Dillon is a member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government practice group and represents agencies, boards and private companies in administrative proceedings, rulemaking, litigation and public‑facing projects. He serves as co-counsel to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board and represents the Board and manages all legal issues. Dillon advises both private and public utilities on compliance and proceedings before public service commissions and local governments. Dillon’s experience spans administrative & regulatory law, governmental litigation, environmental and environmental litigation, public finance and economic development, and redistricting & voting rights. He clerked for U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel and holds both a J.D. and a Master of Public Service. He has been recognized in BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®: 'Ones to Watch' for Government Relations Practice (2026).
Overview
Dillon is a member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government practice group and represents agencies, boards and private companies in administrative proceedings, rulemaking, litigation and public‑facing projects. He serves as co-counsel to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board and represents the Board and manages all legal issues. Dillon advises both private and public utilities on compliance and proceedings before public service commissions and local governments. Dillon’s experience spans administrative & regulatory law, governmental litigation, environmental and environmental litigation, public finance and economic development, and redistricting & voting rights. He clerked for U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel and holds both a J.D. and a Master of Public Service. He has been recognized in BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®: 'Ones to Watch' for Government Relations Practice (2026).
Practice Areas
About
Dillon helps clients navigate the intersection of law, policy and government. A member of Butler Snow’s Regulatory and Government group, Dillon represents agencies, boards and private companies in administrative proceedings, rulemaking, litigation, public finance and economic development matters across Mississippi and the Southeast. His practice spans administrative & regulatory law, governmental litigation, environmental and environmental litigation, redistricting & voting rights, and public finance—allowing him to guide clients from strategy through execution in forums where legal, technical and political considerations converge.
Dillon represents the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board (MCSAB) and manages all legal issues. He assists the Board with the creation and negotiation of charter contracts, legal compliance, and managing legal aspects of oversight and accountability, such as revocation and renewal processes.
In the utilities space, Dillon advises both investor‑owned and publicly owned utilities—as well as entities interacting with them—on regulatory compliance, permitting, transactional issues and proceedings. He draws on Butler Snow’s longstanding utilities practice to tackle matters involving electric, gas, water, sewer, telecommunications, transportation and pipeline operations.
Before entering private practice, Dillon clerked for The Honorable Taylor B. McNeel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, experience that informs his approach to complex administrative and appellate questions. He also brings policy training to the table—earning a Master of Public Service from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service alongside his J.D.—which clients value when legal solutions must work in real‑world governmental contexts.
Distinctions
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Government Relations Practice, 2026
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2022
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Southern, Northern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
Education
- University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D., 2021
- UALR Law Review, Associate Editor
- Student Bar Association Senator
- University of Arkansas, Clinton School of Public Service, M.P.S., 2021
- Student Government Association, Treasurer
- University of Mississippi, B.B.A., Marketing and Corporate Relations, 2018
- Provost Scholar
- Order of Omega Honors Society
- Mortar Board
- University of Mississippi Who’s Who
- Associated Student Body Attorney General
- Center for Manufacturing Excellence
- Lambda Sigma Honor Society Treasurer
- Ole Miss Big Event, Director of Logistics, and Director of Finance and Fundraising
- Clerkship, The Honorable Taylor B. McNeel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 2022-2023
Associations
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
- Seminars Committee
- Young Lawyers Division
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Modern Solutions for Rural Arkansas Infrastructure, UA Division of Agriculture - Research & Extension, MP569 (2022).
- The Powers of State Attorneys General to Determine Public Interest, 43 UALR L. Rev. 109 (2021).
Civic Involvement
- Jackson Metropolitan YMCA
- Board of Directors