Attorney Biographies

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Ashley Allen
Ashley Allen is an Assistant District Attorney assigned to the Madison County office in Canton.  She is a lifetime Madison resident, graduating from Madison Central High School in 2002.   She then graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2005 with a major in political science and a minor in journalism.  She received her J.D. from Ole Miss in 2008...read more 

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Bryan Buckley
Bryan Buckley is an Assistant District Attorney assigned to the Madison County office in Canton. An experienced prosecutor, Bryan began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) for Hinds County. Assigned to one of the first Drug Court programs in Mississippi, Bryan helped facilitate one of the most voluminous dockets in the state while gaining substantial trial experience in the courtroom...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Dan Duggan
Dan W. Duggan, Jr. received his B.S. degree from the University of Houston in 1982 and his J.D. degree from South Texas College of Law in 1986. He was in private practice in Jackson, Mississippi from 1988 until 1998 as a sole practitioner, with an emphasis on criminal defense...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Greg Miles
Gregory V. Miles has been an assistant district attorney since 2001, having previously worked in the Hinds County District Attorney’s office. He is currently working for District Attorney Michael Guest in Madison County. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, he was a criminal defense attorney, working in private practice and for the Hinds County Office of the Public Defender. Miles is a graduate of Mississippi College (B.S.B.A., M.S. Communications) and Mississippi College School of Law (Juris Doctorate)...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Marty Miller
Marlin A. (Marty) Miller, Jr. received his B.S. in Business Administration in 1992 from Mississippi College and J.D. Degree in 1998 from the University of Mississippi. He interned with the United States Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division, in Jackson, MS, and served as a Law Clerk (1998 - 2000) with the Late James E. Thomas, Judge Mississippi Court of Appeals and also as an Assistant District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Jacque Purnell
Jacque Purnell is an Assistant District Attorney assigned to prosecute sexual assault, rape, and child abuse cases in Madison and Rankin Counties. An experienced prosecutor, Jacque began her legal career with the Mississippi Department of Human Services as a child support attorney in Clay and Webster Counties...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Vicky Williams
Vicky Falls Williams has served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Twentieth Circuit Court District since October 2006. She attended Itawamba Junior College from 1980 to 1982, received her B.A. degree from the University of Mississippi in 1984 and her J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1987...read more

Biography for Assistant District Attorney Dow Yoder
Mississippi College: B.S., 1994; University of Mississippi School of Law: J.D., 1999; admitted to Bar, 1999: Mississippi; United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...read more