Background
Clay Hamilton, Joe was born on November 2, 1928 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States.
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Joe Clay Hamilton
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University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Laws, 1959).
Career
Worked at Hamilton & Linder (Meridian, Mississippi) specializing in Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Civil, Criminal and Chancery Practice, Products Liability, Medical Negligence and Real Estate Law, Insurance. Admitted to the bar, 1959, Mississippi. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta.
County Prosecuting Attorney, Lauderdale County, 1964-1971. District Attorney, 10th Judicial District, 1971-1975. Member, Mississippi Senate, District 33, 1992.
Member: Lauderdale County (President, 1971) and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1970-1972). Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1977-1978.
1980-1982). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Hamilton & Linder covers central and southern Mississippi. The firm was formed in Meridian by Joe Clay Hamilton and David H. Linder in 1989.
While the firm engages in several areas of law, its primary concentration is in personal injury and workers" compensation. Hamilton & Linder is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Mississippi Senate, District 33, 1992. Member: Lauderdale County (President, 1971) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1970-1972).
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1977-1978.
1980-1982); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
