Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | 09:02 PM

The Mississippi Bar Association - Section

The Mississippi Bar has 15 Sections, which are open to any Bar member in good standing. To learn more about how you can be involved in Sections, contact Rene' Garner at 601-355-9226 or email rgarner@msbar.org. In addition, each Section has an electronic mailing list, some of which are on-going discussions about certain areas of practice. To know more about these lists or how you can be subscribed, contact rgarner@msbar.org.

Bar Hosts the 2008 Section Orientation Session

Section Officers attended the FY 2008-09 Orientation Session on August 20, 2008. The half day program is designed to familiarize new Section leaders with their duties and brief them on resources available to them through the Bar. This year’s Session included an overview by MB President Rodger Wilder, and briefings by Bar staff on administration, governance, finance, the attorney discipline process, the ethics process and legislation. Section leaders spent time in breakout sessions discussing plans for FY 2008-09.

Worker’s Compensation Section Officers for 2008-2009 are Pepper Cossar, Treasurer, and Betty Arinder.

Section on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Officers include Lisa Ouzts, Chair, and Kelli M. Dowell, Vice-Chair.

2008-09 Real Property Section Officers are Paul L. Gunn, Chair, and Paul Randall, Jr., Vice-Chair.

Representing the Litigation Section are Cal Mayo, Jr., Chair; Kyle Moran, Vice-Chair; and Grant Bennett, Secretary-Treasurer.

Family Law Section Officers for 2008-2009 include Leigh Ann Rutherford, Chair; and David Bridges, Secretary-Treasurer.

Officers representing the Labor and Employment Law Section are Tim M. Threadgill, Chair; and Kaye Johnson Persons, Secretary-Treasurer.

2008-2009 Government Law Section Officers are Andy Delaney, Vice-Chair; Jon Mark Weathers, Secretary-Treasurer; and Susan Tsimortos, Chair

Serving as Officers of the Business Law Section are Bill E. McLeod, Secretary-Treasurer; Bridgforth Rutledge, Chair; and Bill S. Mendenhall, Vice-Chair.

The Chair of the Estates and Trusts Section is Mark C. Hartnett.

Representing the ADR Section are Rick W. Wise, Chair, and Jeannie Hogan Sansing, Secretary-Treasurer.

Gaming Law Section Officers include Scott E. Andress, Chair, and Andy Delaney, Vice-Chair.

Officers representing different Sections include: Barry K. Jones, Secretary-Treasurer for the Taxation Section; Marcial D. Forester, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer for the Intellectual Property Section; and Al Sage, Chair of the Health Law Section.