Wayne Drinkwater was a partner before retiring at Bradley. He had extensive experience in major business, commercial and constitutional litigation. Over the years, he tried some of Mississippi’s most significant cases. Wayne also handled more than 70 appeals, arguing more than 30 of them in state and federal courts across the United States.

A former law clerk of Chief Justice Warren Burger at the Supreme Court of the United States, Wayne is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was included in TheBest Lawyers in America^® in four litigation fields. He was also recognized as a Star Individual in the field of Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1974

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
• United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Education

• University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1974, summa cum laude
• University of Mississippi, B.A., 1971, summa cum laude