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Address
340 Edgewood Terrace Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39206-6852 (Hinds & Madison Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.7
out of 5
(Main Office) Underwood Law Firm was formed in 1981 and concentrates on foreclosure, bankruptcy and real property issues, serving its clients throughout the state of Mississippi. The founder of the firm, John C. Underwood, Jr., has authored numerous publications on foreclosure law and related subjects, and is a frequent speaker at seminars focusing on foreclosure law and title insurance underwriting issues. The Underwood Law Firm is a preeminent law practice represented in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register. Statement of PracticeForeclosures, Real Property and Bankruptcy Law. Year Established: 1981
Firm Size: 3
Representative Clients:1st Palm Financial Services, LLC
Accredited Home Lenders
Aegis mortgage Corporation
Alegis Group L.P.
AmSouth Bank
AmSouth Mortgage Company, Inc.
AT & T Capital Corporation
BancOklahoma Mortgage Corporation
Bank United
BancorpSouth Bank
Bank of America
Beal Bank
CASA Investments
Centex Home Equity
Central Mortgage Company
Colonial BancGroup
Countywide Funding Corporation
Dovenmuehle Mortgage
Eastern Savings Bank
EMC Mortgage Corporation
Empire Mortgage Limited
Fairbanks Capital Corp.
Fifth Third Bank
First Bankers Mortgage Corp.
First Financial Bank
First Nationwide
Franklin Credit Management Corporation
Hibernia National Bank
Homecoming Financial Network
Homeside Lending Corporation
HUB Investment Corp.
Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company
Independent Real Estate Management Corporation
Interbay Funding, LLC
J.B. Nutter & Company
Litton Loan Servicing
Midwest First Financial Limited Partnership, III
National City Home Loan Services, Inc.
New Century Mortgage
New South Federal Savings Bank
Resource Bancshares Mortgage
Roosevelt Bank
Upland Mortgage
Union Planters National Bank
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington Mutual
Whitney National Bank.
ClientsFORECLOSURE COMMISSIONER FOR: The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
AGENTS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Company
First American Title Insurance Company
Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company
Mississippi Guaranty Title Insurance Company.
John C. Underwood, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 4, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Editor: "Foreclosure Law in Mississippi - A Practice Handbook," UMCLE, (1999); Co-Author: "Mississippi Mortgage Foreclosures," 4th Edition, 1990. Author: Mississippi Law Summaries, "The National Mortgage Servicers' Reference Directory," USFN (2006). Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Mississippi, 1972-1973. Special Assistant Attorney General, Mississippi, 1973-1976. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Tri-County Real Estate Lawyers' Association; The Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Real Property; Bankruptcy; Real Estate Foreclosure.Email: John C. Underwood, Jr.
ASSOCIATESCatherine W. Underwood (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: David Lipscomb College (B.A., 1971); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Special Assistant Attorney General, Mississippi, 1974-1983. Assistant Attorney General, Mississippi, 1983-1987 (Chief of Local Government/Opinions Division). Mississippi Revisor of Statutes, 1985-1987. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Real Property; Bankruptcy.Email: Catherine W. Underwood
R. Cory Anthony (Associate) born Starkville, Mississippi, October 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., 2001); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2005). Member: The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Construction Law; Civil Litigation; Creditor Bankruptcy; Real Estate.Email: R. Cory Anthony
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