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 601-948-4471 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 2007 Section Orientation Session

Over 25 new Section Officers attended the FY 2007-08 Orientation Session on August 23, 2007. 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 Bobby Bailess, 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 2007-08. 
 

Government Law Section officers include Katherine Kerby, Chair, and Andrew T. Dulaney, Secretary.

Officers representing the Labor and Employment Law Section include Secretary. (left to right) Mike Farrell, Chair; Tim Threadgill, Vice-Chair; and Paul A. Hurst, Secretary.

Representing the Intellectual PropertyLaw Section are Anne E. Pitts, Vice-Chair, and Lea Hall Speed, Secretary.

Representing the Business Law Section are (left to right) Aileen McNeill, Chair; Bridgforth Rutledge, Vice-Chair; William S. Mendenhall, Secretary.

Serving as Chair of the Health Law Section is Cheryn N. Baker.

Workers’ Compensation Section Officers for 2007-08 are Marjorie T. O’Donnell, Chair, and Betty Arinder, Treasurer.

2007-08 Real Property Section Officers are Paul Gunn, Vice-Chair, and Blake Teller, Chair.

Section on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law Officers include Kelly Riley Blackwood, Chair, and Lisa Ouzts, Vice-Chair.

Officers representing the ADR Section are (left to right) Sid Davis, Chair; Joseph Meadows, Vice-Chair; and Rick Wise, Secretary.