Background
Shepherd III, Thomas B. was born in 1958 in Solomons, Maryland, United States.
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Thomas B. Shepherd III
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1980). Washington & Lee University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1984).
Career
Worked at Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Agribusiness, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Creditor"s Rights and Workouts, Business Torts, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Education, Employee Benefits and Deferred Compensation, Eminent Domain, Energy, Environmental, Family, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Financial Institutions, Franchising, Gaming, Health Care, Housing and Community Development, Immigration, Insurance (General, Regulatory and Insolvency), Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labor and Employment (Management), Legislative and Governmental Relations, Litigation before all Courts and Administrative Agencies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability and Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Public Utilities, Real Estate and Commercial Finance Transactions, Securities, State and Local Government Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Crime, Workers" Compensation, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Mississippi. Omicron Delta Kappa (President, 1980).
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1983-1984).
Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1983-1984. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1993-1996.
Member, International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Company-Author: International Casino Law (Mississippi Section) (A. Cabot, educated, 1993).
Mississippi Corporations-Formation and Operation, The Harrison Company (1992).
Lecturer: "Mississippi Gaming Law," Professor Resources (1993). "Basic Corporate Law in Mississippi," National"l Business. Institute. (1992). Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (Chair: Business Law Section, 1994-1995.
Gaming Law, 1996-1997). One of the oldest and largest firms in Mississippi, Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. has over more than fifty attorneys and a support staff of approximately seventy-five.
The Firm"s lawyers, licensed in 8 states and the District of Columbia and graduates of 37 different law schools and colleges, bring a diversity of talents and backgrounds to serve their clients" needs.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1983-1984. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1993-1996. Member, International Association of Gaming Attorneys.
