Background
Raiford, William B. was born on March 16, 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Raiford, William B. was born on March 16, 1961 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Tulane University (B.S.M., magna cum laude, 1983). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1987).
Worked at Merkel & Cocke, A Professional Association (Clarksdale, Mississippi) specializing in Product Liability Law, Professional and General Negligence Law. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Tennessee and United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee.
1989, Mississippi, United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1992, United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
Eastland Scholar. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards Foreign: Torts. Civil Procedure II; Evidence.
Corporations. Corporate Finance. Corporate Taxation.
Securities Regulation. Member: Memphis, Shelby County, Clarksdale-Coahoma County (President, 1994-1995), Tennessee and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
Member: Memphis, Shelby County, Clarksdale-Coahoma County (President, 1994-1995), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.