Kaytie Pickett is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices from the Jackson office. Ms. Pickett focuses her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, real property litigation, construction law, and appellate law. Before joining the firm, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Ms. Pickett is a 2009 graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, where she received her juris doctor degree, summa cum laude, served as Articles Editor of the Mississippi College Law Review, and received Best Oralist and Best Brief awards at the ABA Regional Appellate Advocacy Competition. She received numerous academic awards in law school, including the Dean’s Special Achievement Award, as well as American Jurisprudence awards for the highest grade in 17 classes.
Ms. Pickett is a 2002 graduate of Tulane University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude. She is also a 2003 alumna of Teach for America. Ms. Pickett has served as a professor of Appellate Advocacy at the Mississippi College School of Law.