CLASS ACTION

Professional Notes

1950s
Lawrence J. Franck ('58) is recipient of the 2002 Professionalism Award given by the Mississippi Bar Foundation. Franck practices in the Jackson office of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada, P.L.L.C.

1960s
William A. Gowan Jr. ('66) was appointed by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove as county court judge of Hinds County.
L. Breland Hilburn ('66), former senior judge of the 7th Circuit Court District, Hinds County, has joined the Eaves Law Firm in Jackson.
John L. Maxey ('68) of the law firm Maxey Wann, P.L.L.C., in Jackson is president of the Mississippi chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Russell D. Thompson ('64) of Ocean Springs has retired from law practice. A retired lieutenant colonel with the Air Force, he had practiced law in Ocean Springs since 1974. He serves as president of the Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA and is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church. He is a past president of the Jackson County Bar Association, Jackson County United Way, Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club.

1970s
Stephen B. Catron ('74) has been elected president of the Kentucky Bar Association. A partner with Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, he has served on the Kentucky Bar Association's Board of Governors since 1994.
John W. Chapman ('74) has joined the office of Page, Kruger & Holland, P.A., in Jackson.
Stephen C. Clarke ('73) of Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, a judge in Iowa's First Judicial District, is president-elect of the Iowa Judges Association.
Bobby DeLaughter ('77) was appointed by Gov. Ronnie Musgrove as judge of the 7th Circuit Court District, Hinds County.
Robert Dunbar ('74) has been appointed manager of the Slidell (La.) Municipal Airport. Dunbar retired last year as special operations coordinator for the FBI after 26 years with the bureau.
Richard D. Gamblin ('77) is an associate at Barfield & Associates, PA, in Jackson.
Robert C. "Bob" Grenfell ('78) of Madison has been promoted to vice president of regulatory affairs for Entergy Mississippi. He had been director of that office since 1993.
John M. Harral ('74) has joined the Gulfport office of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada, P.L.L.C. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial law, banking law, probate law, and civil
litigation.
W. Reed Hillen ('78) of Tupelo has been named to BancorpSouth's local advisory board. He is an attorney with the firm Holland, Ray, Upchurch & Hillen, PA.
James L. Roberts Jr. ('71) received the Distinguished Criminal Justice Faculty Award from the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Southern Mississippi. Roberts has served as a professor of criminal justice at USM on a half-time appointment since fall 2000.
William R. Wright ('74) is the new president of the Hinds County Bar Association.

1980s
David W. Case ('88) has been appointed to a tenure-track position on the faculty of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where his primary teaching responsibilities are environmental law, contracts, and administrative law.
Rex D. Harvey ('84) has rejoined the Jackson office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
Rickey J. Hemba ('81) of Ocean Springs has been named chair of the state Commission on Marine Resources, the agency that manages the state's marine life, waterfront areas, and public trust wetlands.
Robertson M. Leatherman Jr. ('87) has opened his own law practice in Memphis, Tenn.
Charles D. Mitchell ('86), managing editor of The Vicksburg Post, was elected president of the Mississippi Press Association/Mississippi Press Services at the group's 136th Anniversary Convention in Biloxi.
Lynn Fitch Mitchell ('84) has joined McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., in Jackson.
G. Martin Street Jr. ('87) has joined Page, Kruger & Holland, PA, in Jackson as an associate.
G. Martin Warren Jr. ('89) has opened the Law Offices of G. Martin Warren Jr., P.L.L.C., in Gulfport.
Gary D. Wilson ('89) has joined the Florida firm Akerman Senterfitt in its Orlando office, where he represents clients in employment discrimination and union matters.

