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, email services, and CLE Seminars, this Section analyzes, discusses, and provides methods and services designed to promote justice in our courts. As a service to Mississippi attorneys, this Section also publishes the Mississippi Rules Annotated.
Newsletters:
February 2017
Summer 2016
Fall 2015
Summer 2014
November 2013
May 2012
May 2011
Useful Links:
The Mississippi Supreme Court~ http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/
The Mississippi Court of Appeals~ http://courts.ms.gov/appellate_courts/coa/coa.php
The Fifth Circuit~ http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/
The US Southern District of Mississippi~ http://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/
The US Northern District of Mississippi~ http://www.msnd.uscourts.gov/
Mississippi State Court Judges: https://courts.ms.gov/
Information, motion setting, docket, etc. www.uscourtdockets.com
Litigation Section
2024-2025 Executive Committee
Chair
Christy Malatesta, Jackson
The Hartford
[email protected]
(601) 969-7607
Vice Chair
John Graham, Ridgeland
Wilson Elser
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(601) 499-8077
Secretary
Katherine Embry, Oxford
Mayo Mallette PLLC
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(662) 236-0055
Past Chair
Julie Gresham, Pascagoula
Huntington Ingalls Industry
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(228) 935-3662
Member at Large (8/2022-7/2025)
James “Trey” Gunn III, Jackson
Robins Kaplan LLP
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(310) 229-5827
Member at Large (8/2023-7/2026)
Kristi Rogers Brown, Gulfport
Daniel Coker Horton & Bell
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(228) 864-8117
Member at Large (8/2024-7/2027)
Mason Montgomery, Oxford
McAngus Goudelocke & Courie PLLC
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(662) 281-7871