Milton Hobbs

Milton Hobbs

Oxford, MS recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2026
Harris Shelton PLLC

32 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Biography

Milton “Dee” Hobbs is a native of Oxford, Mississippi, and his family has lived in the community for five generations. Based in the Oxford office of Harris Shelton PLLC, his practice centers on Real Estate Law as well as business and corporate matters. He works with individuals, developers, and businesses on residential and commercial real estate transactions, real estate development projects, and land use matters.

Dee regularly assists clients with zoning, land use entitlements, commercial and residential development, and commercial condominium projects. His work includes advising businesses involved in retail, healthcare systems and physician practice groups, restaurants and bars, energy operations, recreation, timber, and mixed-use developments. He also handles contract negotiations in healthcare law and works with healthcare regulatory matters and related transactions.

In addition, Dee manages real estate closings for commercial, recreational, and residential property purchases and sales. He serves as a title agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company and works to facilitate efficient and organized closings for buyers, sellers, and lenders.

His broader business practice includes advising clients on a wide range of commercial transactions. Dee negotiates and helps close stock and asset purchases and sales, mergers, joint ventures, and technology licensing arrangements, assisting clients through each stage of the transaction process.

Harris Shelton PLLC

32 Best Lawyers awards

Harris Shelton PLLC logo

Overview

  • University of Georgia, J.D. Cum Laude, graduated 2001
  • University of Mississippi, M.A & B.A, graduated 1998

  • Mississippi, The Mississippi Bar, 2005
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association, 2001

  • International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) - Sustaining Member
  • Lafayette County Bar Association - Member
  • Mississippi Bar Association - Member
  • NORML Legal Committee - Member

  • Supreme Court of Alabama
  • Supreme Court of Mississippi and all State Courts in Mississippi
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • Mississippi, The Mississippi Bar, 2005
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association, 2001
  • International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) - Sustaining Member
  • Lafayette County Bar Association - Member
  • Mississippi Bar Association - Member
  • NORML Legal Committee - Member
  • University of Georgia, J.D. Cum Laude, graduated 2001
  • University of Mississippi, M.A & B.A, graduated 1998
  • Supreme Court of Alabama
  • Supreme Court of Mississippi and all State Courts in Mississippi
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Awards:
  • Mid-South Super Lawyer, 2009-2015

  • Mid-South Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009–2015

  • Mississippi Business Journal’s “Leaders in Law Award” as one of Mississippi’s leading business attorneys, 2014

Additional Information

  • Civic and Community Involvement
  • Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, MS

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