Background
Hammond, Frank J. was born on September 18, 1953 in Moss Point, Mississippi, United States.
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Frank J. Hammond
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Business Administration, with distinction, 1974. Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1976). University of Florida (Master of Laws in Taxation, with highest honors, 1978).
Career
Worked at Watkins & Eager (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Banking, Bonds, Oil and Gas, Probate, Real Estate, Admiralty, Insurance and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Mississippi.
1978, United States.
Tax Court. Phi Delta Phi. Phi Kappa Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Richard B. Stephens Scholar, 1978.
Member, Board of Editors, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976.
Adjunct Visiting Professor of Law, Graduate Program in Taxation, University of Alabama School of Law, 1983. Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Southeast Region Special Liaison Tax Committee, 1982-1983).
Mississippi State Bar. History: Watkins & Eager is a full service, diversified law firm.
Its proud heritage began in 1895 when William Hamilton Watkins became the twentieth lawyer at the Jackson Barometer
The influential career of Will Watkins spanned sixty-four years during which he argued over twenty-five cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Pat H. Eager, Junior joined Will Watkins in 1916 and practiced with the firm until his death in 1970. Pat Eager was recognized as a premier trial lawyer who served as president of the International Association of Defense Counsel (1943-1944) and who was Mississippi"s initial invitee into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Foreign several decades the image of the firm was heavily influenced by two of Will Watkins" children.
Elizabeth Watkins Hulen, an outstanding appellate advocate, was the first woman in Mississippi history to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas H. Watkins earned a national reputation in the representation of corporate and governmental clients.
Many others have contributed and continue to contribute to the growth and progress of the firm that now enjoys an extensive corporate and business practice in addition to its broad trial and appellate practice.
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Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976. Adjunct Visiting Professor of Law, Graduate Program in Taxation, University of Alabama School of Law, 1983. Member: American Bar Association (Chairman, Southeast Region Special Liaison Tax Committee, 1982-1983).
Mississippi State Bar.
