Background
Burkes, Jennifer Parkinson was born on October 9, 1963 in Mendenhall, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Roy Hubert and Melba (Layton) Parkinson.
Burkes, Jennifer Parkinson was born on October 9, 1963 in Mendenhall, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Roy Hubert and Melba (Layton) Parkinson.
University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, 1986). University of Mississippi at Oxford (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).
Worked at Scanlon, Sessums, Parker & Dallas, Professional limited liability company (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Litigation, Construction Law, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1992, Mississippi. Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Delta Phi.
Member, National Moot Court Competition Team, 1991.
Recipient: Winner, Moot Court Board Oral Advocacy Competition, 1991. American Jurisprudence Award for Property I, Property II, Torts I, Corporations and Legal Ethics.
Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1991-1992. Law Clerk to The Honorable East. Grady Jolly, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1992-1993.
Previous Employment: Scruggs Millette Lawson Bozeman & Dent. Danny East. Cupit Law Offices. Member: The Mississippi Bar.
American Bar Association.
Member ALTA, Mississippi Women Lawyers Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Alumni Association.
Married Dennis Jeffery Burkes, December 4, 1993. 1 child, Gentry Isabella.