The focus of Goodloe Lewis' practice is civil litigation and Federal Criminal Defense.  He is an experienced trial attorney, and has litigated cases at all levels of the Mississippi and Tennessee state and federal court systems.  He has tried over 50 civil jury cases.  He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Oxford and is a Presiding Elder at First Presbyterian Church of Oxford. 

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PRACTICE

• Civil Litigation

• Insurance Defense Litigation

• Insurance Coverage Opinions and Litigation

• Federal Criminal Defense

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CERTIFICATION/SPECIALTIES

• Civil Trial, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2009​

• ​Mississippi Bar Association List of Approved Mediators, 2016

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BAR ADMISSIONS

• Mississippi, 1994

• Tennessee, 2000

• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1994

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1994

• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2000

• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1994

• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999

• Choctaw Tribal Court, 2003

 

EDUCATION

• University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, January, 2015 Master of Laws in Insurance, with Honors

• University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, May, 1994 Juris Doctorate

  • Honors: Phi Delta Phi

  • Honors: Moot Court Board 

  • Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Articles Editor, 1993 - 1994

• Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, June, 1991, B.A.

  • Honors: Cum Laude

  • Major: History 

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Mississippi Bar Association, 1994 - Present

  • Bar Commissioner (2004-07)

• Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow (2017)

• Lafayette County Bar Association, 1994 - Present

  • President (2002-03)

• Tri-County Junior Bar, 1994 - 2004

  •  ​President (1995-97)

• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1994 - Present

  •  ​President (2010)

• Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, 2001 - Present

• American Board of Trial Advocacy, 2011 - Present

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers  2018 - Present