Jim Pettis is a member of the Firm’s Trust, Estates & Personal Planning Service Team. He concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, Elder Law, ERISA and employee benefits, state and federal taxation, business law including contracts, general corporate merger, reorganizations and acquisitions.
1987 - L.L.M., Taxation, University of Florida
1983 - J.D., University of Mississippi
1979 - B.A., University of Mississippi
Mississippi
U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
Best Lawyers
Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America - Litigation & Controversy - Tax 2009-2017, Tax Law 2015-2017
Best Lawyers 2017 Jackson Litigation and Controversy - Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
Mississippi Bar Association
Vice Chair Taxation Section 2012-2013
Chair Taxation Section 2013-2014
Chair Health Law Section 1998-1999
Mississippi Business Journal Leadership in Law (2013)
Madison County Business League
Member - Board of Directors 2010-2014
Estate Planning Council of Mississippi