Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder

Lawyer Overview

Areas of practice

• Tax Controversy
• Media
• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Corporate

Representative Cases

• Re: WLBT, Inc., d/b/a WLBT-TV, 33 Media L. Rep. 1167 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 2005)
• Gannett River States Pub. Corp v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 2004)
• Worldwide Labor Support v. U.S., 312 F. 3rd 712 (C.A. 5 2002)
• Wilbanks v. Gray, 795 So. 2d 541 (Miss. App 2001)
• Gannett River States Publishing Co. v. City of Jackson, 27 Med.L.Rep. 1438 (Miss. Ch. Ct. 1998)
• Tower Loan of MS, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 1996-152 (T.C. 1996)
• Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission, 662 So. 2d 1077 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1995)
• In re Gannett River States Publishing Co., 630 So.2d 351 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1994)
• Pittman v. Gannett River States Pub. Co., 836 F.Supp. 377 (S.D. Miss. 1993)
• Gannett v. Bureau of Nat. Guard, 20 Med. L. Rep. 1183 (S.D. Miss. 1992)
• TV-3, Inc. v. City of Jackson, 19 Med.L.Rep. 1312 (Miss. Ch. Ct. 1991)
• Gannett River States Pub. Co. v. Hand, 571 So.2d 941 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1990)
• Hinds Co. Bd. Sups. v. Common Cause, 551 So. ZJ 107 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1989)
• Williams v. U.S., 573 F.Supp. 14 (E.D. Ark. 1983)
• Spain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 1978-270 (U.S. Tax Ct. 1978)
• Mladnich v. U.S., 379 F. Supp. 117 (S.D. Miss. 1974)
• Alabama Displays v. U.S., 507 F. 2d 844 (U.S. Ct. Claims 1974)

Bar Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
U.S. Supreme Court, 1973
U.S. Tax Court, 1972
Mississippi, 1970
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1970
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1970

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Mississippi Bar (Member)
Hinds County Bar Association (Former President)
Jackson Tax Forum (Member)
Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Chapter (Former President)
University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Association (Member)
University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Association, 2002 - 2005 (Director)
Hinds County Bar Association, 1990 - 1991 (President)
Mississippi Tax Institute, 1982 - 1984 (Trustee)
Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2005 (Board of Directors)
The Mississippi Bar, Tax Section, 1978 - 1980 (Chairman)
Mississippi Chapter of Common Cause, 2003 - 2005 (Board of Directors)
Jackson Touchdown Club (President)
Galloway United Methodist Church (Chair, Board of Trustees)

Honors and Awards

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, First Amendment Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates
• Who's Who Legal: USA - Corporate Tax, 2006
• Fellow, The Mississippi Bar Foundation
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tax, 2007

Classes and Seminars

• Open Meetings and Public Records Law: Case Law and Ethics, Lorman Educational Services, 2002
• Mississippi Sales Tax, National Business Institute, 1998 - 2005
• Tax Controversy Procedure, Mississippi Society of CPAs, 2000
• Open Meetings and Public Records, Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, 2000
• Access to Court Records & Proceedings, Mississippi Press Association, 1992
• Tax for the Non-Tax Lawyer, Mississippi College School of Law, 1986
• Open Meetings and Public Records, Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, 2006

Pro Bono Activities

• Estate Planning & Probate Speech, Peoples Law School (Hinds County Bar Association), 1991 - 2001
• Habitat for Humanities Project, Hinds County Bar Association, 1990
• Chairman, Judicial Preference Poll, Hinds County Bar Association, 1980 - 1982
• Southeast Region Liaison Tax Committee (IRS and Tax Practitioners), 1978 - 1980

Past Employment Positions

U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Trial Attorney

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974
LL.M. in Taxation
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1970
J.D.
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1966
B.S.

Fraternities/Sororities

Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Gamma Mu

Published Works

• Sunshine in Mississippi: The Open Meetings Act, (with Terryl Rushing), 60 Mississippi Law Journal 283, Fall, 1990

Address

633 North State Street (39202)
P.O. Box 427
Jackson, MS 39205-0427

Phones

(601) 949-4848

Faxes

(601) 949-4804

Emails

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Websites

http://www.watkinsludlam.com