Background
Kirksey, William B. was born on August 7, 1951 in Indianola, Mississippi, United States.
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William B. Kirksey
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Education
Delta State University. Mississippi College School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Kirksey & Associates (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil, Criminal, and Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Domestic Relations, Personal Injury, Probate, Real Estate, Workers" Compensation and Gaming Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Mississippi and United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi.
1977, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. 1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1979, United States. Supreme Court.
1984, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Sigma Delta Kappa. Associate Professor, Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Mississippi, 1986-1988. Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law.
President, Mississippi Attorneys for Constitutional Justice.
Member: Hinds County Bar Association. Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. (Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).
The firm was originally formed in 1983 by William B. Kirksey and Bobby DeLaughter, both former partners of Alvin M. Binder.
Starting with a local general practice, the firm now serves the entire State of Mississippi and other states, with the firm being involved in numerous criminal defense trials and capital murder trials in Mississippi. Mr. Kirksey frequently serves as a special public defender when called upon by the Circuit Judges. The firm has handled cases in Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, California, New Mexico, Georgia and Virginia.
The firm has also been involved in numerous federal criminal trials, as well as high profile litigation in Driving under the influence, actions for declaratory relief involving state statues on the issues of video poker, bingo, pornography and liquor.
Since joining the firm, Mistress Gardner has handled numerous complex domestic cases and has been appointed as Guardian Ad litem for the 20th Chancery Court District.
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Membership
Member: Hinds County Bar Association. Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
(Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).
