James E. (Jim) Upshaw
- Greenwood Office
born Maben, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 1959, Mississippi; 1960, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1964, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Preparatory education, Jones Junior College and University of Southern Mississippi; legal education, Cumberland University School of Law (L.L. B.,1958). Fraternity: Delta Theta Phi. County Attorney, Wayne County, Mississippi, 1960-1964. Member: Leflore County Bar Association, (president 1989-90); Mississippi Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Claims Association; Delta Claims Association; Atlanta Claims Association; American Judicature Society; the Federalist Society of Mississippi; William C. Keady American Inn of Court, (Bencher); Defense Research Institute; The Best Lawyers in America (Personal Injury Litigation); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation; Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates, (President, Mississippi Chapter 1984-85). [U.S. Navy, 1951-1955] (Resident, Greenwood Office).
Contact Jim Upshaw
email jupshaw@upshawwilliams.com
phone 662-455-1613
fax 662-455-7884309 Fulton Street
Greenwood, MS 38930PO Drawer 8230
Greenwood, MS 38935-8230- Return to Attorney Profiles