William W. McKinley, Jr.

Whit McKinley, a fourth generation Mississippian, was raised in Hattiesburg and has lived in Jackson for over 30 years.  Mr. McKinley joined the firm in 1995 upon completion of his clerkship for Chief Justice Armis Hawkins with the Mississippi Supreme Court.  His practice encompasses a wide variety of litigation areas at the trial and appellate levels of both state and federal courts.  Whit and his wife, April, have two children and are communicants of St. James Episcopal Church.

Admitted to bar

• Mississippi 1995

Education

• Millsaps College (B.A., 1985)
• University of Mississippi (J.D. cum laude, 1994)
  • Associate Editor, Mississippi Cases, Mississippi Law Journal (1994)
  • Moot Court Board
  • Mississippi Bar Foundation Scholarship

Judicial Clerkships

• Law Clerk to Hon. Leslie H. Southwick, Mississippi Court of Appeals (1994)
• Law Clerk to Hon. Armis E. Hawkins (1994)
• Hon. Michael P. Mills (1995), Supreme Court of Mississippi

Memberships

• The Mississippi Bar
• Hinds County Bar Association (1994-present)
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association (1995-1999)
• Rankin County Bar Association (2004-present)
• Federal and American Bar Associations
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association