Oral history with Dan M. Lee audio part 5; 2003

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Oral history with Dan M. Lee audio part 5; 2003

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Description: Oral history.; Dan M. Lee was born in Petal, Mississippi, on April 19, 1926. He graduated from Petal High School in April 1944. Justice Lee served in the United States Naval Air Corps from April 1944 to June 1946. Lee attended pre-law at The University of Southern Mississippi, and he obtained his LLB degree in 1949 and his JD in 1970, both from the Mississippi College School of Law. Lee was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1948 and engaged in private practice with J. Ed Franklin from 1948 to 1954. From 1954 to 1971, he practiced law as a member of the firm of Lee, Moore and Countiss. Lee was elected and served as Hinds County Judge from 1971 to 1977 and as Circuit Judge of Hinds and Yazoo Counties from 1977 to 1982. In 1980, he was elected Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court for a term beginning in 1982 and was re-elected in 1988 for an eight-year term commencing January 1, 1990. He served as presiding justice from 1987 until December 1, 1995 when he became Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Creator: Kraft, Beverly Pettigrew; Lee, Dan M.

Date: 2003-02-05; 2003-02-11; 2003-02-12

Format: Digital reproduction of a 31-minute, 38-second oral history.

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Collection: Mississippi Oral History Project: MS Supreme Court Justices

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Source: 893 F341.5 .M57 vol. 893

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