Place of Birth: Greenville, Mississippi
Lifelong Resident of Mississippi

Undergraduate: University of Mississippi – B.B.A. 1975 – 1979
Major: Marketing
Law School: Mississippi College School of Law – 1984 – 1987
Admitted to Practice in 1987

Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
Dean’s List
Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Practice
Recipient of the Robert Gillespie Award for Best Appellate argument

1987 – January, 1992 McAllister and Mooney; (Associate)
January, 1992 – October, 1999 McAllister and Rozier; (Partner)
October, 1999 – September, 2004 Rozier Law Firm, P.C.; (Shareholder)
September, 2004 – May, 2007 Adams and Reese; (Partner)
May, 2007 – September, 2009 Robinson, Biggs, Ingram, Solop & Farris, PLLC; (Shareholder)
September, 2009 – present Rozier Law Firm, PLLC; (Member)
July, 1996 – February 2007 Municipal Court Judge, Jackson, Mississippi

Tried cases to verdict in the following counties:

Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Desoto,

Forrest, George, First Judicial District of Harrison,

First Judicial District of Hinds,

Second Judicial District of Hinds,

Humphreys, Kemper, Lafayette, Leake, Lee, Lincoln,

Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba,

Pike, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Sunflower,

Tunica, Washington, Warren, Winston and Yazoo.

Tried cases to verdict in:

Carroll County, Shelby County and Wayne County, Tennessee.

Tried cases in the following divisions of Federal Court:

Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division;

Southern District of Mississippi, Hattiesburg Division;

Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford Division and Greenville Division.

Argued before Mississippi Supreme Court.

Partridge v. Harvey, 805 So.2d 668 (Miss. 2002); Little v. Little, 878 So. 2d 1086 (Miss. 2004); International Paper Company v. Townsend, 961 So.2d 741 (Miss. 2007); Jones v. Greene County Bd. Of Educ., — So.2d —, 2007 WL 968839 (Miss.2007); Hinds County School Dist. Bd. Of Trustees v. R.B. ex rel. D.L.B. — So.2d —,2007 WL2702819 (Miss. 2007); The College Network v. Miss. Dept. Emp. Sec., 2011-CC- 01115-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2013); Short v. Short, 2011-CT-01096-SCT

All Mississippi and Tennessee State Courts, United States District Court for all Districts in Mississippi, United States District Court for Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Court of Federal Claims, Supreme Court of the United States

Counsel in largest multi-plaintiff case against a municipality for discriminatory employment practices.
Lead counsel for defense in appellate court reversal of largest at the time jury award for plaintiff in that particular circuit for premises liability.
Counsel for numerous public and corporate officials in acquittal of criminal charges allegedly committed in the course of discharging their duties.
Lead counsel on largest private enterprise acquisition of county owned medical facility.

Mississippi Bar Association
10+ years of experience with United States Postal Service – REDRESS EEO Dispute Resolution Program

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bankruptcy

Business Formation / Development

Civil Litigation

Eminent Domain

Employment Law

Environmental Law

Insurance Defense

Municipal Law

Wills and Estates

Worker’s Compensation

Member Mississippi State Bar Association; Lafayette County Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association
Municipal Court Judge City of Jackson Mississippi (1996-2007)
Past President Mississippi Municipal Judges Association
Member Rotary Club of Oxford, Mississippi
Member Oxford-University United Methodist Church, Administrative Council
Member Chairman, Safe Sanctuaries Compliance Committee (2008-2011)
Adjunct Professor University of Mississippi Law School
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association