John Arthur Eaves Jr.

John Arthur Eaves Jr. is an attorney who practices law with the Eaves Law Firm in Jackson, Mississippi. Since beginning his practice of law, Eaves, in addition to representing clients from all across the southern part of the United States, has represented clients from countries as diverse as England, Canada, Germany, the Ukraine, Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Venezuela, Columbia and the Dominican Republic.

Eaves also is very involved in the political arena, running for the U.S. Congress and as the Democratic nominee for Governor in Mississippi in 2007.

Born in 1966 in Jackson, Mississippi, to John Arthur Eaves, Sr., and Patricia Lovorn Eaves, Eaves is a graduate of Clinton High School, the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Law School.

As an attorney, Eaves has been involved in cases from Cavalese, Italy – where he represented five German families and a Polish family after a U.S. Marine jet severed a cable car line at a ski resort in northern Italy and sent it plunging to the earth, killing 20 people – to Vieques, Puerto Rico, where he’s representing over 7,100 residents suffering from over 30 diseases as a result of environmental contamination from more than 60 years of the island being used as a bombing range by the U.S. Navy. Ongoing cases also include his representation of U.S. soldiers suffering from complications as a result of the initial Gulf War.

Eaves has also represented Ukrainian families who lost loved ones when a ship sank approximately 100 miles from where the Titanic sunk; Ukrainians against the U.S. tobacco companies; Venezuelan residents injured during an AT&T explosion and individuals involved in plane crashes involving American Airlines.

Whether in his home state of Mississippi or Cavalese, Vieques or the Ukraine, Eaves’ mission is simple: To increase the value of life and ensure life is respected in our economic system.

Eaves is married to his beautiful wife, Angel Eaves. They are the parents of four boys – John Arthur Eaves III, Brady, Sterling and Christian, and a beautiful new daughter, Ava.