Joseph T. Wilkins III
Practice Areas:
Jackson Office
One LeFleur's Square
4735 Old Canton Road
Suite 108
Jackson, MS 39211
P.O. Box 13429
Jackson, MS 39236-3429
Phone: 601-366-4343
Fax: 601-981-7608
Joseph T. Wilkins III
JOSEPH T. WILKINS, III (Joe) was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1942. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1964 and a Juris Doctorate in 1967 from the University of Mississippi. After serving as Captain in the U. S. Army, JAG, 1967-69, he was an Estate Tax Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, Birmingham, Alabama, 1969-71. Mr. Wilkins represented the city of New Albany as Alderman (1973-74), City Attorney (1975) and City Prosecuting Attorney (1975). He is currently a member of the Hinds County, the Mississippi and the American Bar Associations as well as the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Mr. Wilkins handles and supervises primarily workers' compensation cases.
Current Employment Position(s):
- Shareholder
Litigation Percentage:
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Mississippi, 1967
Education:
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1967
- Juris Doctorate
- University of Mississippi, 1964
- Bachelor of Business Administration
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Capitol Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Past Employment Positions:
- U. S. Army, JAG, 1967 - 1969
- Internal Revenue Service, Birmingham , Alabama, Estate Tax Attorney, 1969 - 1971
- City of New Albany, Alderman, 1973 - 1974
- City of New Albany, City Attorney, 1975
- City of New Albany, City Prosecuting Attorney, 1975