About Willard Benton
Willard Benton Gregg built his legal foundation at the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he received his J.D. in 1994. He arrived at law school after completing a B.S. in Forest Management at Mississippi State University in 1991. The combination of a science-based undergraduate degree and a traditional legal education shaped a practical approach to problem solving.
Gregg began practicing law immediately after graduation. His earliest positions were as an associate at Heidelberg and Woodliff in 1994 and at Dogan and Wilkinson in 1996. A year later he joined Wright Law Office, P.A. as an associate. Those formative years gave him steady courtroom experience and everyday client work that would inform the rest of his career.
By 2004 his career shifted toward a longer-term partnership role when he became a member of Wright, Gregg & Proctor, P.A. He continued to develop his practice and professional network over the next decade and a half. In 2021 he became a shareholder at Young Wells Williams, P.A., a position that reflects his seniority within the firm and his role in guiding case strategy and mentoring younger lawyers.
Gregg is admitted to practice in both Mississippi and Alabama and holds memberships in the Mississippi State Bar and the Alabama State Bar. He also belongs to the American Bar Association, the Capital Area Bar Association and the Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Locally, he participates in the Hinds County Bar Association’s Family Law Section, a sign of sustained engagement with the county’s family law community.
His professional affiliations include fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. That fellowship signals a long-standing involvement in matrimonial matters and gives him a professional forum to exchange ideas with other attorneys who handle divorce and related family law issues. In practice he has handled matters that require negotiation, litigation and client counseling, and he brings courtroom experience to those tasks.
Peers and clients see him as a steady presence who draws on years of practice rather than flashy argument. He has worked in different firm settings over a multi-decade career, moving from associate roles into firm leadership. He is currently a shareholder at Young Wells Williams, P.A., where his practice concentrates on family and matrimonial law matters.
