Mary Jo Jo Middlebrooks

Background

Middlebrooks, Mary Jo was born on February 12, 1951 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of M.T. and Dorothy (Baxter) Middlebrooks.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1972; Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University, 1976.

Career

Law clerk, Tennessee Court Criminal Appeals, Jackson, 1976-1977; private practice, Jackson, 1978-1985; senior partner, Middlebrooks & Gray P.A., Jackson, since 1985.

Membership

Member American Civil Liberties Union. Board directors Jackson Symphony Association, 1983-1989. President National Organization for Women, Jackson, 1977-1979, West Tennessee Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., since 1978.

Member American Bar Association, Jackson-Madison County Bar Association (president 1987-1988, board directors 1979-1981), Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women (board directors since 1988), Lawyers Association for Women, Business & Professional Women, Phi Alpha Delta.

Connections

Married Ernie H. Gray, August 14, 1971 (deceased May 1991).

Father:

M.T. Middlebrooks

Mother:

Dorothy (Baxter) Middlebrooks

Spouse:

Ernie H. Gray