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Meet everyone at R+A
Not just anyone is R+A material.
People in the legal profession think family law is too personal, but that’s what we love about it. We help our clients with the important stuff.
We are small by design, because “big” does not work in family law. We know this from experience. The routine conflict check crosses dozens of eyes in larger firms, but at R+A we think the fewer people that know about your situation the better. Representing corporations is just not the same as representing individuals. We know this from experience too.
Our team is made up of special people with a special calling. Below we proudly introduce our awesome little family.
Our Team
M. Craig Robertson
Craig Robertson is the founder and managing partner of Robertson + Associates. He loves his job. Craig is an innovative problem solver and an energetic mediator. Craig gets his competitive fix in the courtroom, where he has excelled since becoming a member of the bar after graduating from Ole Miss in 1999. In fact, Super Lawyers magazine has named him a Rising Star every year since 2008, and he is board certified in family law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. In 2011, Craig was chosen by the Mississippi Business Journal as a Top 40 Under 40, which recognizes the state’s 40 up-and-coming business leaders under the age of 40. He has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and is the founder of a non-profit adoption agency, 200 Million Flowers.
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Alicia Baladi (Of Counsel)
Alicia is a graduate of Ole Miss (1994), Millsaps College (1991) and married Joe in 1992. She is a member of the Mississippi Bar and its Family Law Section and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyer’s Project. She was recently chosen as a member of the prestigious Charles Clark Inns of Court, an organization of lawyers and judges in the Jackson area.
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Jeremy P. McNinch
Admitted to practice in 2003, Jeremy is a partner with R+A and has tried family law cases across the state of Mississippi, and he has extensive experience in circuit court and federal court. A former law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, Jeremy has in-depth knowledge of Mississippi’s appellate system. Jeremy was a locally famous television personality for a couple of weeks, and his experience on live television gives him unwavering confidence in the courtroom. Learn More
Matthew S. Easterling
Matt Easterling is an associate attorney with Robertson+Associates. A graduate of the University of Alabama in Investment Finance, he completed his legal training at Ole Miss and furthered his training at the renowned ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute in Denver, Colorado. The Institute pitted Matt against some of the brightest attorneys from well respected family law firms nationwide. Despite being the youngest graduate of the Institute, Matt received outstanding reviews. Matt has an uncanny ability to put people in crisis at ease -so much that many clients have remarked that he missed his true calling as a therapist. He is intensely competitive and passionate. Learn More
Lori G. Gray
Lori G. Gray is the voice of R+A and wears many hats at the office. She is the office administrator, payroll clerk, account manager, marketing director, senior legal assistant and most importantly, a client. Lori is a busy mom whose children are her heart and soul. She was proudly born and raised in South Jackson and found the greatest love of her life, Grant, the second time around. Lori is a rock-star speller -the boys in the office prefer her to the computer spell checker. Learn More
Meredith Price
Three extreme facts about Meredith Price: she has jumped from a plane, back-packed through Europe, and is a law student. The last fact being the most overwhelming, scary, and exciting at the same time! This excitement has fueled the path of Meredith Price – the newest member of the R+A family.
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Courtney Wolfe
Courtney is a law clerk at Robertson + Associates and a law student at the Mississippi College School of Law. In her second year, Courtney took a chancery court clinic where she served as a guardian ad litem representing the best interests of children in custody proceedings and realized that chancery (family) practice was where she belonged. Since then, Courtney has served as a student attorney in youth court and represented families in finalizing adoptions. Learn More
Marriage is hard, there is no denying it and sometimes couples want to test the waters so-to-speak to see if they want to stay and work on their marriage or if they are ready to begin the divorce process. Couples who are not ready for divorce often opt for a trial separation, i.e. someone moves out of the house, gets an apartment, as if they are taking a so-called break from the marital home and possibly the marital relationship. Some states have laws that allow for couples to have a “legal separation”, however, Mississippi does not. Here the rule is simple: the law favors marriage. You are married until you are divorced or someone is dead. There is no such thing as legally separated in Mississippi, couples cannot go to a court and request that it put a hold on the marriage. This does not mean that you and your spouse cannot agree to a separation, it only means that any such agreement will not be judicially enforced. 
