Stratton is a partner in the business group in the Jackson office. He practices in the areas of financial institution transactional and litigation defense matters, securities arbitration, oil and gas transactional and litigation matters, real estate transactions, business mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. He is admitted to practice in both Mississippi and Tennessee.

• University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1978; Phi Delta Phi; Author: Mississippi Judicial College (1977 - 78); American Jurisprudence Awards in Mississippi Circuit Court Practice, Mississippi Chancery Court Practice, Criminal Procedure and Legal Accounting
• Rhodes College, B.A., 1974

• Member: American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Hinds County Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association; Natchez Water and Sewer Board (past member); American Inns of Court

• Successfully defended a securities brokerage firm and its broker in a multi-million dollar claim made by an investor.
• Involved in the defense of several financial institutions in class actions involving challenges to insurance programs and to home improvement loans.
• Real estate attorney for an international lender on a multiple One Hundred Million Dollar construction loan for a Mississippi located electric generating plant and thirty miles of associated gas and water rights of way.
• Real estate attorney for a national owner/operator of gas/convenience stores in a Fifty Million Dollar twenty six property acquisition.
• Real estate attorney for a national owner/operator of fast food restaurants in a Thirty Five Million Dollar property acquisition.
• Attorney for numerous moderate-sized commercial real estate transactions.
• Attorney in a significant and complex re-zoning case that was followed by a multi-party, multi-million dollar real estate sales transaction.
• Authorized signatory for Phelps Dunbar's First American Title Insurance Agency.