Education
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1956 LL.B.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1951 B.A.
Bar Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
Mississippi, 1956
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1956
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Thomas W. Crockett
Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Title Insurance Claims
Real Estate Litigation
Mediation
Education
Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1956 LL.B.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1951 B.A.
Bar Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
Mississippi, 1956
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1956
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
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, 2008, 2009
Phi Kappa Phi
Speaking Engagements
Mississippi College School of Law- "Mediation in Family Law Disputes", November 2009
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)
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)
Granite State Insurance Co. v. Marshall, 275 So.2d 386 (Miss. 1973)
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
"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
Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorce- "Failure to Understand Asset Types", National Business Institute, 2008
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
Capitol Area Bar Association, Member
Fraternities / Sororities
Kappa Alpha Order
Pro Bono Activities
Jackson Metro Housing Partnership
Birth Information
1930, Jackson, Mississippi
