Cardin

Tommie is a member and former Practice Group Leader for the Regulatory and Government Relations Group. His practice is focused on administrative law, government relations, environmental law, redistricting and voting rights.

• Administrative Law
• Government Relations
• Environmental
• Economic Development
• Governmental Litigation
• Administrative & Regulatory Law
• Redistricting & Voting Rights

Energy

• Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, et al., v. State Board of Election Commissioners, et al., Civil Action No. 3: 22-CV-734-DPJ-HSO-LHS, United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, July 2, 2024, Co-counsel for Defendants.
• Lead Counsel, Mississippi Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment (Congressional and State), (2001-05) (2010-2013) (2021-).
• Co-Counsel, Chair and Staff, Texas House Redistricting Committee (2021-22).
• Thomas v. Reeves, 961 F. 3d 800 (5th Cir. 2020).
• In re: Validation of Lauderdale County, Mississippi General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013, No. 2013-CA-01684-SCT (Miss. 2015).
• Akins v. Golden Triangle Planning & Development District, Inc., 34 So. 3d 575 (Miss. 2010).
• Woullard v. Mississippi, 2006 WL 1806457 (S.D. Miss. 2006).
• Waters v. Gnemi, 907 So.2d 307 (Miss. 2005).
• Bond v. Marion County Board of Supervisors, 807 So.2d 1208 (Miss. 2001).
• Upton v. McKenzie, 761 So.2d 167 (Miss. 2000).
• Ladner v. Necaise, 771 So.2d 353 (Miss. 2000).
• Zimmerman v. Three Rivers Planning and Development District, 747 So.2d 853 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999).
• Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority v. Concerned Citizens Against Location of Landfill, 722 So.2d 648 (Miss. 1998).
• Clancy’s Lawn Care and Landscaping, Inc. v. Mississippi State Board of Contractors, 707 So.2d 1080 (Miss. 1997).
• State v. Mississippi Ass’n of Supervisors, Inc., 699 So.2d 1221 (Miss. 1997).

• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV®– Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Government Relations Practice, 2007-2025
  • Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice, 2012, 2021
• Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers, Administrative Law, 2011-2020
• Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
• College of Arts & Sciences, Mississippi State University, Alumni Fellow, 2016
• Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, Chair, 2013 - 2016
• Clinton Public School District Board of Trustees, President, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
• State Law Resources, Board of Directors
• Mississippi School Boards Association, Central District, Board of Directors, 2009-2012
• Mississippi College School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Regulated Industries In Mississippi, Fall 2007 and Fall 2009
• Leadership Mississippi

• Mississippi, 1987

• University of Mississippi, J.D., 1986
• Mississippi State University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1983

• Clerkship, Judge James L. Robertson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1986-1987

• International Municipal Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
  • State and Local Government Section
• Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys
• Mississippi Bar Association
  • Government Law Section
    • Chair, 2002-2003
• Capital Area Bar Association

• Co-Author, “Section 2 Vote Dilution in 2018 and Beyond, With Emphasis on State Legislative Redistricting,” America Votes! Challenges to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, American Bar Association, Fourth Ed. 
• Co-Author, “Fundamentals of Redistricting,” The Mississippi Lawyer, Spring 2019.
• Author, “Mississippi Legislative Redistricting in the New Millennium”, 85 Miss. L. J.  1193 (2017).
• Co-Author, “Preclearance Politics in Mississippi: State Legislative Redistricting”, 46 Cumberland Law Review 349 (2015-2016).
• Co-Author, “Finding Middle Ground for State Legislative Reapportionment,” America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, 3rd ed., American Bar Association, May 2016.
• Author, "Legislative Redistricting: New Challenges," America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, 2nd ed., American Bar Association, July 2012.
• Co-Author, "Election Challenges Involving Candidates for Federal Office," America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, American Bar Association, February 2008.
• Multiple presentations to CLE Seminars for Mississippi County Board Attorneys and Municipal Attorneys.