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Child-centered divorce and custody lawyers in Mississippi.

Three lawyers whose public records show meaningful child-focused work, substantial family-law depth, professional stature, and a useful first-party online presence.

Research reviewedAugust 17, 2026
01Editorial score95/100

Vicksburg / Edwards region · Mississippi

Jami L. Crews

Crews Grady PLLC

Crews provides Mississippi parents with direct, repeated experience representing children. She is a certified guardian ad litem who often serves children in Youth and Chancery Courts, and her former public-defense work included juveniles and abuse or neglect cases. A psychology background and advocacy involving disability and interpersonal violence add interdisciplinary value. Her divorce and custody practice also includes guardianship, termination, support, mediation, and cross-border issues, giving her breadth beyond a single role. Crews Grady’s website offers a detailed biography, practice pages, and direct contact access, while the official Mississippi directory indexes her as active. Clients should still verify the specific office and venue, role conflicts, current status, fees, availability, and recent contested-custody trial experience.

Why the children-first signal is real

Mississippi-certified guardian ad litem who often represents children in Youth and Chancery Courts; former juvenile and abuse/neglect public defender; psychology background.

Divorce and custody depth

Handles divorce/custody, support, guardianship, juvenile, termination, and related family matters across Mississippi and Louisiana; trained mediator and Louisiana family-law specialist.

Professional stature

Multi-state practitioner with state specialization, GAL certification, substantive writing, and official Mississippi child-advocacy directory listing.

Children 30/30Case depth 24/25Stature 18/20Online presence 14/15License confidence 9/10
Verification note and limitations

Status note: The Mississippi Bar's ReliaGuide search indexes Jami Crews as Active and licensed in Mississippi; consumers should open the profile and recheck status and discipline immediately before engagement.

Confirm current Mississippi status, Chancery Court venue experience, advocate-versus-GAL availability, conflicts, fees, and office logistics.

02Editorial score94/100

Jackson · Mississippi

Mark A. Chinn

Chinn & Associates, PC

Chinn’s child-centered case rests on a sustained, published philosophy of constructive divorce rather than a neutral appointment credential. His ABA-published book The Constructive Divorce and the firm’s stated goal of leaving the family standing show long-term attention to reducing the collateral damage of family litigation. Nearly five decades of statewide family-law practice provide deep divorce and custody experience, while six books, frequent teaching, peer recognition, and a 2026 Mississippi Bar lifetime award support exceptional stature. The website is extensive and consumer-ready, with biography, resources, videos, and contact options. Because his child-focus evidence is principally process philosophy rather than GAL service, parents should ask for concrete examples of parenting-plan strategy, expert use, current trial involvement, staffing, rates, and case availability.

Why the children-first signal is real

Author of the ABA-published The Constructive Divorce and public advocate for resolving divorce without destroying the family; firm mission emphasizes leaving the family standing.

Divorce and custody depth

Nearly five decades of statewide family-law practice focused on divorce, custody, support, and complex domestic matters.

Professional stature

Six family-law books, frequent national teaching, Best Lawyers recognition, and 2026 Mississippi Bar Lifetime Achievement Award.

Children 25/30Case depth 25/25Stature 20/20Online presence 15/15License confidence 9/10
Verification note and limitations

Status note: The Mississippi Bar's official ReliaGuide contains a named Mark Chinn profile; open it to confirm current status and any public discipline before publication.

The total narrowly exceeds Crews, but Crews is ranked first for direct child-representation fit; confirm personal handling, current bar status, fees, trial role, and availability.

03Editorial score87/100

Ridgeland · Mississippi

Chad King

Thompson Law Firm, PLLC

King’s child-centered record is unusually practical for a relatively younger lawyer. He supervises an adoption and child-welfare practice, previously represented indigent parents facing Youth Court removal, and teaches in Mississippi College School of Law’s Adoption Clinic. Those experiences can help a parent understand safety, permanency, agency systems, and the consequences of custody decisions. His family docket includes divorce, custody, support, modification, contempt, appeals, and statewide Chancery Court work. Thompson Law’s site provides a substantive biography and straightforward contact access. His public stature and years in practice are not yet as extensive as Crews’s or Chinn’s, so he ranks third. Verify official status, recent custody trials, venue familiarity, personal staffing, fees, conflicts, and current availability.

Why the children-first signal is real

Supervises the firm's adoption and child-welfare practice; former parent defender in Youth Court removal cases; adoption-clinic adjunct professor and former student attorney.

Divorce and custody depth

Family practice includes divorce, child custody, support, modification, contempt, appeals, adoption, and child welfare in Chancery Courts statewide.

Professional stature

Adjunct professor in Mississippi College School of Law's Adoption Clinic and family-law professional participant.

Children 29/30Case depth 22/25Stature 15/20Online presence 13/15License confidence 8/10
Verification note and limitations

Status note: Unable to capture an individual result from Mississippi's interactive directory; current firm, court, and adjunct-teaching sources support confidence, subject to official verification.

Confirm current bar status, Chancery venue experience, trial volume, adoption/child-welfare versus divorce caseload, fees, and staffing.

Before you hire anyone

A shortlist is the beginning of diligence, not the end.

Kids First Divorce is an independent editorial publication. We do not represent you, refer you to counsel, certify any lawyer, or predict any result. Selection is based on publicly available information reviewed as of the date shown.

Confirm the lawyer’s current license and disciplinary history with the official state authority. Interview the lawyer about conflicts, fees, availability, geographic coverage, relevant experience, strategy, and whether their approach fits your family’s actual facts.

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