Philip C. Hearn
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Philip C. Hearn
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Phil Hearn, President of Hearn Law Firm in Jackson, MS, has been a part of the Mississippi legal landscape for more than 25 years. Personal injury victims and criminal defendants from all walks of life in Mississippi have benefited from his exceptional legal leadership. As your lawyer, Mr. Hearn listens to you, digs for the facts and prepares your case as if a trial is imminent. His sterling reputation as an effective trial lawyer precedes him. His goal is to achieve justice for every client he represents. When a civil dispute must go to court, clients' issues are in capable hands. Philip C. Hearn anticipates prosecution strategies and counters with timely tactics of his own. He knows every technique for voicing your goals before judge and jury.
Bar Admission
Mississippi, 1992
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1992
Choctaw Tribal Court
Other Affiliations
American Bar Association (Member)
Capitol Area Bar Association ((Committee on Diversity-2016-2017, 2017-2018
Committee on Solo/Small Firm Practice-2018-2019
Committee on Membership-2019-2020))
Mississippi Bar (Former Chairman, Legal Lines Committee (providing free legal advice to members of the community)
member or former member of the Sections on Litigation, Labor and Employment, and Workers Compensation, and the Young Lawyers Division)
American Association for Justice ((Mississippi Chairman-Business Interruption Legal Task Force, 2020))
Mississippi Association for Justice ((Board of Governors, 2017-2019, 2019-2021
Editor, 2019 Edition of Voir Dire Magazine
Chairman, Membership Committee 2019-2020
Parliamentarian, 2020-2021))
Federal Bar Association (Member)
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit (Member)
Choctaw Tribal Bar
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past Member)
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (Past Member)
Education
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Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1989 Bachelor of Arts
Honors: cum laude, Awarded National Merit Scholarship, Major: Business Administration, Minor: History
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University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1992 Doctorate of Jurisprudence
Honers
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating AV (preeminent)
- AVVO Rating 10.0
- Speaker at Mississippi College School of Law on nursing home litigation
- Frequent speaker at Tougaloo College events on criminal law/expungements
- Frequent speaker at churches in the Jackson, MS area on employment discrimination, criminal law and civil rights
- Speaker at various CLEs
- Former city prosecutor and current Municipal Judge for the Town of Blue Mountain, MS
- Recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as a Mississippi Leader in Law for 2019 and Top 10 Finalist for Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers in America-2021