Cory T. Wilson, former Deputy Secretary of State and Chief of Staff for Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, has become "of Counsel" to the Firm and manage its new Jackson office.

“It was an exceptional opportunity to bring Cory into the firm,” said Firm President, Jimmy Heidelberg. “It was also a launching point for the firm’s long term plan to expand our services and better serve our clients through the opening of a Jackson office.”

“I’m a Jackson County native, so joining Heidelberg, Steinberger, Colmer and Burrow in many ways is like coming home,” said Wilson. “The opportunity to be a part of an established Gulf Coast firm and expand its experience and expertise to Jackson is a perfect fit.”

Wilson attended the University of Mississippi School of Business, where he graduated summa cum laude in Economics in 1992. He received his law degree from the Yale Law School in 1995. Following his legal education, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Emmett R. Cox, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.

In 2005, Wilson was selected by President George W. Bush as one of twelve White House Fellows. During the Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service, Wilson served in the Pentagon as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. After returning to law practice in Mississippi, Wilson served as Deputy Secretary of State and Chief of Staff for Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann from 2008 to 2011, when he returned to the private sector.

Wilson serves on the Board of the Mississippi Society for Disabilities and the Board of the Mississippi Council for Economic Education. Wilson is a 2001 graduate of the Mississippi Economic Council’s Leadership Mississippi Program, where he met his wife, Stephanie.

Wilson attends Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison, where he has taught Sunday School and participated in two mission trips to England. Wilson also writes a weekly column for the Madison County Journal.

Heidelberg, Steinberger, Colmer & Burrow, P.A. (HSCB) is headquartered on the Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, the industrial heart of Mississippi. HSCB also maintains a Jackson office providing the firm the ability to provide its clients with a greater range of legal services.

HSCB maintains a core focus on civil defense including medical malpractice, products liability and business litigation along with substantial expertise in governmental law, commercial law, real estate and bankruptcy. HSCB represents clients over the entire state of Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf Coast.