G. Todd Butler
111 East Capitol Street, Suite 600
Jackson, Mississippi 39201-2122
Direct: (601) 360-9366
Fax: (601) 360-9777
e-mail: todd.butler@phelps.com
Service Areas
Practice
Todd is an associate in the firm's regional labor and employment practice group in the Jackson office. He previously served as a clerk for the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Jackson, Mississippi, and as a judicial extern to the Honorable Daniel P. Jordan at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2008; Mississippi College Law Review, Editor-in-Chief; Moot Court Board
- Mississippi State University, B.S. in Business Administration, summa cum laude, 2005
- East Central Community College, A.A. in Business Administration, 2003
Memberships/Affiliations
- Member: The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association
- Admitted to practice in all Mississippi state courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi
- Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law
- 2007 Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Fellow Award
Publications/Speeches
- Note: "Recipe for Disaster: Analyzing the Interplay Between the Castle Doctrine and the Knock-and-Announce Rule After Hudson v. Michigan," 27 MISS. C. L. REV. 435 (2008)
- Foreward: "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall," 27 MISS. C. L. REV. 289 (2008) (with Jason T. Marsh)
- "A Matter of Positivism: Evaluating the Legal Philosophy of Justice Antonin Scalia Under the Framework Set Forth by H.L.A. Hart," 11 HOLY CROSS J.L. & PUB. POL'Y 47 (2008).
- "Ante' Up: Should the Government Garnish the Gambling Winnings of Deadbeat Parents," Judicial View (April 2008), available at http://www.judicialview.com