William M. Dalehite, Jr.

Attorney

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Biography
Born Clarksdale, Mississippi, December 27, 1943

Education:

• University of Mississippi (B. A., 1965; J. D., 1972)
• Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Theta Phi.
• Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1972.

Courts / Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi Bar, Admitted 1972
• Capital Area Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014
• Recipient, Law Alumnus of the Year, 1993.
• MS Bar Association- Distinguished Service Award - 2012
• MS Business Journal - Attorney of the Year - 2012
• The Mississippi Bar (Secretary, Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1979; Fellow, Young Lawyers Section, 1989)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1993)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (Trial Academy Faculty, 1990; Director-elect, 1996; Director, 1997;)
• Defense Research Institute (Mississippi Chairman, 1991-1996).
• Chairman, Advocacy, Practice and Procedure Committee, 1991-1992
• Mississippi Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1990-1993; President-Elect, 1997-1998; President, 1998-1999)
• Mississippi Supreme Court, Advisory Committee on Rules, 1991-2007
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate; President, Mississippi Chapter, 1999)
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• Lamar Order (Chairman 1992-1993)
• Ole Miss Foundation Board (2007-2010)
• Capt., U.S. Army, 1965-1969
• Ole Miss Army ROTC Hall of Fame, 1994

Lanny R. Pace

Attorney

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Biography
Born Corinth, Mississippi, December 7, 1961

Education:

• University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1983; J. D., magna cum laude, 1994).
• Phi Kappa Phi. James O. Eastland Scholar
• Moot Court Board
• American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Law
• Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1993-1994

Courts / Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi Bar, Admitted 1995
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Fellow of the American Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Defense Research Institute
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates

J. Seth McCoy

Attorney

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

• Mississippi State University (B.B.A., 2001)
• University of Mississippi (J. D., 2004)

• Mississippi Bar, Admitted 2004
• Capital Area Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Defense Research Institute
• 2013 Mississippi Bar Leadership Forum
• Capital Area Bar Association, Jackson Young Lawyers Division
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors 2017-2020; Vice-President 2021-2024;)
• Defense Lawyer of the Year 2021
• Secretary Treasurer (2022)
• President Elect (2023)
• American Bar Association
• Selected for Best Lawyers in America 2022
• American Board of Trial Advocates

Anna M. Livingston

Attorney

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Biography
Born Newton, Mississippi, 1982

Education:

• University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 2004)
• University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 2008)
• Immigration Court, Judical Clerkship (Memphis)

Courts / Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi, Admitted 2008
• Tennessee, Admitted 2008
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Former Judicial Staff Attorney to Judge William A. Gowan, Hinds County Circuit Court
• Former Judical Law Clerk to Judges William F. Coleman, Breland Hilburn and Malcolm Harrison, Hinds County Circuit Court
• CABA (Capital Area Bar Association) Member