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Thursday, February 18, 2021 Friday, February 19, 2021 Thursday, February 18, 2021 1:00 – 1:15 pm Welcome Jennifer Hall, WIP Committee Chair Jennie Eichelberger, 2020 Gandy Chair 1:15 – 2:15 pm The Gandy Hour “Ahoy! Women at the Helm: Charting a Course of Public Service” Jennifer Ingram Johnson, Mississippi Bar President Ingram PLLC, Hattiesburg, MS 2:15 – 2:30 pm Break 2:30 – 3:30 pm “Same Pathway, Different Lane” Cindy Mitchell – Merkel & Cocke, Clarksdale, MS Rebecca Wiggs – Butler Snow, Ridgeland, MS Moderated by Graham Carner – Graham P. Carner PLLC, Jackson, MS 3:30 – 3:45 pm Break 3:45 – 4:45 pm “Pathways to the Bench: Connecting Your Career to Your Community” Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac, United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi Judge Kristi Johnson, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi Judge Selene Maddox, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi 5:00 – 6:00 pm Social Event and Silent Auction Friday, February 19, 2021 8:30 – 9:30 am “Winning the Perception of Bias” Sonia Chaisson The Law Offices of Sonia Pérez Chaisson, Venice, CA 9:30 – 9:45 am Break 9:45 – 10:45 am “Stressed Should Not Be the New Normal: Finding Balance and Meaning with Mindfulness”(ethics) Dr. Megan Clapton, LPC, NCC Mindful Therapy, Ridgeland, MS 10:45 – 11:00 am Break 11:00 am – 12:00 pm The West Hour “I Hear You: The Role of Empathy in a Mentor Relationship” Meta Copeland - Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, Jackson, MS La’Verne Edney – Butler Snow, Ridgeland, MS 12:00 pm Closing Remarks Jennie Eichelberger, 2020 Gandy Chair Blythe Lollar, 2021 Gandy Chair JENNIFER INGRAM JOHNSON Jennifer Ingram Johnson is the owner of the law firm Ingram, PLLC, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky in 1998, and since that time has concentrated her litigation practice in the fields of Catastrophic Personal Injury, Medical Negligence, Commercial and Business Torts, Consumer Fraud, Product Liability, National Multi-District Litigation, and Eminent Domain. She has experience representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants in personal injury, medical malpractice, and contract/business disputes, giving her broad and varied perspective in advising and advocating for her clients, whether they are pursuing claims or defending them. In 2013, Jennifer completed the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, a 40-hour legal training course in problem solving and negotiation skills and has since that time continually met the standards for inclusion in the Mississippi Bar’s Mediator Directory. Civil Solutions, LLC is her mediation firm through which she provides mediation services to attorneys and their clients, and individuals seeking to avoid the litigation process. In addition to mediation services, through Civil Solutions, Jennifer offers consultations and educational opportunities for individuals, and continuing legal education in Ethics, Professionalism, and Alternative Dispute Resolution for attorneys who practice in Mississippi. She is one of three local attorneys who developed and teach a co-parenting class titled, “Communication Skills for Co-Parents” to local community members desiring to improve their relationships with their children. Jennifer is currently expanding this program to create a state-wide Parenting Workshop to meet the needs of parents involved in the Mississippi legal system. Jennifer’s leadership in this needed area of service has been recognized, and at the invitation of Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam, Jennifer is currently serving on the Mississippi Supreme Court’s Mississippi Families First Initiative. She co- chairs the subcommittee on parental supports. In addition to her law practice, mediation, and consulting, Jennifer teaches as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi teaching law related classes to undergraduates. She has also been invited numerous times to teach at the Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi and has taught seminars related to Women in Politics and the Law and Civics. Jennifer is actively involved in the Mississippi Bar, the Mississippi Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice, and has held leadership positions in each. She has served as Chair of the Committees for Professional Responsibility, Ethics, and Professionalism with the Mississippi Bar, and is currently serving the Mississippi Bar as President for the 2020-2021 Bar year, becoming the 5th female attorney to be elected to the Presidency. Jennifer has been inducted as a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar, which is one of the highest honors afforded members of the Bar. Jennifer has been accepted into membership by ABOTA, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has actively promoted