Background
O'Neal Williams, Lampton was born on December 28, 1918 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
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Lampton O'Neal Williams
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Millsaps College; University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1940). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1942).
Career
Worked at Williams, Williams and Montgomery, P.A. (Poplarville, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice. Personal Injury, Maritime, Real Estate, Probate, Corporation, Land and Oil and Gas Law. Trials in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1942, Mississippi. Attorney, Town of Lumberton, 1950-1960. Member: Pearl River County and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1947-1948. 1975-1976); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association.
Military: Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. E.B. Williams founded this law firm in 1914 when he moved from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Poplarville, Mississippi, the county seat of Pearl River County. He engaged in the general practice of law, specializing in plaintiff's personal injury claims, real estate law, and oil and gas rights of mineral and royalty owners, until his death in 1976.
He was a strong advocate for his clients, always remembering that as an attorney he was an officer of the court and showing due respect to the court, opposing counsel, parties and witnesses. His sons E.B. Williams, Junior, and Lampton O. Williams joined him in the spring of 1946 under the firm name Williams & Williams after serving 5 years and 4 years respectively in the United States. Air Force and Navy during World War II, and worked with him as a team to advance the causes of their injured clients and to enlarge on and expand the reputation he had built.
E.B. Williams, Junior, continued in the practice of law until his death in December 1990. Joe H. Montgomery joined the firm in 1966. In 1974 the firm name was changed to Williams, Williams & Montgomery, P.A., and the firm has continued to practice under this name.
E. Bragg Williams, III, joined the firm in 1973, L. O'Neal Williams, Junior, in 1977, Michael E. Patten in 1984, and Anne Marie Parker in 1991. The firm now serves a large area in South Mississippi and maintains a fully staffed office in Poplarville, Pearl River County, offering a wide range of legal services utilizing the team approach when necessary for the benefit of their clients. The firm continues to specialize in civil litigation representing the plaintiff in actions involving automobile, product liability, workers' compensation, eminent domain, maritime personal injury, real estate, probate and oil and gas law.
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Member: Pearl River County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1947-1948. 1975-1976); Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association. Military: Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
