Resume - Chris Klotz | Stevenson Klotz

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Chris Klotz

Education

College: Mississippi College School of Law, J.D. 1992

Advanced Legal Education:

Graduate National Criminal Defense College
Graduate Western Trial Advocacy Institute
Graduate Vera Institute of Justice, Criminal Justice Program
Louisiana State University, B.S. 1989
- Major: Psychology
- Minor: English

Employment

2015 – Present: Stevenson Klotz Law Firm: Partner/Owner

2007 – 2014: Klotz Law Firm, Owner

1999 – 2007: Partner, Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, Jackson, MS

Multi-plaintiff drug litigation, financial fraud, medical/nursing malpractice and single plaintiff serious personal injury. Extensive criminal practice in federal and state trial courts, and appellate courts.

1993 – 1999: Deputy Chief, Office of the Hinds County Public Defender, Jackson, MS

Homicide and violent crime trial docket. Administrative and budgeting matters.

1991: Covington & Burling: Clerkship, Washington, D.C.

1990: District of Columbia Public Defender Service, Clerkship

Professional Associations

State:

Society of the Criminal Defense Bar, Pensacola, Past President, Board of Directors
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Inns of Court
Rotary Club International, Paul Harris Fellow
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association: Lifetime Member
New Orleans Innocence Project: Case Volunteer
Mississippi Public Defenders Association: Past President, Lifetime Member Award
Mississippi Supreme Court: Criminal Code Revision Legislative Committee
Mississippi Legislature: MS Public Defender Task Force, Legislative Chair

Associations:

NBI Criminal Law Lecturer
Mississippi College School of Law: DNA Evidence
Mississippi Public Defenders Association: Effective Opening Statements
University of Mississippi Law School: Guest Lecturer, Trial Practice Class.
MPDA Criminal Trial College Faculty.
Jackson Police Department Training Academy, Guest Lecturer

Community Involvement:

Cub Scout Den Leader
Federal Re-Entry Program Mentor
Rotary Club International, Paul Harris Fellow
Mississippi Bar Association: High School Mock Trial Judge

Bar Admissions:

Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
District of Columbia

Resume – Chris Klotz