S. T. Rayburn

Background

Rayburn, S. T. was born on August 26, 1947 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States. Son of Harry Newton and Margaret Elaine (Zeigler) Rayburn.

Education

Mississippi State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972).

Career

Worked at Rayburn & Pierce, Attorneys at Law (Oxford, Mississippi) specializing in Toxic Torts, Litigation, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Mississippi and United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi.

1974, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1976, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

1984, United States. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Phi Delta Phi. Comment Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1972. Author, "Statutory Authorization of Additur and Remittitur," 43 Mississippi Law Journal 107, 1972.

Member: Mississippi Wildlife Commission, 1984-1989. Character and Fitness Committee, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1987—. Member: Lafayette County and American Bar Associations.

Mississippi State Bar (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 1976-1978. Chairman, Workmen's Compensation Committee, 1982-1983. Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1986).

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. International Association of Defense Counsel. American Judicature Society.

Defense Research Institute.

Membership

Member: Mississippi Wildlife Commission, 1984-1989. Character and Fitness Committee, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1987—. Member: Lafayette County and American Bar Associations.

Mississippi State Bar (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 1976-1978. Chairman, Workmen's Compensation Committee, 1982-1983. Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1986).

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. International Association of Defense Counsel. American Judicature Society.

Defense Research Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: boating, scuba diving, motorcycles.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hooker, June 6, 1970 (divorced November 1990). Children: Andrew Newton, Thomas McCarver, Shelby Hooker. Married Paige Bruce, February 1, 1992.

1 child, Samuel Taylor.

Father:

Harry Newton Rayburn

Mother:

Margaret Elaine (Zeigler) Rayburn

Spouse:

Paige Bruce

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hooker

child:

Thomas McCarver Rayburn

child:

Shelby Hooker Rayburn

child:

Andrew Newton Rayburn

child:

Samuel Taylor Rayburn