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     Pope Mallette began his legal career as a clerk for Honorable William H. Barbour, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He then clerked for Honorable E. Grady Jolly on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Since entering private practice, Mr. Mallette has practiced in the areas of employment relations, employment discrimination, products liability, business torts, civil rights, governmental entity/municipal law, surety law, real property litigation, and fair debt collection litigation.

     Mr. Mallette is an Adjunct Professor (Employment Discrimination) at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He regularly speaks at legal seminars on various employment topics, and recently published a chapter on sexual harassment in The Mississippi Employment Law Handbook . Mr. Mallette is active in local, state and national bar associations, and has served on various committees of the Mississippi Bar's Young Lawyers Division.

     Mr. Mallette was graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. After serving as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy for six years, Mr. Mallette received his juris doctor, magna cum laude , from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he received numerous academic awards. Since law school, Mr. Mallette has participated in trials or hearings before state and federal courts in Mississippi and he recently assisted in preparation of a brief and argument before the United States Supreme Court in an employment discrimination case.

     Mr. Mallette enjoys all facets of the outdoors and spends time away from work with his family. He is a lay reader, usher, and Sunday School teacher at St.Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford. Mr. Mallette is married to the former Liza Dolby of August, Arkansas.

Partner

- General Litigation
- Employment Law
- Commercial Litigation

- Mississippi, 1994
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

- University of Mississippi School of Law
  Oxford, Mississippi, 1994
       J.D.
       Honors:
              · Magna Cum Laude
              · American Jurisprudence Awards: Civil Procedure I and II,
                     Contracts I and II
              · American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts I, Constitutional Law,
                      Criminal Law
              · Dean's List; Phi Delta Phi Scholarship Officer
              · Mississippi Valley Title Ins. Co./Geo. Payne Cossar, Sr.
                      Scholarship in Law
              · Mississippi Defense Lawyers Assoc. Scholarship
              · Pat D. Holcomb Award for Excellence
              · Edmund L. Brunini Scholarship in Law
              · Mississippi Law Institute Scholarship
              · Heidelbert & Woodliff Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure
              · West Publishing Company Awards; Frederick P. Hamel Award

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee, 1985
     B.A.
     Honors: Naval ROTC Scholarship
     Major: History

- Chapter 11: Sexual Harassment
  Mississippi Employment Law Practice Handbook
       University of Mississippi, 2000

- Complex/Mass Tort Litigation in State Courts (Co-Author)
  63 Miss. L.J. 363, 1994 

- Navy Commendation Medal

- Navy Achievement Medal

- Leo A. Codd Memorial Award for Excellence in Instruction
     (nominated 1990 and 1991)

- Navy Expeditionary Medal Meritorious Unit Commendation,
     Sea Service Ribbon

- Frequent Seminar Speaker - Employment Discrimination Issues

- Adjunct Professor, Employment Discrimination
       University of Mississippi, 1999 - Present

- Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court
- Rotary Club of Oxford
- Chairman, Environment and Community Development Committee
- Eagle Scout
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Oxford)
- Usher, Lay Reader, Sunday School Teacher

- Mitchell, McNutt, Threadgill, Smith & Sames
       August, 1996 - March, 2000

- Hon. E. Grady Jolly
  Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,
       Judicial Clerk, 1995 - 1996

- Hon. William H. Barbour, Jr.
  United States District Judge, Southern District of Mississippi
       Judicial Clerk, 1994 - 1995

- U.S. Naval Reserves
       Officer

- U.S. Navy
       Officer

- U.S. Navy, USS Aylwin (FF-1081)
       Communications Officer, January, 1986 - June, 1988

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