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THE HONOREES Dorrancce Aultman.................Page 6 G. Todd Butler..........................Page 6 Ottowa E. Carter Jr. ...............Page 7 Bradley S. Clanton..................Page 8 Rod Clement .............................Page 8 Tim Crawley ..............................Page 9 Edward J. ‘Ned’ Currie Jr....Page 10 James K. Dossett Jr. ............Page 10 X.M. ‘Mike’ Frascogna Jr.....Page 11 Patricia C. Gandy ...................Page 12 J. Andrew Gipson...................Page 12 F. Taylor Goodman ................Page 13 Clinton McKee Guenther .....Page 14 Eric Hatten...............................Page 14 Robert E. Hauberg Jr............Page 15 John S. Hill ..............................Page 16 Doug Levanway ......................Page 16 Terry Levy, Lawyer of the Year ....Page 5 Joshua J. Metcalf ...................Page 17 Michael C. Moore ...................Page 17 Staci B. O’Neal.......................Page 18 Thomas Y. Page .....................Page 18 Ron G. Peresich......................Page 19 James L. Pettis......................Page 20 William M. Quin II................Page 20 Brian Sanderson.....................Page 21 Gordon ‘Sandy’ Sanford......Page 21 W. Thomas Siler Jr. ..............Page 22 Kelly D. Simpkins..................Page 22 Scott F. Slover........................Page 23
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THE SELECTION PROCESS The criteria for selection were across four categories: » Professional abilities and success: Most significant professional accomplishments; how their division, department or company grew as a direct result of nominees’ abilities; organization where nominees work or have worked, important dates, titles and responsibilities; roles in decision making and extent of those roles; demonstration of positive growth trends,
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programs, products/services and profits; and, special skills and abilities. » Professional recognition: Licenses, degrees and areas of professional expertise; honors and awards; and, nominees’ promotions, partnerships, published work, etc. » Level of influence and professional organizations: Significance of contribution to the business community
and extent of involvement in professional organizations. » Community involvement: Active service and active membership in community organizations and honors and awards received due to community involvement. Using this criteria, a Top 10 is selected from the honorees. From the Top 10, the Mississippi Business Journal selects its Lawyer of the Year.
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DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL CONGRATULATES TERRY LEVY, MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL’S 2013 LAWYER OF THE YEAR.
As part of its annual Leadership in Law awards honoring members of the state’s legal community for both legal success and qualities of character, the Mississippi Business Journal recently named Daniel Coker Horton & Bell attorney Terry Levy 2013 Lawyer of the Year. A DCH&B attorney has been included in the MBJ’s Leadership in Law awards each year since its inception. With office locations in Gulfport, Jackson and Oxford, DCH&B is strategically positioned to provide legal services throughout Mississippi and five neighboring states.
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Lawyer of the Year Terry R. Levy Daniel Coker Horton & Bell
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SK TERRY LEVY about his greatest professional accomplishment and he doesn’t hesitate — being selected to serve as director of Jackson law firm Daniel Coker Horton & Bell. Following in the footsteps of more senior firm leaders was a tremendous honor for the Pascagoula native, whose practice focuses on Commercial and Business Litigation, Construction Law and Professional Liability cases. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, Levy received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Levy believes that professionalism and honesty are the cornerstones to practicing law and says that attorneys can be effective competitors without being unnecessarily adversarial. Levy is a member of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute and the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. Levy and his wife, Davina, enjoy following Ole Miss sports.
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Dorrance Aultman Aultman, Tyner & Ruffin
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ORRANCE AULTMAN is a senior partner in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi office of Aultman, Tyner & Ruffin. A practicing attorney since 1956, Aultman’s law practice is focused primarily on civil litigation in the areas of personal injury, insurance matters, product and premise liability and construction claims. In 1986, he retired from the Mississippi Army National Guard’s JAG corps with the rank of Brigadier General. Aultman
received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law and earned his doctorate from William Carey University in May 2008. Under his leadership, Aultman Tyner & Ruffin now provides legal representation for clients in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana. A member of the South Central Mississippi and American Bar associations, Aultman served with the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions by appointment of the Supreme Court from 1979 until 1982.
G. Todd Butler Phelps Dunbar
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NATIVE OF Jackson, G. Todd Butler is an associate at Phelps Dunbar. He practices in the area of labor and employment, with a focus primarily on constitutional, labor and employment litigation, including Section 1983 civil rights actions. A portion of Butler’s practice is dedicated to traditional labor matters, including defending unfair labor practice complaints before the National Labor Relations Board.
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Additionally, he teaches two courses annually at the Mississippi College School of Law. Before joining Phelps Dunbar, Butler was a law clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. A graduate of Mississippi State University, Butler earned his law degree from the MC School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the college’s Law Review. In his spare time, Butler volunteers with the Friends of Children Hospital and Mission First Legal Society.
