Background
Piazza, Benjamin Joseph was born on September 7, 1946 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Benjamin Joseph and Vivian Salvo (McCrory) Piazza.
Piazza, Benjamin Joseph was born on September 7, 1946 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of Benjamin Joseph and Vivian Salvo (McCrory) Piazza.
Bachelor, U. Mississippi, 1972; Juris Doctor, U. Mississippi, 1976.
Law clerk, Mississippi Supreme Court, Jackson, 1976; associate, Danks, Craig & Moss, Jackson, 1976-1978; partner, Keyes, Moss, Piazza & Woods, Jackson, 1978-1989; partner, Montgomery, Smity-Vaniz & McGraw, Jackson, 1989-1992; counsel, Watkins, Ludlum & Stennis, Jackson, since 1992. Lecturer Millsaps College, Jackson, 1987-1989, U. Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1984-1989.
Vice co-chairman Hinds County Demo. Executive Committee, Jackson, 1980-1984, since 1988;director Executive Committee Mississippi Pro Bono Project, Jackson, since 1982. Patron, Mississippi Ballet Association, Jackson, since 1980.
Member American Bar Association (committee chairman young lawyers division 1983-1984), Mississippi State Bar Association (chairman government law section since 1991, chairman long range planning committee 1987-1989, Merit award 1987, Outstanding Svc. award 1986), Hinds County Bar Association (Vice-President/president-elect 1992-1993, secretary 1991-1992, chairman habitat volumes 1990-1991, chairman editorial board 1986-1989), Mississippi Council School Attorneys (president 1981-1982, 87-88), Mississippi Community Colls. Attorneys Association (Vice-President since 1991), Capital City Petroleum Club.
Married Kathryn Elizabeth Webster, August 20, 1976. Children: Benjamin Joseph III, Daniel Howard.