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The Litigation Section is involved in a wide range of activities of interest to the civil litigator, the general practitioner and to the bench. Through newsletters and CLE Seminars, this Section analyzes and discusses methods designed to promote justice in our courts. As a service to Newsletters:
MEC is Coming! The Mississippi Electronic Court System (MEC) is only weeks away from being a reality. On February 1, 2009, the system will go “live” in the Madison County Chancery Court. Soon after, the Madison County Circuit Court will come on line. Plans are to expand MEC to
MEC achieves three important goals: (i) public access to court records, (ii) electronic filing of pleadings and other papers, and (iii) electronic case management. To see the current draft of MEC’s Administrative Procedures, click here. To see the proposed rules changes and proposed AOC regulation, click here.
Decision in Lee v. For those attorneys who commonly work on matters governed by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, the decision in South Central Regional Medical Center v. Guffy, 930 So.2d 1252 (Miss. 2006), has guided preparation of and analysis of tort claim notice letters for the past two years. However, the Our holding today should not be interpreted as holding that the required elements do not need to be explicitly stated in the notice of claim. However, we continue to apply a substantial compliance standard to the notice requirements under Section 11-46-11(2). “What constitutes substantial compliance, while not a question of fact but one of law, is a fact-sensitive determination.” Carr v. Town of
Practices and Preferences of District and Magistrate Judges of the Northern District of Mississippi On September 5, 2008, the District and Magistrate Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi hosted a CLE Seminar at the Click here to view the PDF.
New Federal Rule of Evidence 502 On September 19, President Bush signed into law a bill creating new Federal Rule of Evidence 502. You may access the text of the new Rule by clicking here. You may access the Explanatory Note on FRE 502 prepared by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules by clicking here. Useful Links: The Mississippi Supreme Court~ http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/ CHANCERY COURT JUDGES 12th District 13th District 14th District 15th District 16th District
Sarah Westbrook, Asst. Court Administrator www.co.jackson.ms.us
17th District Angela Thornburg, Court Administrator 18th District Marsha Kisner, Court Administrator to Judge Roberts 19th District Noelle McKinnon, Court Administrator 20th District Merl Forbes, Court Administrator to Judge Zebert Melvia Sumrall, Court Administrator to Judge Grant www.rankincounty.org 11th District 12th District 13th District 14th District 16th District 17th District Lata Lightsey, Court Administator to Judge Lamar Elizabeth Lentz, Court Administrator to Judge Baker Jimmy Radford, Court Administrator to Judge Ready 18th District Rachel Stanley, Court Administrator 19th District Jackson County Pam Gephart, Asst. Court Administrator (civil cases) www.co.jackson.ms.us George County Greene County Http://greencircuit.tripod.com 20th District Pat Green, Court Administrator for Madison County Kim Taylor, Court Administrator for Rankin County 21st Judicial District: Holmes/Humphrey/Yazoo 22nd Judicial District : Copiah/Claiborne/Jefferson http://www.copiahcounty.org/22ndCircuitCourt.htm Litigation Section 2010-2011 Officers Chair L Grant Bennett Hicks & Bennett PLLC P O Box 18350 Hattiesburg, MS 39404-8350 Phone: (601) 544-6770 Fax: (601) 544-6775 Email: grant@hicksandbennett.com Vice Chair J Doug Minor Jr Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP P O Box 1789 Jackson, MS 39215-1789 Phone: (601) 592-9973 Fax: (601) 592-1473 Email: dminor@babc.com Secretary/Treasurer Brooke N Driskell US District Court, Northern Dist 911 Jackson Ave E, Ste 242 Oxford, MS 38655-3621 Phone: (662) 234-3114 Fax: Email: Brooke_Driskell@msnd.uscourts.gov Past Chair Kyle S Moran Phelps Dunbar 2304 19th St Ste 300 Gulfport, MS 39501-2912 Phone: (228) 679-1130 Fax: (228) 679-1131 Email: morank@phelps.com Edward P Connell Jr. Merkel & Cocke P O Box 1388 Clarksdale, MS 38614-1388 Phone: (662) 627-9641 Fax: (662) 627-3592 Email: tconnell@merkel-cocke.com Executive Committee (8/2009-7/2012) Rebecca L Wiggs Watkins & Eager P O Box 650 Jackson, MS 39205-0650 Phone: (601) 965-1900 Fax: (601) 965-1901 Email: rwiggs@watkinseager.com Executive Committee (8/2010-7/2013) Meade W Mitchell Butler Snow P O Box 6010 Ridgeland, MS 39157-6010 Phone: (601) 985-4560 Fax: (601) 985-4500 Email: meade.mitchell@butlersnow.com |
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