R. Paul Randall, Jr.

Paul practices in the areas of real property, business transactions, business entity formation, wills and probate and chancery representation. Paul has extensive experience in commercial and residential real property transactions and represents buyers, sellers, borrowers and lenders.

Paul’s extensive experience also includes all aspects of title insurance. He is an authorized title insurance agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company, Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company and United General Title Insurance Company and in this capacity has written title insurance policies insuring hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property across Mississippi. On behalf of title insurance companies and their insured, Paul also defends and litigates title insurance claims.

Before re-entering private practice, Paul served as Associate State Counsel with First American Title Insurance Company in Jackson, Mississippi. At First American, Paul’s primary responsibilities included title insurance underwriting and managing claims.

Paul began his legal practice in his hometown of Woodville, Mississippi with Wilkerson & Crawford, LLP where he was an associate in a general legal practice focusing on real property and related areas of practice.

Paul is a frequent presenter on the subject of real estate transactions and title insurance.

Paul is a member of the Mississippi Bar, where he currently serves as a member of the Committee on Professional Responsibility and on the Real Property Section’s Executive Committee as Secretary. Paul has served as Chairman of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and on the Young Lawyer Division’s Bridge The Gap Seminar Committee. Paul is also a member of the Tri-County Real Estate Lawyer’s Association.

Paul is licensed to practice in every Mississippi Court and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Paul majored in Accounting and earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Mississippi College in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from The University of Mississippi School of Law in 2000.

Paul is an attorney volunteer with the Mission First Legal Aid Clinic, an active member of First Baptist Church Jackson and is married to the former Cyndi Eubanks of Brookhaven. Paul and Cyndi live in Jackson with their three children.

Articles and Presentations

Back To The Basics: Title Insurance Commitments, Policies and Removing Standard Exceptions, Continuing Education for Title Insurance Agency Staffs of First American Title Insurance Company (March 19, 2003)

Insuring Title to Mobile Homes, An Eagle’s View (First American Title Insurance Company, Jackson, Miss.), Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring, 2003.

Mississippi Notary Affidavits, An Eagle’s View (First American Title Insurance Company, Jackson, Miss.), Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer, 2003.

Commercial Underwriting Seminar For Legal Support Professionals, Continuing Education for Title Insurance Agency Staffs of First American Title Insurance Company (October 5, 2003)

Covenants: What Are They And How Do They Affect Homeowners? Presentation to the Lake Trace Homeowners Association, Ridgeland, Miss. (April, 10, 2004)

Powers of Attorney in Mississippi and The Homestead, Continuing Legal Education Presentation to the Judge Advocate Generals’ Annual Continuing Legal Education Seminar at the Mississippi National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Jackson, Miss. (April 3, 2004)

Real Estate Transactions/Title Problems: Revisiting The Basics, Exploring Changes and Addressing Challenges, Presentation to the National Association of Legal Professionals National Convention in Biloxi, Miss. (Nov. 2, 2004)

Solving Real Estate Title Problems in Mississippi: “Insuring Over Title Problems”, Continuing Education for Attorneys, Surveyors and Engineers hosted by Half Moon Seminars, LLC, Pearl, Miss. (April, 21, 2005)