Background
Cleveland, Peter Watkins was born on April 30, 1955 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Son of C. Hal and Marjorie (Ragsdale) Cleveland.
Cleveland, Peter Watkins was born on April 30, 1955 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Son of C. Hal and Marjorie (Ragsdale) Cleveland.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Mississippi, Oxford, 1978. Juris Doctor, University Mississippi, Oxford, 1982.
Staff attorney Hancock Bank, Gulfport, 1983. Law clerk to presiding justice United States District Court, Aberdeen, Mississippi, 1983-1984. Associate Threadgill, Smith, Sanders & Jolly, Columbus, 1984-1989, Compton, Crowell & Hewitt, Biloxi, 1990, Minor & Guice, Biloxi, 1990-1992.
Attorney at law Gulfport, 1992-1995. Assistant city attorney, 1995-1997. Private practice, 1997-2000.
Special assistant attorney general Office of Attorney General, Jackson, Mississippi, since 2000.
President Ole Mississippi College Representatives, Oxford, 1977. Member American Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association (ethics committee 1988-1990), Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Lowndes County Bar Association (secretary-treasurer 1984-1986), Harrison County Bar Association, Centaurus Club, Century Club, Rotary, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Faye Carole Sibley, June 9, 1979. Children: Katherine Saunders, William Peter.