J. Blake Douglas

A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, J. Blake Douglas joined Tannehill Carmean, PLLC in 2021.  Blake’s area of practice is wills and estates and family law.

While in law school, Blake clerked for the firm assisting with drafting wills and estate documents and real estate matters.  In his last year of law school, Blake interned for Third Chancery Court District Judge Vicki Daniels.

Blake is a native of Batesville, Mississippi.  He is married to the former Mindy Manning, also of Batesville. Blake and Mindy have always loved the community of Oxford and all it has to offer. After living in New Orleans for three years, Blake and Mindy officially moved to Oxford in 2016. Mindy is a nurse anesthetist at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.  They have three young daughters, Ari, Hallie, and Ada.  They attend Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville.

Blake is an avid weightlifter, and enjoys spending time with his family and watching Ole Miss sports when he is not practicing law.

In 2023 Blake received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Alabama School of Law.

Blake served on the Seminars Committee for the Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division for the 2024-2025 year.  Blake was also a member of the Leadership Lafayette Class of 2024.

Bar Admission

• Mississippi, 2020

Education

• LL.M. in Taxation, University of Alabama, 2023
• J.D., University of Mississippi, 2019
• B.A., University of Mississippi, 2015

Awards

• CALI Award Recipient, Lawyering Skills Workshop, Spring 2019

Professional Associations

• Mississippi Bar