Appellate Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
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Marie Wicks received Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Studies and French, minoring in Chemistry, from the University of Mississippi in 2012, and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2016. She was a student in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Croft Institute for International Studies, and in 2012 she was inducted into the University of Mississippi Hall of Fame. Following college, Marie had the extraordinary honor of serving as Miss Mississippi 2012. After her year of service, she entered law school at Ole Miss, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal and was a member of the Moot Court Board. Marie then clerked with the Honorable E. Grady Jolly with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals before joining the United States Department of Justice Tax Division in Washington, D.C., through the Attorney General Honors Program. Marie is currently an attorney in the Tax Division’s Appellate Section. She has enjoyed volunteering and staying involved in the Ole Miss Law School community, has served on the Ole Miss Law Alumni Board of Directors, and is currently serving as Chairman of the Mississippi Law Journal Board of Directors.