Joanna Gomez
Joanna Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Mrs. Gomez practiced as a Registered Nurse in Alabama and Mississippi from 1984 until attending Mississippi College School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2005.
Joanna participated in state and national moot court competitions while in law school and received the 2004 American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Third Best Brief Award. She remains actively involved with the Appellate Advocacy program at Mississippi College School of Law by serving as a National Moot Court Competition Team Coach.
Joanna’s husband, Sal, is a counselor and schoolteacher with the Pearl School District, and they are the proud parents of two children, Mark and Emily. They are active members of Fondren Presbyterian Church and enthusiastic supporters of the Jackson Futbol Club.
Admitted to bar
Education
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (A.S. - Nursing, 1984)
- University of South Alabama (B.S. - Public Health Issues, 1995)
- Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005)
- Member, Moot Court Board
- Member, Mississippi College Law Review (Executive Editor 2004-2005)
- Member, Phi Delta Phi, Christian Legal Society, Legal Eye Staff Reporter
- Recipient of Frisby Griffing Marble Scholarship; The Robert Hauberg Award;
- MS College School of Law Advocacy Award
Judicial Clerkships
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry T. Wingate, Chief United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Memberships
- The Mississippi Bar
- Hinds County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
|
