- Jim Hood
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name= Jim Hood
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office= Mississippi Attorney General
term_start=January 13 ,2004
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predecessor= Mike Moore
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profession=Attorney
party= Democratic
footnotes=Jim Hood is the
Attorney General ofMississippi . A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, defeating the Republican nominee Scott Newton. Hood, a former District Attorney, succeeded Mike Moore.He is a native of
New Houlka, Mississippi in Chickasaw County.In 2005, Hood prosecuted former Klansman
Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the murder ofAndrew Goodman ,Michael Schwerner , andJames Chaney inPhiladelphia, Mississippi over forty years ago.He has been active in the legal aspects of the recovery of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after Katrina, Hood partnered with Mississippi plaintiff attorney
Dickie Scruggs to file suit against numerous high profile insurance companies. Hood's leadership has been praised by some as allowing homeowners a better opportunity for recovery than in neighboringLouisiana , [cite news| author=Rebecca Mowbray and Mary Judice| title=Lawsuit in Miss. stands in contrast to La.; Neighboring state goes after insurers| publisher="Times-Picayune" (New Orleans)| date=2007-01-30] but Scruggs and Hood have also been criticized for over-zealously prosecuting insurance companies and because Scruggs helped convey confidential documents, which Hood used in a criminal probe, supposedly to pressureState Farm Insurance into settlement. [cite news| title=Mississippi Justice |publisher="Wall Street Journal"| date=2007-03-15]Hood was reelected on
November 6 ,2007 .References
Education
Hood received his
J.D. from theUniversity of Mississippi in 1988. As an undergraduate, Hood was a member ofPi Kappa Alpha .External links
* [http://www.ago.state.ms.us/index.php/pages/about_your_attorney_general Official bio]
* [http://www.naag.org/ag/ag_bios.php?id=117 NAAG bio]
* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117392424758037698.html Suit against Insurance Cos.]
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