Joe H. Byrd, Jr. Partner

Joe H. Byrd, Jr., began his legal career in 1981 and since then has focused his practice in the areas of Social Security Disability Law, Criminal Defense Law, and Family Law.

Bar & Court Admissions

• Mississippi, 1981
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1981
• Tennessee, 1982
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1986

Education

• University of Mississippi, J.D., 1981, Delta Theta Phi
• University of Mississippi, B.B.A., 1979

Professional Memberships & Activities

• Jackson-Madison County Bar, Board of Directors, 1990-1996; Vice President, 1994-1995; President, 1995-1996
• Tennessee Bar, Member, Sections on: Disability Law, Criminal Justice, Family Law and General Practice
• Mississippi State Bar
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
• Delegate to the Fifty Fifth Conference of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the United States for the Honorable James D. Todd, U.S. District Court Judge, 1995
• Jackson-Madison County Bar Association Board of Directors 2013 to present
• American Inns of Court (Charter Master of the Bench, Howell Edmunds Jackson Chapter)

Reported Cases

• State v. Transou, 928 S.W.2d 949, Tenn. Crim. App. 1996
• State v. Boyd, 2004 WL 541128, Tenn. Crim. App. 2004
• Moseley v. Barnhart, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17389 (W.D. Tenn. 2006)
• Moffitt v. Moffitt, 2000 Tenn. App. LEXIS 773 (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 13, 2000)
• First Nat’l Bank v. Bay, 1994 Tenn. App. LEXIS 131 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 15, 1994)
• Smith v. Smith, 1993 Tenn. App. LEXIS 245 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 1993)