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    John P. McMackin

    Associate

    Gulfport
    228-679-1333
    john.mcmackin@phelps.com
    Areas Of Focus
    AppellateEmployment LitigationCommercial Litigation

    John McMackin focuses his practice on litigation and brings significant insight into courts' decision-making processes and uses this to advise clients in trial and appellate strategies. He has substantive prior trial and appellate experience with Section 1983, Title VII, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Mississippi Tort Claims Act and various other statutory and constitutional litigation.

    Before joining Phelps, John served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael K. Randolph for the Supreme Court of Mississippi, the Honorable Taylor B. McNeel for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and the Honorable Cory T. Wilson for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also served as editor in chief of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.

    Education

    • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
    • University of Notre Dame, B.A., History & Theology, cum laude, 2016
    • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
    • University of Notre Dame, B.A., History & Theology, cum laude, 2016

    Credentials

    • Mississippi
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Taylor B. McNeel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Cory T. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Michael K. Randolph, Mississippi Supreme Court
    • Mississippi
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Taylor B. McNeel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Cory T. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    • Judicial Law Clerk for Hon. Michael K. Randolph, Mississippi Supreme Court

    Memberships and Affiliations

    Professional

      • Federalist Society
      • Federal Bar Association
      • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

    Civic

      • Diocese of Biloxi St. Thomas More Guild
      • Knights of Columbus

    Professional

      • Federalist Society
      • Federal Bar Association
      • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

    Civic

      • Diocese of Biloxi St. Thomas More Guild
      • Knights of Columbus
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