Background
Upshaw, James E. was born on April 25, 1931 in Maben, Mississippi, United States.
Upshaw, James E. was born on April 25, 1931 in Maben, Mississippi, United States.
Jones Junior College. University of Southern Mississippi. Cumberland University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Worked at Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick. Admitted to the bar, 1959, Mississippi. 1960, United States. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi.
1964, United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. 1965, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1969, United States. Supreme Court.
1980, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Delta Theta Phi. County Attorney, Wayne County, Mississippi, 1960-1964. Member: Leflore County and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
International Association of Defense Counsel. Mississippi Claims Association. Delta Claims Association.
Atlanta Claims Association. American Judicature Society. The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), United States.
Chapter; The Federalist Society of Mississippi. William C. Keady American Inn of Court (Bencher). Defense Research Institute.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1984-1985).
Military: United States. Navy, 1951-1955 (Resident, Greenwood Office).
Member: Leflore County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. International Association of Defense Counsel. Mississippi Claims Association.
Delta Claims Association. Atlanta Claims Association. American Judicature Society.
The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), United States. Chapter; The Federalist Society of Mississippi. William C. Keady American Inn of Court (Bencher).
Defense Research Institute. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1984-1985). Military: United States. Navy, 1951-1955 (Resident, Greenwood Office).
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1984-1985). Military: United States.
Navy, 1951-1955 (Resident, Greenwood Office).
