Lem Adams, III

l-adams

Tel.: (601) 825-9505
Email: lem.adams@aelawyers.com
Facsimile: (601) 825-0431

Lem has practiced law in Rankin County, Mississippi, for more than thirty years. He focuses his practice on government representation, real estate, business services, and litigation.

Lem currently serves as Board Attorney for the Rankin County Board of Supervisors.

Lem served as Board Attorney for the City of Brandon (12 years), the City of Flowood (15 years) and the Town of Pelahatchie (12 years).

Lem met his wife Marcia while they were students at Ole Miss.  Lem and Marcia have been married forty (40) years and have two adult children, Whitty A. McCloud of Baton Rouge, LA and Lem IV of Brandon, Ms. and one granddaughter, Morgan,  who Lem says is “definitely above average”.  Lem enjoys golf, duck hunting and fly fishing and is a New York Yankee fanatic.

Lem has served as Ruling Elder at Lakeland Presbyterian Church, PCA. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Deacons at First Baptist Church of Brandon and taught adult bible class for ten years.  Lem currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Desire Street Ministries, an inner city ministry in New Orleans, LA.

Lem met his wife Marcia while they were students at Ole Miss.  Lem and Marcia have been married forty (40) years and have two adult children, Whitty A. McCloud of Baton Rouge, LA and Lem IV of Brandon, Ms. and one granddaughter, Morgan,  who Lem says is “definitely above average”.  Lem enjoys golf, duck hunting and fly fishing and is a New York Yankee fanatic.
Lem has served as Ruling Elder at Lakeland Presbyterian Church, PCA. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Deacons at First Baptist Church of Brandon and taught adult bible class for ten years.  Lem currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Desire Street Ministries, an inner city ministry in New Orleans, LA.
Lem has served as Board Attorney for the City of Brandon (12 years), the City of Flowood (15 years) and the Town of Pelahatchie (12 years).  Lem currently serves as Board Attorney for the Rankin County Board of Supervisors.

Education:

University of Mississippi, B.A. (1973)
University of Mississippi, J.D. (1977)

Admitted:

All State Courts in Mississippi
All Federal Courts in Mississippi
United States Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit

Practice Areas:

Government Representation
Real Estate
Lender Representation
Wills, Estates and Probate
Business Law
Litigation

Honors:

Board of Bar Commissioners
Mississippi Bar Executive Committee
Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules
James O. Dukes Law School Professionalism Facilitator
National Lawyers Association
Rankin County Bar Association
Fellow of Mississippi Bar Foundation
Nominating Committee Mississippi Bar Foundation
Christian Legal Society
Judge High School Mock Trial Competition
Volunteer Attorney Mission First