John Thomas 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
First Tennessee Bank of Senatobia
•   Advisory Board

DISTINCTIONS

AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Mid-South Super Lawyer 2009-16
Mississippi Business Journal 2011 Leadership in Law honoree
Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity
Municipal Court Judge, Town of Coldwater, 1987-89
Municipal Court Judge, City of Senatobia, 1989-present

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Frost v. State of Mississippi, 453 So.2d 695 (Miss. 1984)
Devereaux v. Devereaux, 493 So.2d 1310 (Miss. 1986)
MS State Highway Comm. v. Hale Lumber Co., 531 So.2d 623 (Miss. 1988)
Ray v. Tower Loan of MS, Inc., 731 So.2d 562 (Miss. 1999)
Tramel v. Tramel, 740 So.2d 286 (Miss. 1999)
Ligon v. Ligon, 743 So.2d 404 (Miss. App. 1999)
Holland v. Holland, 759 So.2d 1271 (Miss. App. 2000)
Crenshaw v. Crenshaw, 767 So.2d 272 (Miss. App. 2000)
Burns v. Burns, 789 So.2d 94 (Miss. App. 2000)
Goodson v. Goodson, 816 So.2d 420 (Miss. App. 2002)
Bratcher v. Surrette, 848 So.2d 893 (Miss. App. 2003)
Mississippi Manufactured Housing Assoc. v. Tate County, 878 So.2d 67 (Miss. 2004)
Hammers v. Hammers, 890 So.2d 944 (Miss. App. 2004)
In re: Estate of Crutcher, 911 So.2d 961 (Miss. App. 2004)
Gray v. Haraway, 110 Fed.Appx. 425 (5th Cir. 2004)
In re: Estate of Anthony Walker Smith, 891 So.2d 811 (Miss. 2005)
Goodson v. Goodson, 910 So.2d 35 (Miss. App. 2005)
Davis v. Smith, 922 So.2d 814 (Miss. App. 2005)
Coleman v. Mallory, 944 So.2d 72 (Miss. App. 2006)
Cockrell vs. Panola County Board of Supervisors, 950 So.2d 1086 (Miss. 2007)
Wilburn v. Wilburn, 991 So.2d 1185 (Miss. 2008)
White v. Cooke, 4 So.3d 330 (Miss. 2009)
Gartrell v. Gartrell, 27 So.3d 388 (Miss. 2009)
Henrichs v. Henrichs, 32 So.3d 1202 (Miss. App. 2009)
Johnson v. Herron, 33 So.3d 1160 (Miss. App. 2009)
Childress v. Tate County School District, 384 Fed.Appx. 430 (5th Cir. 2010)
Irving v. Irving, 67 So.3d 776 (Miss. 2011)
In re: Estate of Smith, 69 So.3d 1 (Miss. 2011)
Tate v. Carvell, 444 Fed.Appx. 34 (5th Cir. 2011)
Clifton v. Shannon, 93 So.3d 70 (Miss. App. 2012)
W.E. Davis v. United States of America, 481 Fed.Appx. 145 (5th Cir. 2012)
Matlock v. Mississippi Dep't of Human Services, 136 So.3d 473 (Miss.App. 2014)
Nordness v. Faucheux, 170 So.3d 454 (Miss. 2015)

PERSONAL

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