Julie Jarrell Gresham is a Member in the firm's Gulf Coast office. Julie concentrates her practice on litigation matters, including complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, and administrative law matters.  She has also been actively involved in the Katrina community block grant program that is providing benefits to Mississippians affected by Hurricane Katrina.   Julie received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal and recipient of the Robert C. Khayat Scholarship.  Julie was also a member of the Moot Court Board.  She served as an Executive Officer and received the Herbert E. Dewees, Jr. and Timothy L. Walsh National Moot Court Competition Team Award, the Saul Lefkowitz Patent Law Moot Court Competition Team Award and the Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines and Myers ABA Regional Appellate Competition Team Award.

Speeches & Publications

Speeches

• Mississippi Bar Convention Summer School, Sandestin, Florida, "Come Hell or Highwater -An Overview of Legal Issues Involved in the Hurricane Katrina Homeowner's Assistance Program" (July 2007)
• Mississippi Girls’ State Delegation, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, "Why Every Young Woman Should Vote" (June 2001 and June 2002)

Publications

• 2005 Product Liability Warnings Monograph, Contributing Author, American Bar Association, 2005
• An Easy Cause of Action for Spam Faxes – The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, in Birmingham Bar Bulletin 20-22 (Issue 2), Vol. 24, 2003

Community & Professional Activities

• American Red Cross, Gulf Coast Chapter Board of Directors
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, East Harrison County Unit Board
• Leadership Mississippi, Class of 2008
• Mississippi Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division Board of Directors
• Coast Young Professionals, Policy and Government Committee
• Lamar Order, University of Mississippi School of Law
• Juris Sodalitas Fellowship of Law, University of Southern Mississippi
• Alabama Board of Directors for Arthritis Foundation (2003-2004)
• Exceptional Foundation, Junior Board of Directors, Birmingham, Alabama (2003-2004)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• The American Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section,Litigation Section)
• The Mississippi Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section)
• The Harrison County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section)
• The Alabama Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section)