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Thomas Henry Freeland IV

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Oxford, MS
Licensed since 1981

Practice areas

Litigation, White collar crime, Criminal defense, Education, Land use and zoning

Thomas Henry Freeland IV

Call (662) 234-3414

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About Thomas

I am practicing in a family firm that dates back well over a hundred years. My primary work has been in the courtroom, in both civil and criminal cases, in both federal and state court. I have extensive extensive experience handling appeals in federal and state court, appealling in dozens of cases before the Mississippi Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and in cases before the Sixth Circuit, and the United Sttes Supreme Court. I also am a law-related b

Practice areas

Litigation: 30%
Primarily commercial litigation, representing parties in disputes over business deals and contracts, director and officer litigation, and professional malpractice litigation
35 years, 140 cases
White collar crime: 27%
Federal and state court criminal defense
22 years, 12 cases
Criminal defense: 26%
Criminal defense in state and federal court; see also White Collar Crime; death penalty defense
32 years, 40 cases
Education: 12%
Represents school boards and parents with issues with the schools; took a school finance case to the United States Supreme Court
32 years, 50 cases
Land use and zoning: 5%
Litigated land use or zoning cases to the Mississippi Supreme Court successfully, representing land owners seeking to protect the value of their land.
27 years, 15 cases

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
MS	Active	1981	02/26/2015

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

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Work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Partner	Freeland & Freeland Lawyers	1984 - Present
Associate	Freeland & Gafford, Lawyers	1982 - 2010
Law Clerk for Judge Frank McFadden	United States District Court, Northern District Alabama	1981 - 1982

Associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Mississippi Innocence Project	Board Member	2007 - Present
United States Supreme Court Bar	member	1988 - Present
American Bar Association	Member	1982 - Present
Fifth Circuit Bar	member	1982 - Present
Mississippi Bar Association	Member	1981 - Present
Louisiana Innocence Project	Board Member	2004 - 2007
Mississippi Capital Resource Center	Board Chairman	1991 - 1994
Mississippi Capital Resource Center	Board Vice Chairman	1988 - 1991
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Legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Campbell v. State, 798 So.2d 524 (Miss. 2001)	Defendant prevailed
Crase v. Hahn, 754 So.2d 471 (Miss. App. 1999)	Directed verdict for defendant affirmed on appeal
Griffin v. State, 584 So. 2d 1274 (Miss. 1991)	Defendant prevailed
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Publications

Publication name	Title	Date
Mississippi Law Journal	"I Asked for Water, You Gave Me Gasoline" Seeking Education FInance Reform in Mississippi	1988
Mississippi Law Journal	Bad Faith: A Practical Analysis	1984
Mississippi Lawyer	Phil Stone-Faulkner's Mentor and Lawyer	N/A

Education

School name	Major	Degree	Graduated
University of Mississippi School of Law	N/A	Juris Doctor	1981
University of Mississippi	History and English	BA - Bachelor of Arts	1977

Speaking engagements

Conference name	Title	Date
Elder Law Conference	Ethical Issues in Elder Law	2007
Elder Law Conference	Ethical Issues in Elder Law	2006
Elder Law Conference	Ethical Issues in Elder Law	2005
Elder Law Conference	Ethical Issues in Elder Law	2004
American Inns of Court	The United States Supreme Court and Mississippi Death Penalty cases	1994
Capital Defense Conference	Capital Defense Jury Instructions	1989
Mississippi Captial Defense Conference	Jury Instructions in Capital Cases	1984
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