Grady F. Tollison, Junior.

Background

Tollison, Junior, Grady F. was born on July 29, 1937 in Dry Creek, Mississippi, United States.

Education

Rhodes College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1971).

Career

Worked at Tollison Law Firm, P.A. (Oxford, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Criminal, Commercial, Corporate, Professional Malpractice, Civil Rights and Bankruptcy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Mississippi.

Omicron Delta Kappa.

Phi Delta Phi. Phi Kappa Phi. Editor-in-Chief, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1970-1971. Author: "A Plea for the Federal Rules of Evidence," Mississippi Law Journal, 1983.

Commissioner, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1983-1986.

City Judge, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1973. Adjunct Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, 1980, 1989.

Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, 1980-1984. Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Mississippi State Bar.

Recipient, Law Alumnus of the Year Award, 1989.

The "Best Lawyers in America" 1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 Editions. Chairman, Lamar Order, 1988-1989. Chairman, Judicial Advisory Study Committee (1993-1996).

Member: Lafayette County (President, 1986) and American (State Delegate, 1991-1992) Bar Associations.

The Mississippi Bar (President, 1992-1993). Bencher, American Inns of Court.

Member, Criminal Law Committee, United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1978-1984).

Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, 1983-1992.

Treasurer, 1988). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1984. Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1992).

Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1985-1986.

National Representative, 1990-1992. 1996—). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation.

Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Tollison Law Firm, P.A., maintains a diverse litigation and trial practice in the state and federal courts of Mississippi. The firm has a statewide reputation for handling personal injury cases, commercial litigation, civil trial practice, criminal defense trial practice and appellate practice.

Achievements

• Grady F. Tollison, Junior. has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Judicial Nominating Committee, 1980-1984. Member, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Mississippi State Bar. Recipient, Law Alumnus of the Year Award, 1989.

The "Best Lawyers in America" 1989-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1995-1996, 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 Editions.

Chairman, Lamar Order, 1988-1989. Chairman, Judicial Advisory Study Committee (1993-1996).

Member: Lafayette County (President, 1986) and American (State Delegate, 1991-1992) Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (President, 1992-1993).

Bencher, American Inns of Court.

Member, Criminal Law Committee, United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1978-1984). Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors and Executive Committee, 1983-1992.

Treasurer, 1988).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1984. Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1992). Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1985-1986.

National Representative, 1990-1992.

1996—); Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation.

Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.