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Ottowa E. Carter Jr. Jordan Carter & Body Law Firm
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DMITTED TO the Mississippi Bar in 1991, Ottowa E. Carter Jr. is the Chief Legal Officer of the Jordan Carter & Body Law Firm. Carter graduated magna cum laude from Jackson State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1991. As Chief Legal Officer, Carter is
primarily responsible for carrying out the strategic plans and policies as established by the partners of Jordan Carter & Body. Before joining the firm, the Sardis native was a senior attorney for Byrd Gibbs & Martin and The Allred Law Firm in Jackson. An active member of Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church, Carter also serves as president of the Board of Trustees. He is also president of the Clinton branch of the NAACP and is a member of 100 Black Men of Jackson.
Dean Richard Gershon and The University of Mississippi School of Law proudly congratulate alumnus Terry Levy, winner of the Mississippi Business Journal Attorney of the Year award, and the following University of Mississippi School of Law Terry R. Levy
alumni named to the Top 50 Leaders in Law Class of 2013:
Dorrance Aultman (56) Timothy Crawley (85) Edward J. “Ned� Currie, Jr. (76) James K. Dossett, Jr. (68) John S. Hill (80) Doug Levanway (79) Terry R. Levy (76) Dean Richard Gershon
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Thomas Y. Page (79) Ron G. Peresich (68) James L. Pettis III (83) Brian Sanderson (98) W. Thomas Siler, Jr. (83) Kelly D. Simpkins (91) Scott F. Slover (07) D. Briggs Smith (66)
William L. Smith (76) Christopher Solop (87) J. Wade Sweat (94) Rob Wells (81) Joseph Wilkins (67) Margaret K. Williams (78)
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Bradley S. Clanton Baker Donelson
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RADLEY CLANTON is a shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Jackson office, as well as the Washington, D.C., office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of appellate litigation, public policy, internal investigations, government litigation, election law, and commercial litigation. Clanton also has served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the Constitution. Through his internal
investigations and government litigation practice, Clanton has handled matters related to health care fraud, state and federal securities fraud class action litigation and arbitration proceedings. A 1996 graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, Clanton is a member of the Lawyers Division of the Federalist Society, where he is the vice chairman of the Role of the Courts Subcommittee. In 2012, he was appointed Chair of the Civil Appellate Practice Committee of the Mississippi Bar’s Appellate Section.
Rod Clement Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
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PARTNER WITH Jackson law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Rod Clement has a legal practice that is concentrated in commercial real estate and secured transactions. He regularly represents developers of shopping centers, industrial facilities, office developments, and borrowers, lenders and title insurers in secured financings. Clement also has extensive experience with retail, health care, industrial office
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leases and commercial properties. A 1980 graduate of Millsaps College, Clement earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University, where he was executive editor of the school’s Law Review. Clement is a member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, vice-chair of the Real Estate Financing Group of the ABA’s Section of Real Property, and is a former member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
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Tim Crawley Anderson Crawley & Burke
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IM CRAWLEY is a partner with the Ridgeland law firm of Anderson Crawley & Burke. He began practicing law on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the 1980s, and his career path has permitted him to try virtually every kind of case for which insurance liability or risk is involved. The depth of that experience is illustrated by the fact that he has represented civil defendants in 69 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.
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Born in El Dorado, Ark., Crawley was admitted to the Bar of Mississippi, United States District Courts for Northern and Southern District of Mississippi and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1998. He completed his preparatory education at Duke University and his legal education at the University of Mississippi School of Law. While in law school, Crawley was a member of Phi Delta Phi.
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Edward J. ‘Ned’ Currie Currie Johnson Griffin & Myers
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NOWN BEST as “Ned” to colleagues and clients, Edward J. Currie Jr. is a shareholder in the Jackson office of Currie Johnson Griffin & Myers. He has been practicing law in his native state since graduating from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1976. In addition to eight years teaching as an adjunct professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, Currie’s practice has run the gamut
of insurance defense matters. He has tried numerous significant cases in the fields of personal injury, large loss claims, insurance coverage matters and bad faith. Currie is actively involved in Bar activities and is a frequent lecturer on trial and insurance topics. Additionally, he is a founding member and secretary/treasurer of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. An active member of First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, Currie and his wife Barb are the parents of two grown children.
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James K. Dossett Jr. Baker Donelson
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SHAREHOLDER with Jackson law firm Baker Donelson, James Dossett concentrates his practice in the areas of taxation and estate planning. He has extensive experience in income tax planning for corporations and individuals, limited partnerships and closely held corporations. A Laurel native, Dossett was an organizer and first board chairman of the Mississippi Tax Institute, a two-day annual seminar that
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attracts speakers from around the Southeast. Before joining Baker Donelson, he practiced law for nearly two decades with his father, J. Kearney Dossett. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, Dossett is the father of three daughters and is active at First Baptist Church of Jackson, where he is a member of the Board of Deacons and Finance Committee. In his leisure time, Dossett enjoys traveling, biking and reading.
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X.M. ‘Mike’ Frascogna Frascogna Courtney
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IKE FRASCOGNA is the senior partner in the Jackson law firm of Frascogna Courtney, PLLC, which was established in 1972. He has been involved in international corporate litigation and commercial transactions, corporate acquisitions and mergers, copyright and trademark matters, together with an extensive practice in entertainment and sports law. Frascogna is a graduate of
Mississippi State University, Mississippi College and the Mississippi College School of Law. Since 1978, he has been an adjunct professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, where he teaches an innovative course in negotiation to third-year students. Additionally, Frasconga is the coauthor of This Business of Artist Management. The book, considered by many to be the standard reference work on artist management in the music business, received the coveted ASCAP Deems Taylor Book Award.
Currie Johnson Griffin and Myers, P. A. Congratulates
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Patricia C. Gandy Mission First Legal Aid Office
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S DIRECTOR of the non-profit Mission First Legal Aid Office in Jackson, Patricia Gandy strives to help those who would not otherwise have access to the legal system. At Mission First, fees are based on clients’ ability to pay. Inside a building on the grounds of what once was an abandoned west Jackson apartment complex, Gandy’s goal isn’t to make money but to provide legal assistance to the working poor in
the Jackson metro area. A former law clerk to former Mississippi Court of Appeals Chief Judge Billy Bridges, Gandy assumed her current position in 2006. Additionally, she teaches a onehour classroom component at Mississippi College on poverty law issues affecting the underserved. Before joining Mission First, Gandy worked as an attorney in the area of toxic and environmental torts for Jackson law firm Butler Snow. She graduated cum laude from the Mississippi College School of Law in 1998.
J. Andrew Gipson Jones Walker
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NDY GIPSON is a special counsel with Jackson law firm Jones Walker in its banking and financial services practice group. He focuses his practice in securities, banking, communications and insurance regulatory law. In 2007, Gipson was elected to the Mississippi Legislature representing District 77 in the state House of Representatives. He graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi College before earning his law degree from the
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MC School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the college’s Law Review. Gipson is a member of the Mississippi Bar and was selected as a member of both Leadership Simpson County and Leadership Jackson. Additionally, he was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners and as Treasurer of the Mississippi Legislative Conservative Coalition. In 2011, Gipson was chosen as one of the Mississippi Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” members.
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F. Taylor Goodman Goodman Law Firm
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AYLOR GOODMAN is the managing partner of the Goodman Law Firm, PLLC, in Tupelo, where his primary area of practice is real estate law. Goodman knows that every piece of real estate represents a significant investment by its owner. Protecting this investment often requires the assistance of knowledgeable legal counsel. Goodman’s enthusiasm and knowledge of the
market represents a significant advantage for his clients. A native of Jackson, Goodman obtained a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Mississippi State University and earned his law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law in 2005. Prior to his employment with the Goodman Law Firm, Goodman was in-house counsel for a regional real estate company. He and wife Alison are the parents of two daughters.
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Clinton McKee Guenther Upshaw Williams Biggers & Beckham
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NATIVE OF Leflore County, Clinton Guenther is a shareholder with Greenwood law firm Upshaw Williams Biggers & Beckham. He takes pride in his ability to provide clients with superior legal representation throughout Mississippi. Guenther graduated with distinction from the Mississippi College School of Law, where he served as co-chairman of the Moot Court
Board and earned the school’s American Jurisprudence Award. His primary practice areas include all aspects of insurance defense and coverage, medical and professional liability, trucking and transportation defense, and workmen’s compensation. Whether it’s representing Fortune 500 companies, small town businesses or individuals, Guenther takes a solution-oriented approach to serving his clients with the highest professional standards.
Eric Hatten Burr & Foreman
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RIC HATTEN practices in the General Commercial Litigation Group with the Jackson law firm of Burr & Foreman. A partner with the firm, Hatten’s practice focuses on representing clients in the financial services sector and intellectual property matters. He also represents lending institutions in working out troubled loans, foreclosing on collateral and litigating against borrowers and guarantors.
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In addition, Hatten’s background includes insurance defense work, product liability litigation and malpractice defense. Hatten is admitted to practice in Mississippi, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received his law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law, where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice and Procedure.
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Robert E. Hauberg Jr. Baker Donelson
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S A MEMBER of Baker Donelson’s Government Regulatory Actions Group, Robert Hauberg represents clients in situations where the stakes are high, including such areas as anti-trust, securities, white collar crime and internal investigations. On the professional front, Hauberg is active in various sections of the American Bar Association, including the compli-
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ance and ethics committees. Active in the community, Hauberg has served or is currently serving as a board member of the Mississippi Opera, Mississippi Symphony and the Mississippi Museum of Art. He also has served as a volunteer with Stewpot and Habitat for Humanity. As a former vestry member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral, Hauberg is active in the church and serves as a lector and teacher of theology under the St. Andrew’s Sunday School program.
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John S. Hill Mitchell McNutt & Sams
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OHN HILL is the managing partner with Tupelo law firm Mitchell McNutt & Sams. The former chairman of the firm’s finance committee, Hill’s practice focuses primarily on the defense aspects of employment-related litigation. He also represents a number of government entities in defense of civil matters and has extensive experience in commercial and business litigation.
A 1980 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, Hill also serves as city attorney for Tupelo. As part of one of north Mississippi’s largest law firms, Hill has established a reputation as a respected legal practitioner. Under his steady leadership, Mitchell McNutt & Sams has expanded and now serves clients in many locations, including Tupelo, Columbus, Corinth, Oxford and Memphis.
Doug Levanway Wise Carter Child & Caraway
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SHAREHOLDER with Jackson law firm Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Douglas Levanway knows his mission is to find solutions for his client’s problems that serve their best interest. Levanway believes that this begins with an understanding of his client’s business operations and goals, and applying some creativity. A 1977 graduate of Millsaps College, Levanway received his law degree from the University of
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Mississippi School of Law. At Wise Carter, his practice areas include health care, labor and employment, public utilities, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The chairman and editor of the Mississippi Law Institute, Levanway also is an editor for the Mississippi Law Journal and a past member of the board for the Capital Area Bar Association. Active in civic and charitable interests, Levanway serves as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and is an active member of St. James Episcopal Church.
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Joshua J. Metcalf Forman Perry Watkins Krutz and Tardy
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AMILY MEANS everything to Joshua Metcalf. A partner with Forman Perry’s Jackson office, Metcalf married his high school sweetheart after graduating in three years from Virginia Military Institute. At Forman Perry Watkins Krutz and Tardy, the Memphis native focuses his practice on Commercial and Construction Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury and Product Liability. Metcalf spends most of his time defending complex mass-tort actions, includ-
ing acting as national coordinating counsel for major companies involved in asbestos litigation. He believes his primary contribution to the legal community is his work with young lawyers and passing on lessons he’s learned over the years. A resident of Jackson’s historic Belhaven community, Metcalf is a member of the Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation. In his leisure time, Metcalf enjoys hunting on his farm and spending time with his wife and four children.
Michael C. Moore The Law Office of Michael Moore
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ICHAEL C. Moore is the founding member of The Law Office of Michael Moore. A Mississippi native, Moore has practiced law for more than a decade, handling cases for both plaintiffs and defendants. His legal team has a welldeserved reputation of excellence in providing smart, sensible and cost-effective legal solutions for his clients. Before launching his firm, Moore
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served as a law clerk for the Mississippi Court of Appeals and several large legal firms in the Jackson metro area. He founded The Law Office of Michael Moore in 2006 to utilize his many years of experience to provide effective representation for his clients. Moore focuses his practice in the areas of family law, child custody, custody modifications, divorce, criminal law and personal injury. He strives to stay on the forefront of ever-changing laws and offer a rare consistency of service to his clients.
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Staci B. O’Neal O’Neal Law Firm
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S BOTH AN attorney at O’Neal Law Firm and accomplished author, Staci O’Neal’s focus is on children. The public defender for the Madison County Youth Court and Juvenile Drug Court, O’Neal is passionate about helping at-risk youngsters and their families. In addition to her duties as public defender, the Baton Rouge native mentors teenagers long after her legal representation ends. For the past five years, O’Neal has
hosted “Metemorphosis,” a teen support group that reaches children struggling with a variety of issues. In 2012, she published a book entitled “The Way Out,” a volume written for young people who find themselves overwhelmed with life. She also volunteers as a coach with the Madison Central High School Mock Trial team. A former church musician, O’Neal received her law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law in 2000. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, scuba diving and singing.
Thomas Y. Page Page Cruger & Holland
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NATIVE OF Columbus, Thomas Page is a senior partner with Flowood law firm Page Kruger & Holland. Page’s stated philosophy in managing the organization is to promote “civility within the firm.” Page Kruger & Holland makes available to its attorneys an impressive support staff, including registered nurses who bring to bear significant expertise in medical malpractice and bodily injury cases.
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Page received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1979 after earning his Bachelors of Science degree from Mississippi State University. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Mississippi and American Bar associations, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association and the Atlanta Claims Association. Additionally, Page serves in the JAG corps of the U.S. Army Reserve at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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Ron G. Peresich Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott
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ORN IN New Orleans and raised in Biloxi, Ron Peresich is one of the founding members of Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott, PLLC, and serves as the firm’s managing partner. He has extensive experience handling complex commercial and personal injury litigation, and has represented a wide variety of business and personal clients throughout his career. He also has significant experience
handling commercial transactions for large and small businesses. A former attorney for the United States Chamber of Commerce, Peresich attended undergraduate and law school at the University of Mississippi before being admitted to practice law in 1968. In addition to focusing on the needs of the firm and its clients, Peresich is extremely active in the community, devoting a considerable portion of his time to improving the business and legal community throughout Mississippi.