1990s
Michael T. Bartley ('98) has joined the Jackson firm Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, PA.
James H. Bolin ('96) is an associate at Barfield & Associates, PA, in Jackson.
M. Wallace Coleman Jr. ('95) has opened his solo practice in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
L. Bradley Dillard ('95) of Tupelo has been elected president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar. He is an attorney with Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, PA.
Vicki L. Gilliam ('92) is a trial and appellate lawyer for the Schmidt Law Firm in Dallas, Texas. She is licensed to practice in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas.
Samuel D. Habeeb ('93) of Vicksburg has been appointed special judge for Warren County by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Kelly Hardwick ('93), former chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, announces the formation of the Hardwick Law Firm, P.L.L.C., in Jackson.
Frank Caswell Jones ('97) is an assistant public defender in the Hinds County Office of the Public Defender.
Gary Lawson ('99) is the managing partner of the Jackson and Hardwick residential real estate law firm in its new Peachtree City, Ga., location.
Shanda L. Lewis ('98) is an associate in the Jackson office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
Milton Lloyd Lovell ('99) is an associate with Burch, Porter & Johnson in Memphis, Tenn. He recently was awarded the LL.M. in tax from New York University.
Samuel O. Morris IV ('96) is an associate with Wise Carter Child & Caraway in Jackson.
Stephen H. Morris ('90) is an assistant professor of political science at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.
Joseph D. Nosef III ('95) of Jackson has been appointed to the Hinds County Economic Development District's Board of Trustees. He is an attorney with McCraney, Nosef, Montagnet & Sanford, P.L.L.C.
Nancy C. Riddle ('98) is an associate with Dorough & Dorough, L.L.C., in Decatur, Ga.
Richard W. Sliman ('91) is a senior attorney in the Gulfport office of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada in the practice of general litigation and employment litigation.
Bryan K. Smith ('90) is a partner with Pietrangelo Cook, P.L.C., in Memphis, Tenn.
Adam Stone ('96) has joined McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., in Jackson.
Christine Bateman Tatum ('94) is an associate in the Oxford office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
Phillip W. Thomas ('93) has opened a solo practice in Jackson.
Jeffrey J. Turnage ('92) of Columbus has been appointed board attorney for the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority. He is an attorney with Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, PA.
E. Russell Turner ('94) has joined the firm Balch & Bingham in its Jackson office. He is a labor law attorney.
Rob Tyner ('98) of Clarksdale has become a shareholder in the Luckett Law Firm and the name has been changed to Luckett Tyner Law Firm.
Mark Tyson ('94) has become a member of McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., in the firm's Jackson office.
Virginia Todd Weaver ('96) has joined McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., in Jackson.
Robert Quentin Whitwell Jr. ('98) is the governmental affairs director and legal counsel with the Mississippi Association of Realtors.
James P. Wilson Jr. ('97) of Columbus has been elected president of the Lowndes County Bar Association and president of the Golden Triangle affiliate of the Young Lawyers division of the Mississippi Bar. He is an attorney with Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, PA.
2000s
Stephanie G. Bailey ('01) and J. Kevin Cavender ('01) have opened the law office Bailey and Cavender in Holly Springs.
Lawrence M. Coco III ('01) is an associate in the Jackson office of Brunini, Grantham, Grower and Hewes. He formerly clerked for Chief Judge Tom S. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Brandon M. Cordell ('02) is an associate with Lewis Fisher Henderson Claxton & Mulroy in the firm's Jackson office.
James Henderson Hall ('01) is an associate with Massey, Higginbotham and Vise in Jackson. He formerly clerked for Judge David A. Chandler of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Benjamin H. Holland ('02) is an associate in the Jackson office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
Thomas B. Hood ('00) is an associate in the Ridgeland office of Gore, Kilpatrick, Purdie, Metz & Adcock, P.L.L.C.
Preston O. Lee ('00) is an associate with Page, Kruger & Holland, PA, in the firm's Jackson office.
George Kirby May ('01) is an assistant district attorney in Memphis. He formerly clerked for the 12th Chancery Court District in Meridian.
John Collinsworth McCants III ('00) is an associate with Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz and Tardy in Jackson.
Rebecca Ryan Shappley Moutoux ('01) is an associate in the Law Office of D. Russell Jones, Jr., in Southaven. She formerly clerked with Criminal Appeals Judge Alan E. Glenn of the Western Section of
Tennessee.
Roy A. Nowell Jr.('02) has joined the Jackson firm Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, PA.
William C. Penick IV ('01) is an associate in the Jackson office of Brunini, Grantham, Grower and Hewes. He received the LL.M. in tax from the University of Miami earlier this year.
James Adam Powers ('02) is an associate in the Jackson office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
M. Faith Risher ('00) is an associate with Page, Kruger & Holland, PA, in Jackson, specializing in general litigation.
Shea S. Scott ('02) is an associate in the Oxford office of Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, PA.
Jennifer Jones Skipper ('02) has joined the Jackson firm Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, PA.
B. Wade Smith ('02) has joined the Jackson firm Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, PA.
Richard C. Strong ('01) is an associate in the Ridgeland office of Gore, Kilpatrick, Purdie, Metz & Adcock, P.L.L.C. He formerly clerked with Justice James W. Smith of the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Amanda McMillan Urbanek ('01) is an associate at Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell in the firm's Oxford office.

