Drayton Purvis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact 

jdpurvis@go.olemiss.edu

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Education

J.D., The University of Mississippi School of Law — May 2026

B.A., The University of Mississippi — May 2023

Legal Experience

Summer Associate, Mayo Mallette – Oxford, MS – June 2025 – August 2025

Summer Associate, Phelps Dunbar – Gulfport, MS – May 2025 – June 2025

Law Clerk, The James Law Firm — The Woodlands, TX — June 2024 – August 2024

Judicial Intern, The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi — Natchez, MS — May 2024 – June 2024

Legal Intern, Knight, Nicastro, McKay — Chicago, IL – July 2023

Runner, Holcomb Law Group — Oxford, MS — May 2021 – June 2023

Areas of Interest

Property Law

Contracts Law

Constitutional Law

Professional Associations & Memberships

Executive Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal – Volume 95

Staff Editor, Mississippi Law Journal — Volume 94

Member, Dean’s Leadership Council — Professional Development Team

Member, Phi Delta Phi