JOHN MARTIN, American Lawyer, Partner of LESS & SCROGGS, specializing in the field of University (Bachelor of Science, 1973); University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1979-1980. Author: Casenote, "Federal Jurisdiction—Abstention—Judicial Economy As A Ground Foreign Federal Abstention," 49 Mississippi Law Journal 951, 1978. Counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, District of Columbia, 1980-1981. Staff Member with Senator Thad Cochran, Washington, District of Columbia, 1981. Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Chairman, Federal Legislation Committee, General Practice Section, since 1987) Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar.