Background
Hampton Stennis, John was born in 1935 in DeKalb, Mississippi, United States.
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John Hampton Stennis
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1960).
Career
Worked at Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Agribusiness, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Creditor"s Rights and Workouts, Business Torts, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Education, Employee Benefits and Deferred Compensation, Eminent Domain, Energy, Environmental, Family, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Financial Institutions, Franchising, Gaming, Health Care, Housing and Community Development, Immigration, Insurance (General, Regulatory and Insolvency), Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labor and Employment (Management), Legislative and Governmental Relations, Litigation before all Courts and Administrative Agencies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability and Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Public Utilities, Real Estate and Commercial Finance Transactions, Securities, State and Local Government Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Crime, Workers" Compensation, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Mississippi. 1975, District of Columbia.
Order of the Coif.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Decisions Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1959-1960. Mississippi House of Representatives, 1969-1984 (Chair: Banks and Banking Committee, 1973-1980.
Judiciary Committee, 1980-1984). Director: State Capital Law Firm Group, Incorporated.
(where member firms practice independently and not in a relationship for joint practice of law), 1992.
Mississippi Water Resources Association of Mississippi, 1979. Member: Mississippi Humanities Council, 1996. Mississippi Environmental Protection Advisory Council, 1989-1994.
Mississippi Research and Development Council, 1972-1984.
Mississippi Judicial Council, 1977-1980. Company-Author: "The Emergence of Regional Landfills in Mississippi," 60 Mississippi
Lord Justice 147 (1990). Author: Mississippi Chapter, Lobbying, PACs and Campaign Finance: 50 State Handbook(1996).
Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar.
Military: Major General, Mississippi Air National"l Guard, Retired.
One of the oldest and largest firms in Mississippi, Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. has over more than fifty attorneys and a support staff of approximately seventy-five.
The Firm"s lawyers, licensed in 8 states and the District of Columbia and graduates of 37 different law schools and colleges, bring a diversity of talents and backgrounds to serve their clients" needs.
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Membership
Member: Mississippi Humanities Council, 1996. Mississippi Environmental Protection Advisory Council, 1989-1994. Mississippi Research and Development Council, 1972-1984.
Mississippi Judicial Council, 1977-1980.
