Robert H. Compton
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 45 years of experience
Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Accidents, DUI & DWI, Wrongful Death, Estate Planning, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Adoption, Bad Faith Insurance, Business Law, Collections, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education, Employment, Insurance, Landlord & Tenant, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Probate, Real Estate, Traffic, Trusts, Wills
1100 23rd Avenue, P.O. Box 845, Meridian, MS 39301
About Robert H. Compton
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Accidents
- DUI & DWI
- Wrongful Death
- Estate Planning
- Criminal Law
- Administrative Law
- Adoption
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Business Law
- Collections
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts
- Education
- Employment
- Insurance
- Landlord & Tenant
- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Traffic
- Trusts
- Wills
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1978J.D.
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 1975B.S.
- Major: Business Administration
- Honors: cum laude
- Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi, 1973A.A.
Representative Cases
- Delker v. State, 50 So. 3d 300, (Miss. 2010), cert. denied by Delker v. Mississippi, 131 S.Ct. 2941, 180 L.Ed.2d 233, 79 USLW 3673 (U.S.Miss. May 31, 2011)
- Commercial Bank v. Hearn, 923 So. 2d 202, (Miss. 2006)
- Board of Educ. of Calhoun County v. Warner, 853 So.2d 1159 (Miss. 2003)
- Hall v. Dillard, 739 So.2d 383 (Ct. App. Miss. 1999)
- Quitman Consolidated School District v. Enterprise School District, et al., 105 F.Supp.2d 545 (S.D Miss. 1999), Affirmed 226 F.3d 642, 148 Ed. Law Rep. 602 (5th Cir. July 11, 2000)
- Broadhead v. Bonita Lakes Mall, Limited Partnership, 702 So.2d 92 (Miss. 1997)
- Brown v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc., 669 So.2d 92 (Miss. 1996)
- Lauderdale County School District v. Enterprise School District, et al., 24 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 1994)
- Austin Development Co. & Eastover Bank for Savings v. Sowashee Venture v. Austin Development, 19 F.3d 1077 (5th Cir. 1994)
- Estate of Otho Brown v. Lauderdale County School District, 624 So.2d 77 (Miss. 1993)
- Null v. Buntyn, 553 So.2d 29 (Miss. 1989)
- Delker v. State, 50 So. 3d 300, (Miss. 2010), cert. denied by Delker v. Mississippi, 131 S.Ct. 2941, 180 L.Ed.2d 233, 79 USLW 3673 (U.S.Miss. May 31, 2011)
- Commercial Bank v. Hearn, 923 So. 2d 202, (Miss. 2006)
- Board of Educ. of Calhoun County v. Warner, 853 So.2d 1159 (Miss. 2003)
- Hall v. Dillard, 739 So.2d 383 (Ct. App. Miss. 1999)
- Quitman Consolidated School District v. Enterprise School District, et al., 105 F.Supp.2d 545 (S.D Miss. 1999), Affirmed 226 F.3d 642, 148 Ed. Law Rep. 602 (5th Cir. July 11, 2000)
- Broadhead v. Bonita Lakes Mall, Limited Partnership, 702 So.2d 92 (Miss. 1997)
- Brown v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc., 669 So.2d 92 (Miss. 1996)
- Lauderdale County School District v. Enterprise School District, et al., 24 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 1994)
- Austin Development Co. & Eastover Bank for Savings v. Sowashee Venture v. Austin Development, 19 F.3d 1077 (5th Cir. 1994)
- Estate of Otho Brown v. Lauderdale County School District, 624 So.2d 77 (Miss. 1993)
- Null v. Buntyn, 553 So.2d 29 (Miss. 1989)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1978
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Mississippi Bar Association, Member, 1978 - present
- American Bar Association, Member, 1978 - present
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Member
- Commercial Law League of America, Member, 1982 - present
- Mississippi School Board Attorneys Association, Member
- National School Board Attorneys Association, Member
- Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Member
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- Car Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Accidents
- DUI & DWI
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