Thomas B. Tommy Shepherd

Thomas B. Tommy Shepherd

Corporate Law

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Jackson, Mississippi
41+ years experience
Jones Walker LLP
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3100 North State Street, Suite 300, Jackson, MS 39216
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Bio

Tommy Shepherd is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He advises businesses, Native American tribes, and financial institutions on a wide range of commercial and transactional matters. Tommy represents a broad spectrum of clients in all types of commercial and regulated matters. He has extensive experience in acquisitions, public-private leases, financings, land-use approvals, statutory and regulatory interpretation and compliance, operations, and administrative hearings. An accomplished gaming attorney, Tommy advises some of the world’s largest gaming operators and suppliers, and he is a regular contributor to the firm’s Gulf States Gaming Law Blog, available at www.gulfstatesgaminglaw.com. He also serves as an adjunct professor to the University of New Hampshire School of Law’s online program for a Certificate in Sports Wagering and Integrity. Tommy is co-chair of the firm’s Gaming Industry Team. In this capacity, and in his own practice, he advises major private equity and investment banking firms and large commercial lenders involved in secured and unsecured lending. He also counsels clients with regard to debt offerings and bond offerings in connection with the development of various projects. An acknowledged thought leader, Tommy serves frequently on panels and speaks on a range of business, legal, ethics, and regulatory issues at national and international conferences. Tommy Shepherd is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He advises businesses, Native American tribes, and financial institutions on a wide range of commercial and transactional matters. Tommy represents a broad spectrum of clients in all types of commercial and regulated matters. He has extensive experience in acquisitions, public-private leases, financings, land-use approvals, statutory and regulatory interpretation and compliance, operations, and administrative hearings. An accomplished gaming attorney, Tommy advises some of the world’s largest gaming operators and suppliers, and he is a regular contributor to the firm’s Gulf States Gaming Law Blog, available at www.gulfstatesgaminglaw.com. He also serves as an adjunct professor to the University of New Hampshire School of Law’s online program for a Certificate in Sports Wagering and Integrity. Tommy is co-chair of the firm’s Gaming Industry Team. In this capacity, and in his own practice, he advises major private equity and investment banking firms and large commercial lenders involved in secured and unsecured lending. He also counsels clients with regard to debt offerings and bond offerings in connection with the development of various projects. An acknowledged thought leader, Tommy serves frequently on panels and speaks on a range of business, legal, ethics, and regulatory issues at national and international conferences.

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Awards & Recognition

  • Lawyer of the Year: Gaming Law, Jackson, MS (2024)
  • Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Jackson, MS (2021)
  • Lawyer of the Year: Gaming Law, Jackson, MS (2019)
  • Lawyer of the Year: Gaming Law, Jackson, MS (2017)
  • Lawyer of the Year: Gaming Law, Jackson, MS (2011)
  • Recognized: Corporate Law
  • Recognized: Gaming Law
  • Special Focus: General Corporate
  • 2011 Mississippi Attorney of the Year, Mississippi Business Journal
  • "Jackson, MS Best Lawyers Gaming Law Lawyer of the Year" 2011, 2017
  • Leadership Jackson (2000–2001)
  • Leadership Mississippi

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2001

Education

  • Washington and Lee University, JD, graduated 1984
  • University of Mississippi, BBA, graduated 1980

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