Background
Goodman, Junior, William F. was born on February 14, 1929 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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William F. Goodman Jr.
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Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Millsaps College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1949). University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Laws, with distinction, 1951).
Career
Worked at Watkins & Eager (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Banking, Bonds, Oil and Gas, Probate, Real Estate, Admiralty, Insurance and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1951, Mississippi.
Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Hinds County (President, 1978-1979) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1968-1969). National Association of College and University Attorneys. Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation.
American Bar Foundation. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. American College of Trial Lawyers.
History: Watkins & Eager is a full service, diversified law firm. Its proud heritage began in 1895 when William Hamilton Watkins became the twentieth lawyer at the Jackson bar. The influential career of Will Watkins spanned sixty-four years during which he argued over twenty-five cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Pat H. Eager, Junior joined Will Watkins in 1916 and practiced with the firm until his death in 1970. Pat Eager was recognized as a premier trial lawyer who served as president of the International Association of Defense Counsel (1943-1944) and who was Mississippi's initial invitee into the American College of Trial Lawyers. For several decades the image of the firm was heavily influenced by two of Will Watkins' children.
Elizabeth Watkins Hulen, an outstanding appellate advocate, was the first woman in Mississippi history to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas H. Watkins earned a national reputation in the representation of corporate and governmental clients. Many others have contributed and continue to contribute to the growth and progress of the firm that now enjoys an extensive corporate and business practice in addition to its broad trial and appellate practice.
Membership
Member: Hinds County (President, 1978-1979) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1968-1969).
National Association of College and University Attorneys. Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation.
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. American College of Trial Lawyers.
