About Michael S.
Michael S. Carr built his academic foundation at the University of Mississippi. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999, completing a double major in history and Spanish. He returned to the same campus for legal training, completing law school and studying criminal and constitutional law before entering practice.
He began working in Mississippi courts after law school and has since held several public and professional roles. He serves as a Bar Commissioner for the 11th Circuit of the Mississippi Bar Association. He has also been a Criminal Justice Act panel lawyer since 2016 and has provided on-call legal services for the Southern States Police Benevolent Association since 2011. Those roles have kept him engaged in courtroom work, federal criminal appointments, and issues that touch both local law enforcement and federal practice.
Carr maintains ties to legal education and institutional governance. Since 2019 he has taught as an adjunct professor at Delta State University, offering courses in constitutional law, criminal law, and trial practice. He also joined the University of Mississippi School of Law Alumni Board of Directors in 2019 and serves on an Executive Finance and Budget Committee. His teaching and board service run alongside active practice, allowing him to bring classroom examples to practical settings and to take practical questions back into the classroom.
In court he practices in state and federal forums. He is admitted in Mississippi and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The mix of trial assignments, appointed federal work, and appellate filings has shaped a practice that spans trial litigation and appellate advocacy. Colleagues describe him as steady at counsel table and methodical in preparing records for appeal.
He operates out of Carr Law Office, PLLC, where he handles criminal defense, constitutional issues, and trial litigation in Mississippi and on appeal in the Fifth Circuit. He also continues to teach and serve on professional committees while maintaining an active caseload. He currently concentrates his practice on criminal defense, constitutional matters, and trial litigation.
