Background
Hickman, Will A. was born on August 27, 1923 in Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States.
Hickman, Will A. was born on August 27, 1923 in Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States.
Hinds Junior College. Millsaps College; University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1949).
Worked at Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore (Jackson, Mississippi. Also Grenada, Oxford & Southaven) specializing in Commercial Real Estate and Probate Law, Local Government Law, Hospital Law. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Mississippi.
1952, United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1956, United States. Supreme Court.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Attorney, Lafayette County Board of Supervisors, 1954-1992. Attorney, City Board of Education, 1966-1988.
Past Commissioner, Mississippi State Bar. President, Board of Supervisors Attorneys Association, 1979-1980. Member, Board of Directors, 1981.
Member, Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning, 1984-1996. Member, State Park Commission, 1992. Member, Board of Directors, Oxford-Lafayette Industrial Foundation, 1992.
Former Member of Board of Aldermen, City of Oxford. Former Mayor Pro Tem. Former Member of Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee.
Past President, Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce. Past President, North Mississippi Industrial Development Association. Past President, Oxford Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Past State Vice-President, Mississippi Junior Chamber of Commerce. Former Member, Committee of 60 (Higher Education Support Group). Member: Lafayette County, Federal and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. American Judicature Society. American Academy of Hospital Attorneys.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.
Lamar Order of University of Mississippi Alumni Association.
Member, Board of Directors, 1981. Member, Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning, 1984-1996. Member, State Park Commission, 1992.
Member, Board of Directors, Oxford-Lafayette Industrial Foundation, 1992. Former Member of Board of Aldermen, City of Oxford. Former Mayor Pro Tem.
Former Member of Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee. Past President, Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce. Past President, North Mississippi Industrial Development Association.
Past President, Oxford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Past State Vice-President, Mississippi Junior Chamber of Commerce. Former Member, Committee of 60 (Higher Education Support Group).
Member: Lafayette County, Federal and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. American Judicature Society.
American Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Lamar Order of University of Mississippi Alumni Association.