
DAVID E.
ROZIER, JR.
Office: (662) 234 – 0065
Fax: (662) 234 – 3007
E-mail dave@rozierlawfirm.com
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

JENESSA CARTER
HICKS
Office: (662) 234 – 0065
Fax: (662) 234 – 3007
E-mail jhicks@rozierlawfirm.com
Place of Birth: Louisiana
Undergraduate: Louisiana Tech University – 2002-06 Bachelor of Arts Summa Cum Laude
Major: Political Science/Pre-Law
Minor: English
Law School The University of Mississippi School of Law – 2006-09 Juris Doctorate Magna Cum Laude
Admitted to Practice: 2009
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Student 2006
President’s List – Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Order of Omega Greek Honor Society
Member of Executive Council – Alpha Lambda Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity
Mississippi Law Journal – Associate Mississippi Cases Editor
- Outstanding Student Award in Gaming Law
- Delta Theta Phi Legal Honor Society
- Dean’s Leadership Council
- Mississippi Innocence Project
Rozier Hayes, PLLC, Associate Attorney 2009-2013
All Mississippi State Courts
United States District Courts for Northern and Southern Districts in Mississippi
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Tribal Court, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Admitted to practice in all Tennessee State Courts.
Appellate Advocacy
Civil Litigation
Domestic Relations
Eminent Domain
Employment Law
Environmental Law
Insurance Defense
Municipal Law
Wills and Estates
Worker’s Compensation
Mississippi Bar Association
Lafayette County Bar Association
Past Director of the Northwest Division of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar
Tri-County Young Lawyers’ Division of the Mississippi Bar Association-Past President
Taylor United Methodist Church, Taylor, Mississippi –Member
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
The College Network v. Miss. Dept. Emp. Sec., 2011-CC-01115-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2013)
Short v. Short, 2011-CT-01096-SCT (Miss. 2014)