Errick D. Simmons – Invisible Giants

Errick D. Simmons

Errick D. Simmons was recently selected by the Mary S. Nelums Foundation as an Invisible Giant. The “invisible giant” designation was created to give voice and recognition to young African-American men who are making a positive difference in their community. Their community work is consistent with social work values.

Education

Howard University, Juris Doctorate

 Howard University, Master of Arts

Jackson State University

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration

• Mississippi’s youngest city councilman, Greenville, MS
• Serves on the
  • Charter and Ordinance Committee
  • Public Safety Committee
  • Finance Committee
• Matriculated through Greenville Public Schools where he graduated second in his class at T. L. Weston High School in 1995, second to his twin brother and law partner, Judge and Attorney Derrick T. Simmons
  • Team captain of the national-acclaimed HUSL Huver I. Brown Trial Advocacy Mock Trial Team
    • Led the team to victory defeating two-time reigning champion Harvard Law School to become the first historically black school to win the American Bar Association International Mock Trial Competition
      • Licensed to practice law in Mississippi
      • Co-founder/co-owner of Simmons & Simmons, PLLC in Greenville
    • Certified Youth Court Public Defender and Guardian Ad-Litem in Mississippi
    • appointed by Governor Haley Barbour to serve on a Child Justice Act Task Force in March 2008
    • Key proponent of juvenile justice reform
    • Accepted into the Annie E. Casey’s Applied Leadership Network, where he collaborates with national juvenile justice experts to solve the problem of juvenile delinquency by reducing the reliance on secure detention and developing alternatives to juvenile secure detention
    • Serves as a Youth Mentor of WWISCAA Mentor Program, Board Member of United Way of Washington County, and member of the South-side Neighborhood Association (City of Greenville-Ward 6)
    • Member of Mississippi Bar Association; National Bar Association; Magnolia Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Association of Justice; Mississippi Association of Justice; Mississippi Leadership Class of 2008, and Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society. Errick is also a proud member of the Greenville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and Lake Vista Masonic Lodge No.46
    • Sponsors an annual Christmas Toy Give-a-way, providing toys to nearly 300 needy kids in his area
    • Married to Dr. Temika M. Simmons, Ph.D. and father of Errick C. Simmons