Elena Mosby Peters

Contact 

ermosby@go.olemiss.edu

ermosby@gmail.com

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Education

J.D., The University of Mississippi School of Law – May 2021

B.A., Political Science, Rhodes College – May 2015

Legal Experience

Summer Associate, Jones Walker LLP – Jackson, MS – July 2019 – August 2019; July 2020 – August 2020

Summer Associate, Butler Snow – Ridgeland, MS – May 2019 – June 2019; May 2020 – June 2020

Judicial Intern, The Honorable Chief Justice Michael Randolph, Supreme Court of Mississippi – January 2020

Senior Paralegal Specialist, Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Health Care Fraud Unit) – Washington, D.C. – September 2017 – June 2018

Paralegal Specialist, Department of Justice (Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Health Care Fraud Unit & Deepwater Horizon Task Force) – Washington, D.C. – June 2015 – August 2017

Areas of Interest

Civil Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Appellate Practice

Constitutional Law

Professional Associations & Memberships

Staff Editor, Mississippi Law Journal – Volume 89

Secretary, Negotiation Board – 3L, 2L

Member, Moot Court Board – 3L, 2L, 1L

Member, Bessie Young Council – 2L, 1L

Member, Student Bar Association – 2L, 1L

Member, Law Association of Women – 3L, 2L

Pupil, The William C. Keady American Inn of Court

Member, Phi Kappa Phi

Publications

Jurisdiction to Tax is Not Jurisdiction at All: Understanding Jurisdiction’s Jargon in Light of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. – Mississippi Law Journal – Vol.89