MICHELLE M. SMITH, (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, March 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi; U. S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A. 1994, summa cum laude M.Accy. 1995, J.D., cum laude 2000). Outstanding Student Awards in Torts, Income Taxation of Individuals and Secured Transactions. Finalist in the Steen Reynolds Dalehite Trial Competition. Judicial Clerkship, Hon. David C. Bramlette, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Mississippi (2000-2001). PRACTICE AREAS: General Litigation, Municipal Law.