Marriages
Stephanie Gail Bailey ('01) to J. Kevin Cavender ('01), both of Holly Springs, Sept. 14, 2001.
Tamara Jo Hartwig to William Wesley Fulgham ('98), both of Ridgeland, June 16, 2002, at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England. He is associated with Wilkins, Stephens & Tipton in Jackson.
Peggy Lyndsay Fuller ('02) of Columbia, Tenn., to Franklin Bailey Hood of Oxford, Oct. 13, 2002.
Eloise Wilkins Harris ('00) of Greeneville, Tenn., to Walter Preston May of Canton, Ga., Sept. 28, 2002, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson.
Tomika T. Harris ('02) and Anthony D. Anderson, both of Fayette, Sept. 21, 2002.
Jennifer Elizabeth Jones ('02) of Madison to William Bienville Skipper ('00) of Jackson, Sept. 21, 2002. She is with Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush, PA, in Ridgeland; he is with Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell in Jackson.
Melinda Howell Buchanan of Oxford to James Donald Maxwell II ('01) of Jackson, July 27, 2002, at Oxford-University United Methodist Church in Oxford. He is associated with Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell in Jackson.
George Kirby May ('01) to Wendy Ward, both of Memphis, July 20, 2002.
JoAnne Nelson ('89) to Stanley Shepherd, both of Jackson, Nov. 9, 2002, at Greater Fairview Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson. She is an attorney for the Jackson Public School District.
Brittany Beverly Gore of Brandon to Troy Farrell Odom ('02) of Oxford, June 22, 2002.
Randi Carolyn Peresich ('00) to Thomas Henry Mueller ('00), both of Jackson, Oct. 19, 2002, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Gulfport. She is an associate with Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, P.L.L.C., in Jackson; he is a special assistant attorney general in the gaming division for the Mississippi state attorney general.
Cara Pumphrey to Shea Scott ('02), both of Oxford, Aug. 10, 2002. He is an associate with Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell in Oxford.
Meredith Catherine Jackson of Athens, Ala., to Christopher A. Shapley Jr. ('76) of Jackson, June 22, 2002.
Lisa Lee Williams ('93) of Brandon to Kevin E. McKay of Jackson, Aug. 10, 2002, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Brandon. She is a partner with Currie Johnson Griffin Gaines & Myers, PA, in Jackson.

Births
Aubrey Caroline Best, daughter of Allyson Best and Robert Bradley Best ('95), April 28, 2002.
Frances Sykes Connell, daughter of Kelly Hemphill Connell and E.P. Connell Jr. ('97), March 20, 2002.
Sarah Caroline Cory, daughter of Michael V. Cory Jr. ('94) and Jane Cory, Sept. 21, 2002.
Rachel Jane Harris, daughter of Amy Stokes Harris ('95) and John Harris, May 14, 2002.
Sarah Vance Harrison, daughter of Sharon Harrison and Chris Harrison ('97), May 28, 2002.
Patricia Kathleen Hughes, daughter of Cristin Moroney Hughes and Jerry P. Hughes Jr. ('91), Jan. 20, 2002.
Sara Evelyn McClintock, daughter of Laurie McGee McClintock and John L. McClintock ('96), Nov. 10, 2001.
Harris Fleming McLemore, son of Julie Swayze McLemore ('94) and James Mark McLemore, Nov. 27, 2001.
Sophia Lane Sholtis, daughter of Renee Vasilyev Sholtis and Jonathan Sholtis ('97) of Daphne, Ala., Sept. 25, 2002.
Gibson Witherspoon Smith, son of Laurie Smith and Bradley Witherspoon Smith ('95), Aug. 14, 2002.
Jack Rhea Tannehill III, son of Robyn Tannehill and Rhea Tannehill ('96) of Oxford, Sept. 18, 2002.
James Harmon Thomas, son of Lee Massey Thomas and Oscar L. Thomas ('95), Sept. 20, 2002.
Chloe Burns Tyner, daughter of Anna Tyner and Rob Tyner ('98), May 28, 2002.
Jordan Wade Henderson, son of Tiffanee N. Wade ('98) and Greg Henderson, Oct. 18, 2000. Wade is an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell in Jackson.
William Thomas Wilkins V, son of Lynn Adams Wilkins and William T. Wilkins IV ('91), Nov. 25, 2001.
Emma Katherine Wilson, daughter of Rebecca Thames Wilson ('92) and Brent Wilson of Ridgeland, Dec. 27, 2001

Deaths
Sincerest condolences are extended to the families
and friends of alumni who are no longer with us.
Donald V. Alexander ('66) of Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2002.
Jack William Brand Sr. ('60) of Newton, Oct. 5, 2002.
William G. Burgin Jr. ('47) of Columbus, Oct. 3, 2002.
R. Alexis Clarke ('51) of Plymouth, Ind., April 5, 2002.
Allen Bruce Couch Sr. ('72) of Hernando, Feb. 23, 2002.
Joseph Albert Eddins ('40) of Rosedale, Jan. 30, 2002
William Weems Gates ('02) of Jackson, Oct. 17, 2002.
James Shelby George ('66) of Monticello, Feb. 15, 2002.
Paul Lumpkin Goodman ('91) of Tupelo, Aug. 4, 2002.
Ernest Williams Graves ('49) of Laurel, April 21, 2002.
Edmund Whitfield Holmes ('50) of Gulfport, Feb. 27, 2002.
William O. Marble ('74) of Bay Springs, Sept. 14, 2002.
Stanford E. Morse Jr. ('51) of Gulfport, Feb. 28, 2002.
Rodney D. Robinson ('86) of Long Beach, Dec. 26, 2001.
Melvin Thomas Sims Jr. ('75) of Richton, April 8, 2002.
James Lonnie Smith ('60) of Picayune, March 24, 2002.
Cecil L. Sumners ('50) of Iuka, March 27, 2002.
William Henson Ward ('46) of Starkville, Oct. 22, 2002.
Robert Young Wood Jr. ('54) of Natchez, May 1, 2002.

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