Shelly G. Burns

Shelly Burns is a lifelong resident of central Mississippi, having grown up in Forest.  Following her graduation from law school, she served as law clerk to Judge B. Greg Hinkebein of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Since joining the firm in 1999, the focus of Shelly’s practice has been civil litigation.  This has led to her participation in numerous trials in state and federal courts throughout Mississippi, related to claims of varied types of professional negligence as well as automobile torts, premises and products liability claims. Shelly and her husband, Todd, live in the Fannin community in Rankin County.

Admitted to bar

• Mississippi 1997

Education

• Mississippi State University (B.B.A., Marketing, Summa Cum Laude; 1992)
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
  • Marketing Student of the Year
• Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., Cum Laude; 1997)
  • Hearin-Hess Scholar   
  • Multiple American Jurisprudence Awards   

Memberships

• The Mississippi Bar
• Hinds County Bar Association
• Rankin County Bar Association   
• Mississippi Defense Lawyer’s Association
• Defense Research Institute