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Thomas W. Crockett, a shareholder in our Jackson office, has been honored with the 2004 Professionalism Award by the Hinds County Bar Association. The award is presented annually to a Hinds County attorney who has consistently demonstrated adherence to professional standards of practice, ethics, integrity, civility and courtesy; who has encouraged respect for the law and its procedures, participants and processes; who has shown commitment to the practice of law as a learned profession, to the vigorous representation of clients and to the attainment of the highest level of knowledge and skill in the law; and who has significantly contributed time and resources to public service. The recipient of the award is chosen by a selection committee composed of the Senior Hinds County Chancery, Circuit, and County Court Judges, the Senior United States District Judge from the Jackson division, and other representatives of the Bar.

Mr. Crockett is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and Harvard University Law School. He is a member of the Firm's Litigation Practice Group and focuses his practice in family law, general litigation and mediation. Mr. Crockett is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law Section and is a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. He currently serves as Chair of The Mississippi Bar Resolution of Fee Disputes Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee of The Mississippi Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.