Fred Lee Banks

Background

Banks, Fred Lee was born on September 1, 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Fred L. and Violet (Mabry) Banks.

Education

Bachelor, Howard U., 1965; Juris Doctor cum laude, Howard U., 1968.

Career

Partner, Banks, Owens & Byrd and predecessor firms Anderson, Banks, Nichols & Stewart. Anderson, Banks, Nichols & Leventhal. Anderson & Banks, Jackson, 1968-1985; judge, Mississippi Circuit Court, Hinds County and Yazoo County, 1985-1991; associate justice, Mississippi Supreme Ct, Jackson, Master of Science., since 1991.

Member Mississippi Board Bar Admissions, 1978-1979. President State Mutual Federal Savings and Loan, Jackson, 1976-1989.

Achievements

• Fred Lee Banks has been listed as a reputable State supreme court judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, since 1981. Member National Advisory Committee for the Education of Disadvantaged Children, 1978-1980. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1976, 1980.

Co-manager Mississippi Carter-Mondale presidl. campaign, 1976. Legislator Mississippi House of Representatives, Jackson, 1976-1985. Member American Bar Association, Magnolia Bar Association, National Bar Association, Hinds County Bar Association.

Connections

Married Taunya Lovell, June 5, 1967 (divorced 1975). Children: Rachel R., Jonathan L. Married Pamela Gipson, January 28,1978.

1 child, Gabrielle G.

Father:

Fred L. Banks

Mother:

Violet (Mabry) Banks

Spouse:

Pamela Gipson

Spouse:

Taunya Lovell

child:

Gabrielle G. Banks

child:

Rachel R. Banks

child:

Jonathan L. Banks