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James L. Pettis III Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
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IM PETTIS III, partner-incharge of the Jackson office of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi School of Law and the University of Florida, where he received a postgraduate law degree in taxation. Pettis is a member of the firm’s Trust, Estates & Personal Planning Service Team. He concentrates his practice in
the areas of estate planning, probate, ERISA and employee benefits, and state and federal taxation. He also has served as chairman of the Health Law Section of the Mississippi Bar Association. In 2013, Pettis was selected to chair the Taxation Section of the Mississippi Bar Association. For Pettis, his selection by the Bar came at a time of great uncertainty for individuals attempting to make decisions relating to their personal tax planning.
William M. Quin II McCraney Montagnet Quin
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ILLY QUIN IS A partner with McCraney Montagnet Quin, where he has recovered more than $210 million in settlements in a wide variety of civil litigation. Among Quin’s most notable commercial cases were his securities fraud suits on behalf of WorldCom stock and bond holders. The high-profile cases were highlighted on the PBS television news program NOW with Bill Moyers. A former University of
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Mississippi football letterman, Quin earned his law degree from Louisiana State University in 1997. While in law school, the McComb native received regional awards for his oral argument in the Jessup International Law Appellate Competition. Today, Quin regularly serves as a continuing education lecturer on civil litigation topics and has authored several law review and law journal articles. A resident of Madison, Quin and his wife, Christy, are the parents of three children.
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Brian Sanderson Cardinal Group
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ASCAGOULA NATIVE Brian Sanderson is the senior partner for Cardinal Group LLC in Ocean Springs. Before he launched the firm in 2013, he worked with the Brunini Law Firm’s Gulf Coast office. He concentrated his practice in government relations, economic development incentives, zoning and land use regulation, and corporate and commercial transactions. After Hurricane Katrina, Sanderson was appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to serve as General
Counsel to the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding & Renewal and then as Deputy Director of the Governor’s Office of Recovery. For almost four years, he was president of the Gulf Coast Business Council, an alliance of more than 250 business and industry leaders in three coastal counties. He received his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he was president of the law school student body and was a member of the Mississippi Law Journal.
Gordon ‘Sandy’ Sanford Adams and Reese
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ETTER KNOWN as “Sandy” to his friends, Gordon Sanford joined Adams and Reese in 2011 as Special Counsel in the Special Business Services Group and on the firm’s Governmental Relations team in the Jackson office. Sanford, who has been practicing law since 1998, is a former special counsel to AT&T Mississippi. At Adams and Reese, his principal areas of practice include governmental relations, business litiga-
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tion and business counseling. A Pascagoula native, Sanford graduated summa cum laude and first in his class from Mississippi College School of Law. He is an adjunct professor at the college, where he has taught courses on Sales, Leasing and Remedies. A member of the Ole Miss Hall of Fame, Sanford is past president of the Mississippi Corporate Counsel Association and a member of Young Business Leaders. In his leisure time, he enjoys coaching youth sports, playing golf and traveling.
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W. Thomas Siler Jr. Phelps Dunbar
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HOMAS SILER is a managing partner and practices law in the area of labor and employment for Jackson-based firm Phelps Dunbar. Since 1983, he has concentrated his practice in the representation of management in labor and employment law matters, and in the defense of civil rights issues. A graduate with distinction from the University of Mississippi School of Law, Siler has maintained an active trial practice, including
numerous trials in the Federal Court system and various arbitrations regarding the interpretation of collective bargaining agreements. He also has litigated a variety of cases arising under the United States Constitution. In addition to an active litigation practice, Siler also manages union campaigns, conducts contract negotiations, and represents companies before the National Labor Relations Board. He is a member of the Mississippi Bar and the Defense Research Institute.
Kelly D. Simpkins Wells Marble & Hurst
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MANAGING member with Wells Marble & Hurst law firm in Jackson, Kelly Simpkins has substantial experience in life, health and disability insurance defense, business litigation and product liability. He has represented insurers in bad faith actions, regulatory matters and sales practices/agent fraud claims both in Mississippi and numerous other states. Simpkins’ cases range from single claimant cases to the defense of complex
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mass tort actions, including representing insurance carriers in claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina. A Meridian native, Simpkins is a cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he served as assistant editor of the Mississippi Law Journal. Simpkins is a member of the Defense Research Institute, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association and International Claim Association. Additionally, he is a former member of the Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court.
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OR SCOTT SLOVER, there is no greater role model than his mother, who battled breast cancer for 15 years and taught him to have faith, strength and dignity. A North Carolina native, Slover is managing partner with Natchez law firm Slover & Associates. Although his practice focuses mainly on family law and child advocacy cases, Slover also serves as attorney for the Adams County Board of Supervisors and Natchez, Inc., the
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region’s economic development organization. In 2013, Slover helped the county find appropriate grant packages to acquire and update a heavy-duty waste water treatment facility to service three economic development projects that will eventually deliver over 500 jobs to the region. He’s also reduced the county’s budget by $500,000 through contract negotiations. A University of Alabama graduate, Slover earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law.
