Legal Opinion
In Re Reinstatement of Watkins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 1, 2002No. 2001-BR-01894-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
849 So.2d 843 (2002)
The Matter of the Petition for REINSTATEMENT to the Practice of Law OF William F. WATKINS.
No. 2001-BR-01894-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 1, 2002.
Thomas M. Murphree, Jr., attorney for appellant.
Michael B. Martz, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
SMITH, P.J., for the Court.
¶ 1. William F. Watkins was disbarred on November 6, 1991, following his pleading guilty to three felony counts of financial institution fraud and making false statements to influence the actions of a federally insured financial institution. Watkins has now petitioned the Mississippi Bar for…
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- Matter of Reinstatement to Practice Law of BakerMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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