ABOUT
About Dawn Mims Law Offices
In Practice Since 1994 | Louisiana State Bar Association Member
In Practice Since 1994Louisiana State Bar Association Member
Our Attorney's Educational Qualification
- 1991 - 1994
- Mississippi College School - Law, Jackson, MS 39201
- Admitted to the Mississippi Bar, 1994
- Admitted to the Louisiana Bar, 1995
- 1987 - 1991
- Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA 71209
- B.A. in 1991
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The Legal Experience of Our Attorney
- January 2003 to present - Dawn Mims Law Offices
- General civil practice and litigation in the following areas of law:
- Domestic cases
- Child support
- Child custody
- Divorce
- Community property partition
- Wills
- Successions
- Collections
- Personal injury
- Assistant civil city attorney for the town of Rayville
- Representation of criminal defendants in District court
- October 2007 to present - Fifth Judicial District Public Defender Office as an assistant public defender, and interim chief public defender for the fifth district.
- General criminal practice. Assigned all misdemeanors and one-half of all felony cases in Richland Parish. Responsible for:
- Client meetings
- Jail visits
- Preparing motions
- Preparing cases for hearings
- Trials
- 2004 to October 2007 - Rayville city prosecutor
- Prosecution of violations of city ordinances.
- September 1996 to December 2002 - Law offices of William R. Coenen
- Employer: William R. Coenen, Jr. Represented Louisiana Municipal Association in defense of civil suits filed against local municipalities in cases such as:
- General litigation
- Domestic cases
- Child support
- Wills
- Successions
- Collections
- Personal injury
- Insurance defense
- Railroad litigation
- 1994 to September 1996 - Fifth Judicial District Court, Rayville, LA
- Clerk with:
- Hon. Glynn D. Roberts
- Hon. Glen Strong
- Hon. Chet Traylor
- General research and memoranda writing. Attended pre-trial, conferences, hearings, and trials
- 1993 to 1994 - Mississippi Supreme Court, Jackson, MS
- Intern with Justice Fred L. Banks, Jr. General research and memoranda writing. Preliminary research of Rule 11 of Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure for the article "Judicial Imposition of Sanctions in State and Federal Courts: Discovery Sanctions in the State Courts."
- 1993, Spring - City of Jackson public defender, Jackson, MS
- Intern with Virginia Wilson Mounger. General research, participated in client interviews, trial preparation, and trial attendance.
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