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ITH THE help of Richard Phillips, D. Briggs Smith founded the Smith Phillips Mitchell Scott & Nowak law firm in 1974. Today, the firm consists of 11 attorneys and a large staff operating from offices in Batesville and Hernando. Both an experienced trial lawyer and a registered pharmacist, Smith is a graduate of the University of
Mississippi School of Law and the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He is a past president of the Ole Miss Law Association, a member of the Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association and was selected the Ole Miss Law Alumnus of the Year in 2004. Active in numerous community, church and charitable organizations, Smith also is past chairman of the Lamar Order, the financial contributor group to the Ole Miss Law School, and a member of Litigation Counsel of America.
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ILL SMITH is a partner with Jackson law firm Balch & Bingham. He has enjoyed an extensive and diverse civil litigation practice for over 35 years. Before joining Balch & Bingham, Smith practiced for 23 years with the Brunini Law Firm, where he chaired one of the firm’s litigation sections and its environmental group. Throughout his career, Smith has represented the pipeline industry on both the state and national lev-
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els. Among his representative clients are Kinder Morgan, Colonial Pipeline and Texas Eastern Gas Transmission. In addition to courtroom work, Smith has tried numerous cases before administrative tribunals and has handled more than 100 regulatory enforcement actions before the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA. Appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant, Smith also serves as Chairman of the Judicial Selection Committee for the Governor’s Office.
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Christopher Solop Biggs Ingram & Solop
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ITH HIS experience in construction law spanning more than two decades, Christopher Solop is the chairperson of the Construction Litigation and Government Contracts sections for the Biggs Ingram & Solop law firm. He has an extensive background representing clients in the construction industry, including preand post-award protests, claim preparation and litigation. A certified mediator on the
Mississippi Bar’s List of Mediators, Solop has been an advocate for the interests of both public and private construction clients. Additionally, he serves as General Counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Mississippi. Solop earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law after he worked as a Range Conservationist for the U.S. Forest Service in Mississippi’s DeSoto National Forest. He also has co-authored several publications, including The Contractor’s Deskbook and Mississippi Construction Law.
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J. Wade Sweat Krebs Farley & Pelleteri WADE SWEAT is a partner with Jackson law firm Krebs Farley & Pelleteri. As a member of the firm, Sweat strives to seek pragmatic solutions for his clients. His law practice concentrates primarily in Complex Commercial litigation, Construction Law and Surety Law. Before joining the firm, Sweat practiced for more than a decade with Ridgeland law firm Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush. A graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, Sweat
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received his undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University in 1989. He served as a Mississippi Bar Commissioner for three years and was alumni editor for the Mississippi Law Journal. A popular speaker, Sweat has given presentations throughout the state on insurance fraud, agent liability and risk transfer. Additionally, he is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association and the Mississippi Claims Association.
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Granville Tate Jr. Brunini Law Firm
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URRENTLY serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors and financial institutions group, Granville Tate has been a member of the Brunini Law Firm in Jackson since 1986. From 1996 until 2010, Tate served as the firm’s Loss Prevention/Ethics partner and as Chairman of the Commercial Department. Currently, he focuses his practice on banking, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, securities and real estate matters.
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A graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, Tate advises boards of directors and senior bank officers regarding their fiduciary duties and corporate governance responsibilities. He has represented clients on merger and acquisition transactions in a variety of industries, including timber, retail, television and software companies. Tate has served as counsel to and on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson, and as Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi since 2002.
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EFORE RECEIVING her law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law, Nina Tollison earned an undergraduate degree in applied voice at the University of Mississippi. Today, Tollison is the senior partner of Oxford law firm Nina Stubblefield Tollison, LLC. She is admitted to all state and federal courts of Mississippi, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before launching her
private practice, she was a partner in the Tollison Law Firm for 23 years. In 2010, Tollison was installed as president of the Mississippi Bar, and made presentations at the Ole Miss School of Law’s James O. Dukes Professionalism programs, Mississippi Rural Legal Services convention and the Evelyn Gandy Lecture Series, among others. Additionally, Tollison has been a member of the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference since 1984 and has held several positions, including President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer.
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James E. Upshaw Upshaw Williams Biggers & Beckham
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NATIVE OF Maben, Jim Upshaw helped launch Greenwood law firm Upshaw Williams Biggers & Beckham more than 40 years ago. It is a full-service, regional law firm with offices in Greenwood, Jackson and Hernando, Mississippi. Under Upshaw’s leadership, team members have established the firm’s reputation among its clients for zealous, ethical representation of the highest quality while obtain-
ing successful results. A graduate of the Cumberland University School of Law, Upshaw served as the County Attorney for Wayne County in the early 1960s. Active in numerous professional organizations, he is a member of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Delta Claims Association, the William C. Keady American Inn of Court and Defense Research Institute. Before attending law school, Upshaw served his country with the U.S. Navy from 1951 until 1955.
