Ray L. Gustavis, Esq.

Hometown: Hazlehurst, Mississippi

Undergraduate: Jackson State University, W.E.B. DuBois Honors College, B.M. in Music Performance., Cum Laude, 2012.

Law School: Mississippi College School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2016; American Jurisprudence Award in Business Associations and Mediation; Hearin Fellow Scholarship recipient; Tom S. Lee Scholarship recipient; National Order of Barristers; External Appellate Competition Chair of the Moot Court Board; National Finalist and Second Best Brief Zehmer Workers’ Compensation National Competition;Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society; Black Law Students Association; Sports and Entertainment Law Society; American Association for Justice; Women’s Student Bar Association.

Legal Experience: Served as the Judicial Extern to the Honorable Justice Jim Kitchens of the Mississippi Supreme Court; Served as a Legal Intern for the Public Lands Division for the Mississippi Secretary of State; Served as Legal Intern for the 22nd Circuit District Attorney of Mississippi. Teaching/Research Assistant: Trial Practice, Civil Procedure and Business Associations, Mississippi College School of Law; Admitted to practice before all Mississippi State and Federal Courts, including the Mississippi Supreme Court. Admitted to practice before all Louisiana State Courts.

Professional Activities/Awards: Best Local Lawyer - Jackson Free Press,New Lawyer of the Year - Mississippi Association for Justice, Woman of Distinction - Mississippi Association for Justice, Best Inns of Court(Associate); Magnolia Bar Association; Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar.

Awards

Scholarship recipient; Tom S. Lee Scholarship recipient; National Order of Barristers; External Appellate Competition Chair of the Moot Court Board; National Finalist and Second Best Brief Zehmer Workers' Compensation National Competition; 3rd Place Overall Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition; Quarterfinalist, Closing Argument Competition; Octofinalist, Copeland Cook Taylor and Bush Moot Court Competition; Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society; Black Law Students Association; Sports and Entertainment Law Society; American Association for Justice; Women's Student Bar Association.Legal Experience: Served as the Judicial Extern to the Honorable Justice Jim Kitchens of the Mississippi Supreme Court; Served as a Legal Intern for the Public Lands Division for the Mississippi Secretary of State; Served as Legal Intern for the 22nd Circuit District Attorney of Mississippi. Teaching/Research Assistant: Trial Practice, Civil Procedure and Business Associations, Mississippi College School of Law; Admitted to practice before all Mississippi State and Federal Courts, including the Mississippi Supreme Court.Professional Activities: Inns of Court(pupil); Magnolia Bar Association; Young Lawyer Division of the Mississippi Bar.