History of Our Firm

 

In 1950, Joel P. Walker, our founding partner, graduated from the Ole Miss Law School after serving in the U.S. Navy and rented space in the upstairs of our building.  Later he formed a partnership with Gerald Chatham, Sr. and moved into his office on the south side of the square.  Not long after prosecuting the infamous Emmett Till case as district attorney, Mr. Chatham passed away and Mr. Walker moved back to our building and started his own firm which grew until it eventually became Walker, Franks, Rone, Bridgforth, Woods, Barbee & Buntin with additional offices in Olive Branch and Southaven.

  

  In 1981 Mr. Walker’s daughter, Mary Lee Walker Brown, and son-in-law, William A. “Bill” Brown, began to practice with him and Walker, Brown & Brown, P.A. was incorporated. In 1984, they moved their practice to a building purchased on Commerce Street.  In 1995, the firm returned to it's original "home" at 2540 Highway 51 South.  Mr. Walker practiced law until the day he died in 2008.

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Over the years the attorneys of Walker, Brown & Brown, P.A. have served in numerous leadership positions in state and local bar associations, as well as community organizations.

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