Thomas W. Crockett
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Lectures and Papers:
"Legal Ethics Professional Responsibility and Malpractice Prevention", The Mississippi Bar Annual Ethics Seminar, September 2002
"Mediation of Family Law Disputes", Mississippi College School of Law, Alternative Disputes Resolution Class, 2002
"Mediation of Family Law Disputes", University of Mississippi School of Law, Family Law Class, 2002
"Ethical Aspects of Mediation in Family Law Disputes", Professor Bell's Family Law Current Developments, 2002
"Settlement of Equitable Distribution Issues Through Negotiation and Mediation", Equitable Distribution in Divorce Settlements in Mississippi: Valuation, Tax and Other Issues, National Business Institute, Inc., 1997
- Areas of Practice:
- Public/Private Partnerships
- Affordable Housing
- Mediation
- Family Law
- Bar Admissions:
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
- Mississippi, 1956
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1956
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- Education:
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA ,
1956
LL.B. - University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS,
1951
B.A.
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
- Published Works:
- Insurance ADR: A Primer for Agents, Mississippi Agent, Volume 25, Number 1, Winter, 2005
- Emerging Ethical Issues in ADR: Does a Lawyer Have a Duty to Advise Clients of Mediation?, The Mississippi Lawyer, January, 2002
- Mississippi's New Equitable Distribution Rules: The Ferguson Guidelines and Valuation, (Co-Author), Miss. College Law Review, Vol. 15 No. 2, Spring, 1995
- Dividing the Property in a Marital Dissolution, (Co-Author), 62 Miss. Law Journal, Spring, 1992
- Representative Cases:
- R.K. v. J.K., 946 So.2d 764 (Miss. 2007)
- Farnale, Inc. v. Brent's Nursery, Inc., 342 So.2d 896 (Miss. 1997)
- Georgia Cas. v. Sandoz Agro, 121 F.3d 705 (C.A.5 1997)
- Pike Center Mart Shopping Center v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 671 So.2d 635 (Miss. 1996)
- Roussel v. Robbins, 688 So.2d 714 (Miss. 1996)
- Institute for Technology Development v. Brown, 63 F.3d 445 (C.A.5 1995)
- FDIC v. Belli, 981 F.2d 838 (C.A.5 1993)
- Knight v. Sheppard Bldg. Supply, Inc., 537 So.2d 1355 (Miss. 1989)
- McGuffee v. Powell, 528 So.2d 1132 (Miss. 1988)
- Stewart v. Germany, 631 F.Supp. 236 (S.D.Miss. 1986)
- Estate of Boteler v. Edwards, 497 So.2d 448 (Miss. 1986)
- Jaff v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 774 F.2d 1314 (C.A.5 (Miss.) 1985)
- Dorchester Gas Producing Co. v. U.S. Dept. of Energy, 582 F.Supp. 927 (N.D.Tex. 1983)
- Sampia v. Horizon Homes, Inc., 422 So.2d 284 (Miss. 1982)
- Buchanan v. Rhodes, 396 So.2d 29 (Miss. 1981)
- Sooner Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Depositors Sav. Ass'n, 386 So.2d 1125 (Miss. 1980)
- Memphis Trust Co. v. Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System, 584 F.2d 921 (C.A.6 (Tenn.) 1978)
- Baker & Co., Florida v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 569 F.2d 1347 (C.A.5 (Miss.) 1978)
- Observa Dome Laboratories, Inc. v. Ivy, 302 So.2d 862 (Miss. 1974)
- Granite State Insurance Co. v. Marshall, 275 So.2d 386 (Miss. 1973)
- West v. Macy, 284 F.Supp. 105 (S.D.Miss. 1968)
- F.M.C. Corporation v. Strebeck, 196 So.2d 74 (Miss. 1967)
- W.E. Harrell v. Forrestry Suppliers, Inc., 183 So.2d 649 (Miss. 1966)
- Morris v. American Fidelity Fire Ins. Co., 173 So.2d 618 (Miss. 1965)
- Associates Discount Corp. v. Clark, 240 Miss. 723 (Miss. 1961)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorce- "Failure to Understand Asset Types", National Business Institute, 2008
- Honors and Awards:
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Family Law Mediation and Legal Malpractice Law
- Professionalism Award, presented by the Hinds County Bar Association, 2004
- Fellow, The Mississippi Bar Foundation
- Retired Colonel (USAR-JAGC)
- Listed one of the Top 50 Mississippi Lawyers in Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2007
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Family Law, 2007
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Member
- The Mississippi Bar
- Member
- American Bar Association, Litigation, Family and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections
- Member
- The Mississippi Bar, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Fee Disputes Resolution Committee, 2003 - 2004
- Chairman
- American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
- Co-Chair
- The Mississippi Bar, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Executive Committee, 2002 - 2003
- Member
- The Mississippi Bar, 1983
- Commissioner
- Hinds County Bar Association, 1970
- President
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Jackson Metro Housing Partnership
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Birth Information:
- 1930, Jackson, Mississippi
