Background
Davis Thames, Lee was born in 1936 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States.
Davis Thames, Lee was born in 1936 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States.
University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1958. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1960).
Worked at Butler, Snow, O"Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Professional Limited Liability Company (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals before all State and Federal Courts. State and Federal Agency Practice, Corporate and Commercial Law, Insurance Law and Regulation, Banking Law and Regulation, Commercial Real Estate, State and Municipal Bonds, Securities, Syndications, Public Utilities, Transportation, Taxation, Estate Planning and Probate, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Legislative, Oil and Gas, Zoning, Communications and Media Law, Labor and Employment Law (Management), Environmental Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Professional Malpractice, Products Liability, Construction, Fidelity and Surety, Gaming Law and Regulation, Insurance Defense and Workers" Compensation.
Admitted to the bar, 1960, Mississippi.
Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Mississippi Law Journal, 1959-1960.
Member, Moot Court Board, 1959-1960. United States Magistrate, Southern District of Mississippi, 1966-1974.
Member: Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1976-1979.
Member, Complaint Tribunal, 1977-1981). American Bar Association. Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
International Association of Defense Counsel.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.
Products Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Military: Brigadier General, United States Army Reserve. Butler, Snow, O"Mara, Stevens & Canada, Professional Limited Liability Company provides a full range of services in all major fields of law.
The firm practices throughout the State of Mississippi and in the Southeastern and Southwestern United States.
Formed in 1954 by the merger of two Jackson firms founded in the 1920"s, Butler Snow has grown from seven to more than sixty attorneys.
Member, Board of Editors, Mississippi Law Journal, 1959-1960. Member, Moot Court Board, 1959-1960. United States Magistrate, Southern District of Mississippi, 1966-1974.
Member: Mississippi State Bar (Commissioner, 1976-1979.
Member, Complaint Tribunal, 1977-1981). American Bar Association.
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Defense Research Institute. Products Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Military: Brigadier General, United States Army Reserve.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Military: Brigadier General, United States Army Reserve.