Background
Dukes, James O. was born on August 4, 1946 in Quitman, Mississippi, United States.
Dukes, James O. was born on August 4, 1946 in Quitman, Mississippi, United States.
University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, 1968. Master of Science, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Bryant, Clark, Dukes, Blakeslee, Ramsay & Hammond, P.L.L.C. (Gulfport, Mississippi) specializing in Admiralty, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Bad Faith Law, Products Liability Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Mississippi. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa (President, 1968-1969). Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Honorary Walter L. Nixon, Junior, United States.
District Judge, Southern District of Mississippi, 1975-1977. Council of School Board Attorneys Director. Member: Harrison County (President, 1992) and American Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1986-1988). Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Vice President). Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1995).
Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Honorary Walter L. Nixon, Junior, United States. District Judge, Southern District of Mississippi, 1975-1977.
Council of School Board Attorneys Director. Member: Harrison County (President, 1992) and American Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1986-1988).
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Vice President). Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Defense Research Institute.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1995). Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1995).
