Attorney Profiles
Timothy L. Murr
I graduated from Mississippi College School of Law with a Juris Doctorate
in 1982. I clerked with Justice Harry G. Walker at the Mississippi Supreme
Court and thereafter began my private practice in Gulfport, Mississippi.
I have been practicing for almost thirty years, first in an insurance
defense firm and thereafter concentrating in estates and probate matters.
Practice Areas:
Probate and Estate Law; Estate Litigation; Conservatorship; Guardianship;
Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Elder Law
Admitted:
1982, Mississippi. Admitted to all Mississippi Courts and Federal Court,
Southern District
Law School:
Mississippi College School of Law, J.D.
Member:
The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Harrison County Bar Association.
Biography:
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1980-1981 and Executive Editor, 1981-1982, Mississippi
College Law Review. Author: “A Requiem For The Sudden Emergency
Doctrine,” 2 Mississippi College Law Review 305, 1981. Law Clerk
to Presiding Justice, Harry G. Walker, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1982-1983.
Special Assistant Appeals Prosecutor, City of Gulfport, 1987-1989. Speaker
at seminars in the areas of trusts, estates, and elder law.
Born:
Norfolk, Virginia, November 6, 1954
Thomas W. Teel
I graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi ( B.A., English)
, attended graduate school at USM, and attended the University of Mississippi
Law School, where I graduated in December 1980. I have been practicing
for thirty years in various areas of law, predominantly working with family
law in areas as varied as divorce, wills, estates, conservatorships, elder
law, property and small business.
Practice Areas:
Family law; Estates; Conservatorships; Guardianships; Elder Law; Property
Law; Construction; Mediation; Arbitration; and Litigation.
Admitted:
University of Mississippi, Juris Doctorate, December 1980; Admitted to
all Mississippi Courts and Federal Court, Southern and Northern District
Member or Past Member: Mississippi Bar Association; Harrison County Bar;
American Bar Association; American Inns of Court.
Past and Current Associations:
Chancery Court Judge’s Association; Member of Trial Court Judges’
Liaison Committee to Supreme Court; Secretary, Chancery Judges, Mississippi
State Trial Judges, 2001; Special Chancellor, 2001; The Association of
Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society Jackson County Bar;
Hancock County Bar, Board Member; Seafood Industry Museum; Board Member,
Child Abuse Center ( currently called Parent-Child Center, Gulfport, Mississippi)
; Member, Main Street Biloxi; Board Member, Mississippi Coast Interfaith
Disaster Task Force; Member, Presbyterian Judicial Commission, Presbytery
of Mississippi.
Bio:
Author and speaker at more than fifty (50) seminars for judges and attorneys
in areas of real property, estates, chancery law, and family law. Chancery
Court Judge, 8thJudicial District; 1995-2001; City of Biloxi, City Court
Judge: 1987-1994.
Alfred R. Koenenn
I graduated in 1966 from the University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.,
Accounting), and then attended Loyola University Law School, where I obtained
my Juris Doctorate Degree in 1969. I worked in the gift and inheritance
tax section of the Internal Revenue Service from 1970 to 1973 and was
a Trust Officer for the Central Bank of Monroe Louisiana from 1973 to
1980. I began my private practice in Mississippi in 1980. I practice in
the areas of real estate, trust and probate law, corporate law, and taxation.
Practice Areas:
Estates; Trust Law; Real Estate; Property Rights; Corporate Law; Taxation
Admitted:
1969, Louisiana Bar; 1973, Mississippi Bar. Admitted to all Mississippi
and Louisiana State Courts and to Federal Court, Southern District
Law School:
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, J.D. 1969
Member:
The Mississippi Bar. The Louisiana Bar. The Harrison County Bar.
Born:
Thibodaux, Louisiana, September 11, 1943
Anna Ward Sukmann
I graduated in 2000 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B.A. English
Literature), and then attended Mississippi College School of Law where
I obtained my Juris Doctorate in 2004. I clerked with the Sixteenth Chancery
Court District of Mississippi, comprising of Jackson, George and Greene
counties and thereafter went into private practice. I have been practicing
law for almost 15 years in Chancery Court, predominantly focusing on family law.
Practice Areas:
Family Law; Estates; Conservatorships; Guardianships
Admitted:
2004, Mississippi. Admitted to all Mississippi Courts and Federal Courts,
Southern and Northern District; 2005, District of Columbia
Member:
The Mississippi Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association;
Harrison County Bar Association; Jackson County Bar Association
Born:
Memphis, Tennessee