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OBERT WELLS prides himself on offering his clients a depth of knowledge similar to those of much larger law firms, yet on a more personal level. Wells is the Chief Executive Officer of downtown Jackson law firm Young Wells, P.C., an affiliate of Young Wells that provides administrative and legal services to several different states and governmental entities across the nation. His practice is limited to representing, assisting and operating
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state and local government child support and family assistance programs. He graduated cum laude from Millsaps College before receiving his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. His goal is to provide sophisticated, individualized service to a very diverse clientele, from individuals to family businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Wells is a member of several professional organizations, including the Capital Area Bar Association and Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
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Joseph T. Wilkins III Wilkins Patterson
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SHAREHOLDER with the Wilkins Patterson law firm, Joe Wilkins received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and his law degree from the University of Mississippi. He focuses his law practice primarily on workers’ compensation and insurance defense cases. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Army JAG corps, Wilkins was an estate tax attorney with the Birmingham, Alabama office of the Internal Revenue Service. Later, he
represented the City of New Albany as an alderman, city attorney and city prosecuting attorney in the early 1970s. A Tupelo native, Wilkins is currently a member of the Hinds County, the Mississippi and the American Bar associations, as well as the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. In January 2013, he helped launch Wilkins Patterson as a new law firm specializing in litigation. The new firm was formed to strengthen its lawyers’ commitment to longstanding clients in Mississippi.
Margaret H. Williams Wise Carter Child & Caraway
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YAZOO CITY native, Margaret Williams is a shareholder with Wise Carter Child & Caraway. She also serves the firm as Chair of the board of directors. Williams graduated cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law after earning her undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University. Her commercial law practice routinely includes the areas of mergers and acquisitions, engineering and
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construction law. A focus of Williams’ transitional practice has involved the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. She relishes her mentoring role to younger lawyers and balancing private practice with volunteer activities through the state and local Bar associations, Mississippi Center for Justice and the American Heart Association. A long-time active member of Galloway United Methodist Church, Williams enjoys taking Pilates classes and walking her dogs.
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Charles P. Adams Jr, Adams and Reese LLP Betty Burton Arinder, Wells Marble & Hurst PLLC Harris H. Barnes III, Barnes, McGee & Associates P.A. Edmund L. Brunini Jr., Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes PLLC R. Barry Cannada, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC Victor W. Carmody Jr., Victor W. Carmody, Jr. PA Dorsey Carson, Burr & Forman LLP Alveno N. Castilla, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis P.A. Mark A. Chinn, Chinn & Associates PLLC John Benton Clark, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell P.A. Donald Clark Jr., Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC Beth C. Clay, The Clay Firm John G. Corlew, Corlew Munford & Smith PLLC Angela Davis-Morris, Davis-Morris Law Firm P.A. Jack F. Dunbar, Holcomb Dunbar P.A. Lynn Fitch, Mississippi State Personnel Board Barry W. Ford, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC Jeramie J. Fortenberry, Fortenberry Law Group Cheri Turnage Gatlin, Burr & Forman LLP Robert L. Gibbs, Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC Jim M. Greenlee, Holcomb Dunbar P.A. Philip A. Gunn, Wells Marble & Hurst PLLC Samuel D. Habeeb, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP Mark D Herbert, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis P.A. James D. Holland, Page Kruger & Holland P.A. Fred Krutz, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP Sen. Chris McDaniel, Hortman Harlow Bassi Robinson & McDaniel PLLC Ray McNamara, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush P.A. J. Douglas Minor, Jr., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Armin Moeller, Balch & Bingham LLP Charles Ozier, Wise Carter Child & Caraway P.A. James A. Peden Jr., Stennett Wilkinson & Peden P.A. Mona T. Pittman, Kelly Law Firm Richard C. Roberts III, Law Offices of Richard C. Roberts III Charlie Ross, Wise Carter Child & Caraway P.A. John Howard Shows, ShowsPowell LLC Vicki R. Slater, Vicki R. Slater, Attorney at Law Paula N. Stennett-Yancey, Jackson County Board of Supervisors Lance L. Stevens, Stevens & Ward P.A. Glenn S. Swartzfager, Mississippi Capital Post-Conviction Counsel W. C. Trotter III, Garrard & Trotter LLP H. Hunter Twiford III, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC Michael W. Ulmer, Watkins & Eager PLLC Lawrence D. Wade, Campbell DeLong LLP Jim Waide, Waide & Associates P.A. Walter Scott Welch III, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC H. Rodger Wilder, Balch & Bingham LLP Martin E. Willoughby Jr., Willoughby Law Group PLLC William R. Wright, Wright Law Firm P.A.
