Hunter C. Ransom
Associate
Hunter C. Ransom
Associate
Biography
Hunter is a multifaceted problem solver for clients of all industries. His litigation experience includes business, employment, civil rights, estate, property, construction, and general liability.
Hunter joined Brunini as a first-generation lawyer in 2023 after a one-year federal clerkship for the Honorable Kristi H. Johnson in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Before his clerkship, Hunter graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law in 2022. While in law school, he gained practical experience in externships for Justice Kenny Griffis in the Mississippi Supreme Court and in the Solicitor General’s Division of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. Before law school, he graduated from Ole Miss in 2019.
Hunter is also a first-generation Mississippian, and he is passionate about the community. He has served on the board of directors or committees for various organizations including the Jackson Young Lawyers, Phoenix Club of Jackson, Ole Miss Young Alumni Council, Capital Area Bar Association, Fifth Circuit Bar Association, and the Charles Clark American Inn of Court. He also stays active as an alumni of both MC Law and Ole Miss.
Education
- Clerkship, Hon. Kristi H. Johnson, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, 2022–2023
- J.D., Mississippi College School of Law, 2022, summa cum laude
– Hearin Scholar
– Mississippi College Law Review – Articles Editor
– Moot Court Board – National Order of Barristers and Legal Writers’ Circle
– Charles Clark Inn of Court
– Rankin County Bar Scholarship
– American Jurisprudence Awards for best paper in Employment Discrimination, Mississippi Practice, Legal Writing, and Judicial Administration - B.A., The University of Mississippi, 2019
Admissions
- Mississippi (2022)
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2022)
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2023)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2023)
Community & Professional Activities
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit (BAFFC), Young Lawyer Committee
- Associate, Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court
- Phoenix Club of Jackson, Board of Directors
- Jackson Young Lawyers, Board of Directors
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Coach of Mississippi College School of Law’s National Moot Court Competition team
- Country Club of Jackson, Junior Member
- Rankin County Bar Association
- Labor & Employment Law Section of the Mississippi Bar
- Litigation Section of the Mississippi Bar
Speeches & Publications
- Medical Marijuana in the Workplace, Presentation to Associated Board of Contractors West Tennessee Chapter — STEP Awards Luncheon in Memphis, Tennessee (December 10, 2024)
- Co-Presenter with Chris Fontan, Discrimination and Diversity in the Modern Workplace — Mississippi Society of Human Resource Managers Annual Conference & Expo in Biloxi, MS (Sept. 2024)
- Co-Speaker with HR Consultant Joe Beall in Webinar by HORNE Construction Services, Clearing the Haze: Navigating Medical Marijuana in the Workplace (August 8, 2024)
- Hunter Ransom and David Kaufman, Westlaw Practical Law State Q&A – Commencing an Action: Mississippi (2024)
- Hunter C. Ransom and McKenna S. Cloud, A Year by the Bench: Reflections of Two Outgoing Judicial Law Clerks, Jackson Young Lawyers Newsletter (September 2023)
- Hunter C. Ransom, Constitutional Standoff: An Example of Practical Difficulty in Mississippi Venue Rules, 40 Miss. C. L. Rev. 291 (2022)
- In re Initiative Measure No. 65: Last Dance with Mary Jane and Mississippi’s Citizen-Initiative Process, Miss. C. L. Rev. Blog (June 21, 2021)