Sheldon G. Alston
Member

Practice Areas
Banking and Lender LiabilityBreach of Contract
Business Torts
Commercial Litigation
Energy Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Estate Planning, Trusts & Estates, Probate
Insurance Litigation
Personal Injury, Mass Torts, and Product Liability
Premises Liability
Securities Fraud & Shareholder Disputes
Taxation
Zoning and Land Use Regulation
Sheldon G. Alston
Member
Biography
Sheldon G. Alston has over 25 years of expertise in litigating in the Courtrooms of Mississippi. His practice has been a varied array of complex litigation including commercial litigation, eminent domain, inverse condemnation, tax disputes, personal injury, real estate disputes, zoning issues, and estate litigation.
Sheldon has been recognized by his peers in Super Lawyers, an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys, since 2013 in the areas of general litigation, environmental ligation, personal injury and business litigation. He has also been recognized in Best Lawyers in numerous categories.
Sheldon believes passionately in the judicial system and how the system can solve client’s problems. He is driven by solving complex problems with intelligent people and coming up with solutions through negotiation, courtrooms, judges and/or juries.
Sheldon graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1991 and attended law school and graduated from The University of Mississippi School of Law in 1994. He began practicing law in 1994.
Giving back to the community in which he has lived, Sheldon has served on the Board of Directors for Stewpot Community Services for over ten years, he served multiple times as an elder at Fondren Presbyterian Church, and he has continued an active pro bono practice through the Mississippi Bar’s Pro Bono Clinic. He and his wife Cassie have three grown sons.
Education
- J.D., University of Mississippi, 1994
- B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1991
Admissions
- Mississippi (1994)
- United States District Courts of Mississippi (1994)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1994)
- Arkansas
Community & Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers Association
Speeches & Publications
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Presenter for The Litigator’s Guide to Technology & Social Media in Civil Lawsuits: “Privacy and Constitutional Concerns Involving Social Media & General Internet Use”. July 17, 2013 and July 31, 2013.
Honors & Awards
- Best Lawyers® in America:Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Corporate Counsel’s 2013 Top-Rated Lawyer: Commercial Litigation
- 2006 Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
- 2006 Graduate of Leadership Jackson
News
- BRUNINI ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED IN THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA© 2023 EDITION
- Brunini Named Best Law Firm in Mississippi for Third Year in a Row
- Mississippi Poultry Association, Farm Bureau Win Appeal over Monroe County Poultry Farm Setback Restrictions
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers
- Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers® 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”