Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, 1984 J.D., Cum Laude
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1980 B.B.A., Cum Laude
Bar Admissions
Mississippi, 1984
Thomas B. Shepherd, III
Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA, 1984 J.D., Cum Laude
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1980 B.B.A., Cum Laude
Bar Admissions
Mississippi, 1984
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law and Gaming Law
Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
Top 40 Under 40, MS Business Journal, 1996
Leadership Jackson, 2000 - 2001
Leadership Mississippi
Omicron Delta Kappa, President
Beta Alpha Psi, President
Washington and Lee Law Review, Writer, 1983 - 1984
Published Works
Mississippi Corporations: Formation and Operation with Forms, The Harrison Co., 2002
Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law, Mississippi Practice Series, Jackson and Miller, Vol. 4, Chapter 35: Gaming, 2001
International Casino Law, Institute for the Study of Gambling & Commercial Gaming, Mississippi Section, 1999
Classes / Seminars Taught
The 13th Annual National Institute on the Gaming Law Minefield, Panelist Speaker, February 5, 2009 - February 6, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
Mississippi Secretary of State's 2008 Business Reform Committees - Corporations Law Committee, Co-Chairman
American Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Gaming Law Committee, Member
The Mississippi Bar, Member
The Mississippi Bar, Business Law & Gaming Law Sections, Member
Mississippi Secretary of State Business Law Advisory Group, Member
International Association of Gaming Advisors, 2001 - Present, Board of Trustees, General Counsel
Mississippi Secretary of State Business Law Advisory Group, 2000 - 2007, Chairman
The Mississippi Bar, Gaming Law Section, 1996 - 1997, Chairman
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1992 - 1996, Mississippi Commissioner
The Mississippi Bar, Business Law Section, 1994 - 1995, Chairman
Rotary Club of Jackson, President
Fraternities / Sororities
Beta Alpha Psi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
Birth Information
1958, Solomons, Maryland
