Long, William Randall

Attorney James R. Lockhard is an associate at Byrd & Wiser, a Biloxi, Mississippi, business and commercial law, bankruptcy, personal injury, and litigation firm. He was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on November 22, 1945 and was admitted to practice in Mississippi in 1971.

Mr. Lockhard is a member of the Harrison County Bar Association, the Hinds County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Labor Relations Section of the American Bar Association, and the Mississippi Bar.

He received his Bachelor of Arts (1967) and his Juris Doctor degree (1971) from the University of Mississippi, and his Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from New York University (1973). He served as Law Clerk with Hon. James P. Coleman, US Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1971-1972), and with Hon. E Grady Jolly, US Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1982-1984).