WILLIAM R. NEWMAN

EDUCATION:

1986-89                       University of Mississippi School of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Class Rank:   Top 20%

• The University of Southern Mississippi

Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude
Major:  Political Science
G. P. A.:  4.0

PRESENT POSITION:

1998-present: Instructor of Paralegal Studies and Political Science,
The University of Southern Mississippi

Faculty Advisor, Pre-Law Student Society (1999-present)
Member, University Committee on Intellectual Property
  Policy (2004)
Member, Departmental Chair Search Committee (2005)
Member, Search Committee for Director of Paralegal
  Studies Program (2004)
Taught courses at Gulf Coast campuses for seven semesters

Adjunct Instructor of Paralegal Studies and American Government
The University of Southern Mississippi

Taught up to four courses per semester in adjunct capacity,
including courses on Gulf Park and Jackson County campuses

COURSES TAUGHT:

Civil Litigation
Legal Drafting
Law Office Management and Computing
Equity Practice
Commercial Skills for the Paralegal (Business Entities, Debtor-
   Creditor Law, Intellectual Property)
Special Problems in Paralegal Studies
Advanced Paralegalism
American Government
State and Local Politics
Introduction to Law in American Society

EXPERIENCE IN PARALEGALISM:

• Worked as a paralegal at Gray, Montague & Pittman, a five-lawyer

 firm in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

• Associate attorney at Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, a

twenty-eight lawyer firm in Jackson, Mississippi (at that time, this firm was the State’s largest employer of legal assistants).  Assisted in the supervision of eight paralegals, including litigation paralegals, real estate paralegals, taxation paralegals, and paralegals to lobbyists

1997-present  President of The One House Publishing Company.  Supervise full-time paralegal at a legal publisher.

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, Volume 58, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (1988-89).

“Literature Relating to Paralegalism: A Classified Bibliography,”  3 Journal of Paralegal
          Education 39 (October 1986)(with Philip J. Egan).

Presented paper, “A Quantitative Analysis of Decision-Making on the Mississippi
Supreme Court, 1965-1985,” to the joint meeting of the Mississippi and Louisiana Political Science Associations, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 1987).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

“Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property Law for Paralegals,” presented to the national
 convention of the National Association of Legal Professionals (June 1999).

“Intellectual Property Issues in the Business Tort Context,” presented to the University
            of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education, Jackson, Mississippi (June
1993).

“Recent Developments in Family Law, Business Law, and Constitutional Law for
 Mississippi Lawyers,”   Annual Course of Study presented annually on the
 Mississippi Continuing Legal Education Circuit; Natchez, Biloxi, Cleveland,
 Oxford, Starkville, Hattiesburg, and Jackson, Mississippi (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008).

“Patents, Trademark, and Copyright Law for the General Practitioner,” Continuing Legal
            Education presentation accredited by the Alabama State Bar Commission on
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education, and the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and       Specialization.  Presented in Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and  Nashville, Tennessee (2007).

“The Case of Dr. Samuel Mudd:  The Constitutional Deprivations of the Alleged Lincoln
Assassination Co-conspirator and Their Tortuous 135-Year Legal History,”   presented at the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Research Center, Biloxi, Mississippi (June 1998).

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

• Private Law Practice

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Concentration:  Intellectual Property, Wills & Estates, Business
   Law

• Montague, Pittman & Varnado, Attorneys at Law

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Partner (non-equity)

Concentration:   Intellectual Property, Commercial and Insurance
   Litigation, Wills & Estates

• Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, Attorneys at Law

Jackson, Mississippi

Associate Attorney
Concentration:   Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation,
    Estate Planning, Corporations

Assisted with dozens of litigated cases in federal and state court, including:

• Anders v. Newsweek (client:  Newsweek; verdict for client)
• Iranian Oil Ministry v. Ashland Oil (client:  Iranian

Government; case resolved in client’s favor for $335 million)

• Byron de la Beckwith v. Clarion-Ledger

(1st Amendment civil issues surrounding civil rights
      era murder trial)

• Newsome v. Reichold Chemical Co.  (mass environmental contamination and injury suit involving old chemical site)
• Johns Manville Corp./Manville Trust Asbestos Litigation (Pascagoula, Mississippi)
• 4-C Ventures, Inc. v. McNames  (federal securities fraud case)
• School Pictures, Inc. v. Newton Alfred Winn  (civil

          litigation related to alleged kidnapper of wife of  
            Jackson multi-millionaire)

• First National Bank of Louisville, The Swiss Bank, et al. v. Gray (lender liability and racketeering litigation)
• Pro bono death penalty appeal work

AWARDS, HONORS, AND ACTIVITIES:

            Eastland Scholar (1986-89)

            National Moot Court Team (1989)

            President, Law School Student Body, University of Mississippi (1988-89)

            The University of Southern Mississippi Hall of Fame

            Recipient of The University of Southern Mississippi Silver Bowl Award for the
   Top Graduating Scholar (1986)

President of the South Central Mississippi Young Lawyers Association (1994-95)

Board of Directors, The Mississippi Bar, Young Lawyers Division

Delegate to the American Bar Association Convention (1995)

Development Board, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (1990-93)