Lamar & Hannaford

John T. Lamar, JR.

EDUCATION

Mississippi College School of Law – Jackson, Mississippi
J.D., 1977

Delta State University – Cleveland, Mississippi
B.S., 1974

Northwest Mississippi Community College – Senatobia, Mississippi

BAR ADMISSIONS

Mississippi, 1979
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1986
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1982
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992

ASSOCIATIONS

Mississippi Bar Association
Mississippi Association for Justice
Tate County Bar Association
Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys
•   President, 1991-92
•   Vice-President, 1990-91
•   Secretary/Treasurer, 1989-90
American Inns of Court, William C. Keady Chapter

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

First Baptist Church of Senatobia
•   Deacon
Rotary Club of Senatobia
•   Paul Harris Fellow
Magnolia Heights School
•   Board of Trustees, 1985-2004
Peoples Bank of Senatobia
•   Advisory Board

DISTINCTIONS

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Mid-South Super Lawyer - General Litigation
Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
Municipal Court Judge, Town of Coldwater, 1987-89
Municipal Court Judge, City of Senatobia, 1989-present

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Cockrell vs. Panola County Board of Supervisors, 950 So.2d 1086 (Miss. 2007)
Goodson v. Goodson, 910 So.2d 35 (Miss.App. 2005)
In re Estate of Anthony Walker Smith, 891 So.2d 811 (Miss. 2005)
Tramel v. Tramel, 740 So.2d 286 (Miss. 1999)
Mississippi Manufactured Housing Assoc. v. Tate County, 878 So.2d 67 (Miss. 2004)
Hammers v. Hammers, 890 So.2d 944 (Miss.App. 2004)
Burns v. Burns, 789 So.2d 94 (Miss.App. 2000)
Coleman v. Mallory, 944 So.2d 72 (Miss.App. 2006)

PERSONAL

Born March 26, 1952 in Chattanooga, TN
Married to Ann Hannaford Lamar and has two sons, Trey and Vance