James L. Robertson

James L. Robertson (1940–2023) served on the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1983 to 1992, taught law at the University of Mississippi Law School from 1977 to 1992, was a shareholder in the Wise Carter law firm from 1993 to 2016, and was of counsel to the firm. He is author of Rowdy Boundaries: True Mississippi Tales from Natchez to Noxubee and Heroes, Rascals, and the Law: Constitutional Encounters in Mississippi History, both published by University Press of Mississippi. He was a native of Greenville, Mississippi, but lived in Jackson, Mississippi, until his death.