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
• 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
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Fellow of the American Bar Association

J. Seth McCoy

Attorney

• Rated AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell

Biography: Born Philadelphia, Mississippi Education:

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

Courts / Bar Admissions:

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

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Defense Research Institute
• Capital Area Bar Association
• 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

Adam A. Bollaert

Attorney

Biography Born Baltimore, Maryland, March 14, 1974. Education Auburn University at Montgomery

• A. History 2000
  • Phi Alpha Theta
    • Vice President, 1999-2000
  • AUM Honor Society, 1999-2000
  • Student Government Association
    • Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1999-2001
    • Board of Discipline Student Member, 1999-2001

University of Alabama School of Law

• D. 2004
  • Law & Psychology Review
    • Senior Editor 2004
    • Junior Editor 2003-2004

Courts and Bar Admissions

• Mississippi State Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
• Alabama State Bar Association
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama