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In 2009, Tom Royals and Tommy Mayfield obtained a not guilty verdict involving State murder and assault charges in the matter of State of Mississippi vs. Nicholas Dardar, Cause No. 2008-120k in the Circuit Court of Smith County, Mississippi.

Tom Royals recently secured the dismissal of federal criminal fraud charges in the United States of America vs. Khadiyah Lewis, USDC, Southern District of Mississippi, Cause No. 3:09MJ504.

Tommy Mayfield was able to get the return of the majority of his client's money and property that were seized from him in State of Mississippi, et al vs. Nine Hundered Eighty Thousand and Seventy Dollars, et al, Cause No. 2008-162 in the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi.

Mr. Mayfield, in 2009, obtained an acquital in the State of Mississippi vs. Jaquin Kurtz, Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, Cause No. 08-0-233-00SJ on charge of extortion.

Tom Royals served on the Uniform Rules Commitee appointed by the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court to draft the Rules of Criminal Proceedures for the State of Mississippi.

Tom Royals served on a committee of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the reappointment of the Federal Public Defenders for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Tommy Mayfield instructs training sessions for various law enforcement officers and on the behalf of the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Our firm updates and utilizes the latest and most comprehensive search engines and resources for legal research which gathers the most recent decisions in case law from all state and federal appellate courts.

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- Royals & Mayfield, PLLC releases new website to help Mississippians facing criminal charges. Click here

- Royals & Mayfield add a new article on their website addressing the issues of Mississippi Under Age Drinking Laws.

- Royals & Mayfield, PLLC release new article on their website concerning what happens when you are arrested of threatened with being arrested in Mississippi.

- Royals & Mayfield, a prominent criminal defense law firm in Jackson, Mississippi hires Lawyer Success, Inc. to design, search engine optimize and market their new law firm website.

We assist federal and state criminal defendants. Our practice area encompasses the State of Mississippi, including Hinds County, Madison County, Rankin County, Yazoo City, the Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Gulfport, Vicksburg, Meridian, Hattiesburg, Columbia, Starkville, and all areas in between.

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