta Alpha Psi

• Delta Sigma Pi

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