OXFORD, MS – Attorney Erica Jo Lloyd in MGC’s Oxford office was elected an at-large board member of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Lloyd earned a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi. Today, her practice focuses on general litigation at MGC.

Founded in 1965, the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association is a statewide association of attorneys who practice primarily in the defense of civil litigation. The purpose of this association is to bring together lawyers of Mississippi who devote a substantial amount of their professional time to the handling of litigated cases primarily for the defense; exchange information, ideas and techniques of procedure and court rulings relating to the handling of litigation to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of defense lawyers; and to promote improvements in the administration of justice and to increase the quality of service which the legal profession renders to the community, state and nation.