Tucker, James B.

Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Year Joined Organization: 2002

Lawyer Overview

Extensive courtroom experience in both trial and appellate courtrooms, having served as trial counsel for in excess of 100 jury trials, having authored approximately 60 appeals court briefs, and having participated in oral argument for a substantial number of those. A number of these cases were high-profile, complex matters.

Areas of Practice

• Government Fraud
• Corporate and Institutional Fraud Detection
• White Collar Crime

West Practice Categories

Criminal Fraud, Business Organizations, Education Law, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1966
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• American College of Prosecuting Attorneys (Fellow)
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court (Master Bencher)
• Defense Research Institute
• National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys
• National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Honors and Awards

• AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Director's Award for Superior Performance in Criminal Litigation, 1983 - Present
• Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation

Past Employment Positions

• Southern District, Mississippi, United States Attorney, 2001 - Present
• Southern District, Mississippi, Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1985 - 2001
• Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Trial Attorney, 1971 - Present
• Office of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Department of Justice, Special Assistant Counsel, 2000 - Present
• Mississippi College School of Law, Adjunct Professor

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1966
  J.D.
• Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, 1961
  B.A.
  Major: English Literature

Address

Renaissance at Colony Park
1020 Highland Colony Parkway
Suite 1400
Ridgeland, MS 39157

Phones

(601) 985-4544

Faxes

(601) 985-4500

Emails

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