Jackson H. Ables III, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. Amanda Green Alexander, Alexander & Watson, PA James M. Anderson, Anderson Crawley & Burke, PLLC Derek R. Arrington, Jackson Bowman, Blumentritt & Arrington Leigh Kennington Berry, Berry Law Firm Jonathan L. Bullock, Shell Buford PLLC Kevin D. Camp, Camp Law Firm Don B. Cannada, Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC Roxanne P. Case, Wells, Marble and Hurst Ralph E. Chapman, Chapman, Lewis & Swan, P.A. Ben Thomas Cole II, North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Clyde X. Copeland III, Harris Jernigan & Geno, PLLC Robert Pepper Crutcher Jr., Balch & Bingham, LLP Dale Danks Jr., Danks, Miller & Cory Thomas W. Dawson, attorney, consultant, author Robert D. Drinkwater, Brunini Law Firm Cecelia Champion Edwards, Mississippi College School of Law Tony R. Gaylor, Chambers & Gaylor Law Firm, PLLC Darryl M. Gibbs, Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A. and CG Law Group Tomie Green, Seventh Circuit Court District Patricia E. Herlihy, Herlihy Law Firm, PLLC Stan T. Ingram, Biggs, Ingram, Solop & Carlson, PLLC Bettie Ruth Johnson, Law Office of B. Ruth Johnson, PLLC John Griffin Jones, Jones, Funderburg, Sessums, Peterson & Lee, PLLC R. David Kaufman, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC John T. Kitchens, Kitchens Hardwick Ray & Whitfield, PLLC John T. Lamar Jr., Lamar & Hannaford, PA Craig Landrum, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP Russell Latino III, Wells Marble & Hurst J. William Manuel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP William Mendenhall, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC George M. Mitchell Jr., solo practitioner Tucker Mitchell, Mitchell Day Law Firm Deanne M. Mosley, Mississippi State Personnel Board James R. Mozingo, Mozingo, Simpson, Quarles, PLLC Charles R. Mullins, Coxwell & Associates Virginia T. Munford, Corlew Munford & Smith PLLC Jesse S. New Jr., Law Office Jesse S. New, PLLC James Ashley Ogden, Ogden and Associates, PLLC Colette A. Oldmixon, Smith & Oldmixon Rachel M. Pierce, Waide & Associates, P.A. Timothy W. Porter, Porter & Malouf, P.A. Jeffery P. Reynolds, Jeffery P. Reynolds, PA John H. Rice, Balch & Bingham, LLP Bonnie Bridgers Smith, Gibbs Whitwell, PLLC Lee Davis Thames, Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC J. Carter Thompson Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz James A. Torrey Jr., McGehee, McGehee & Torrey R. James Young, Wells Marble & Hurst, PLLC
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Fred L. Banks Jr., Phelps Dunbar LLP
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Class of 2012 Leadership in Law honorees Charles Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, PLLC Guthrie Abbott Sr., University of Mississippi School of Law Mary Clift Abdalla, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz and Tardy Bartley Adams, Akins & Adams Andy Alexander, Lake Tindall Law Firm, LLP Timothy Anzenberger, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush Charlie Baglan, Charlie Baglan & Associates Deborah Bell, University of Mississippi School of Law Wilton V. Byars III, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, PA Andrew S. Caldwell, Cardwell and Cardwell, PLLC Ted Connell Jr., Merkel & Cocke Meta Copeland, Mississippi College School of Law Dennis Lee DeBar Jr., DeBar Law Firm, LLC Michelle D. Easterlng, Edwards, Storey, Marshall, Helverston & Easterling La’Verne Edney, Baker Donelson Steven E. Farese Sr., Farese, Farese & Farese Robert L. Holladay Jr., Cal-Maine Foods N. Gene Hortman Jr., Hortman Harlow Judith J. Johnson, Mississippi College School of Law William Jordan, William F. Jordan & Associates Hugh D. Keating, Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca Alison Oliver Kelly, Office of Hinds County Public Defender Casey Lott, Langston & Lott
Kendra L. Lowery, Lowery Law Office, PLLC David Marchetti, Wells, Marble & Hurst, PLLC David Neil McCarty, David Neil McCarty Law Firm, PLLC John E. Milner, Brunini Law Firm Alan Moore, Baker Donelson Richard Noble, Crosthwait, Terney & Noble, PLLC Richard G. Norris II, Wells, Marble & Hurst, PLLC James W. O’Mara, Phelps Dunbar Chad James Reynolds, Mississippi Public Utilities Staff Maj. Karen W. Riddle, U.S. Army Lawrence Schemmel, Special Assistant Attorney General Ashley Nader Stubbs, Butler Snow Thomas M. Taff Jr., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Andy Taggart, Taggart, Rimes & Usry, PLLC Michael Tarleton, Unigario & Eckert Joe Tatum, Tatum and Wade, PLLC Alec Taylor, Krebs Farley & Pelleteri, PLLC Robin Banck Taylor, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC Clifford Thompson, Thompson and Associates Walter Weems, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes R. Scott Wells, Rushing & Guice, PLLC Stacie Zorn, Heidelbert Steinberger Colmer & Burrow
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