Background
Rutherford, Leigh Ann Allen was born on November 14, 1953 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Jack Galloway and Beverly June (Morgan) Allen.
Rutherford, Leigh Ann Allen was born on November 14, 1953 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Jack Galloway and Beverly June (Morgan) Allen.
University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts.E., 1976. Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Smith, Phillips, Mitchell, Scott & Rutherford (Batesville, Mississippi) specializing in Family Law, Civil Practice, Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Mississippi. United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi.
Member: DeSoto County Bar Association (President, 1987). Mississippi State Bar (Appointee to Board of North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, 1988-1995. Member, Committee on Character and Fitness).
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
President Wesley School Parents Club, 1992-1993. Member Mississippi Bar Association (character and fitness committee since 1988, local bar leadership committee since 1993, President's award 1987), De Soto County Bar Association (officer 1986-1987), De Soto County Young Lawyers (officer 1981, 84), Northern Mississippi Rural Legal Superior vena cava syndrome (board directors since 1988), Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, City of Hernando Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1992).
Married Danny Sims Rutherford, August 22, 1975. Children: Matthew Allen, Merrileigh Sims.