1. Thomas E. Royals
Title: Managing Partner
Law School: University of Mississippi Law School, Class of 1969, J.D.
College: Millsaps College, Class of 1962, B.A., English
Admitted: University of Mississippi Law School, Class of 1969, J.D.
Practice Area: Criminal Defense, Felonies, White Collar Crime, Embezzlement, Fraud, Torts, General litigation in state and federal courts
Membership: Bar Fellowship: Manhattan Bail Reform Project, New York City, Summer, 1967. Ford Foundation Grant to study with Tony Amsterdam and Richard Sobol through the University of Pennsylvania, Summer, 1968. First Assistant District Attorney, 7th Circuit, Hinds and Yazoo Counties, 1971-1973. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Americaand National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers,1987-2006. Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, Mississippi College School of Law. Founding President, Mississippi Attorneys for Constitutional Justice (the NACDL affiliate), 1992-1993. Member: American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1990-1991); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Charles Clark American Inns of Court (Bencher). Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.