ABOTA’s national program, Civility Matters. Jennifer is frequently invited as a guest lecturer and presenter at Continuing Legal Education programs and at State-wide Association meetings. In addition to her Professional Association activities, Jennifer serves her local community as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for the Children’s Center for Communication and Development, and has done so since approximately 2005. Before attending law school, Jennifer received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Music from The University of Mississippi in 1993. She currently resides in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with her husband, Wes Johnson and her daughter, Alleigh Wilkinson (19). Her eldest, Aubrie Ann Wilkinson (22), resides in Chattanooga, TN where she is continuing her studies in Social Work and is employed as a Special Education Paraprofessional with Signal Centers. Bio – Revised January 2021 Cynthia Mitchell serves as “of counsel” with the firm of Merkel & Cocke, in Clarksdale, having retired from full-time practice in 2016. Cindy attended public high schools in Coahoma County, Indiana University (Phi Beta Kappa), and Harvard Law School (cum laude). She clerked for U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson in the Middle District of Alabama before returning to Mississippi to practice law. Cindy has been practicing law in Clarksdale, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, personal injury and commercial litigation, as well as appellate work, for over thirty years. She also devotes her time to community activities, including serving on the Board of Trustees of Coahoma Community College, Jonestown Family Center, and the Clarksdale animal shelter (CARES), a nationally recognized shelter. Cindy has also been active with the Bar Association and Bar Foundation and has served as Bar Commissioner as well serving on several Bar committees. She has served as president of the Mississippi Association for Justice and received MAJ’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Mitchell has also been honored with a Community Leadership Award from the Mississippi Bar Association. Outside the practice of law, Cindy is an avid runner, having run 10 marathons (including Boston twice) and two ultra-marathons. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, traveling, and birding. Rebecca Lee Wiggs Jackson Office (601) 985-4493 [email protected] Rebecca practices within the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Group. Rebecca is an experienced trial attorney who now focuses her practice on pharmaceutical product liability litigation. She has tried over 40 cases to jury verdicts in state and federal courts in Mississippi. She has served on teams successfully defending the manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter products from discovery through the appellate process. As a result of her work deposing sensitive witnesses, she is a frequent trainer for deposition practice and jury decision-making. PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRY TEAMS . Drug and Device Litigation . Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Team EXPERIENCE . Rebecca’s practice is now focused on pharmaceutical mass tort defense. She has worked in every phase of litigation from document retention and review, preparation of company witnesses and sales representatives, expert witness development, motion practice, plaintiff and treating physician depositions, strategic planning, mock trials, and settlement negotiations, trial team and appellate advocacy. Her courtroom experience also includes consumer finance litigation, trust management disputes, protection of permits for new manufacturing and wastewater treatment plants, and medical malpractice claims. Rebecca draws upon her 40-plus jury verdicts to inform both clients and seminar audiences on trial strategy and jury decision-making. Her work in the courtroom and as an appellate advocate resulted in her appointment to two Merit Selection Panels for U.S. Magistrate positions. Her questioning style and listening skills have led to assignments as an internal investigator, executive search committee member, performance evaluator and now as a mediator trained by the American Arbitration Association. Rebecca previously served as Chair of the Litigation Section of the Mississippi Bar and served two terms as Commissioner of the Mississippi Bar. She is a Bencher in the Charles Clark Inn of Court and was recognized as the 2016 Woman Lawyer of the Year by the Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. She is the author of the professionalism orientation materials used by both Mississippi law schools. She was named one of Mississippi’s Leading Businesswomen by the Mississippi Business Journal and Portico Jackson Magazine recognized
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