Attorneys

J. Mark Franklin, III

Admitted to bar, 1987, Mississippi

Areas Of Practice:

Business and Commercial Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Bankruptcy Litigation
Lender Liability Defense

Education:

University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1984, with highest honors)
Phi Kappa Phi
University of Mississippi (J.D., 1987)
Order of the Barristers
Mississippi Law Journal, 1986-1987
Moot Court Board, 1985-1987

Member:

The Mississippi Bar
Hinds County Bar Association (Chairman, Lawyer Referral Committee, 1996-1998)
Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (Chairman, Annual Seminar Committee, 1998-1999)
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Madison County Bar Association

Author:

"Judicial Foreclosure," Foreclosure Law in Mississippi, Univ. of Miss. Inst. For Continuing Studies, Center for Continuing Legal Educ. (Rev'd 2009)

Reported Decisions:

In re Mercer, 246 F.3d 391 (5th Cir. 2001), 218 F.3d 770 (5th Cir. 2000), 211 F.3d 214 (5th Cir 2000), 220 B.R. 315 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1998)
Trustmark Nat'l Bank v. Barnard, 930 So. 2d 1281 (Miss. App. 2006)
Weathersby v. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., 928 So. 2d 941 (Miss. App. 2006)
James v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 173 F.Supp. 2d 544 (N.D. Miss. 2001)
Gober v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 918 So. 2d 840 (Miss. App. 2005)
In re Jackson, 392 B.R. 666 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2008)

Contact:

mfranklin@mckaylawler.com