HINDS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MAKING OUR CASE for a Berl'er COMMUNITY
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HINDS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MAKING OUR CASE FOR A BErl'ER COMMUNITY Al'IUL 2009 On May 14, we will celebrate our Fvcning Honoring the President's Column Judiciary at the MS Museum of Art. This is our opportunity to thank our local judges lf:Jr their service to our profession h)' Susan R. Tsimortos and tn recognize several of our members with awards for l'rokssionalism, Pro Bono ScrviL·c, and service to our As I write my rinal column as organization. We will welcome U.S. District Judge Mikl.' President of th~.: I finds County Bar Mills as our speaker. Judge Mills brings his unique Association, I am ddennined \(1 look perspective as an acclainwd author, a former member of the to the thturc of our organization rather MS Legislature, a Jaw school classmate of many of us, ami than focus on this year:~ both a trial and appellate judge. accomplishments. We have mueh to anticipate. You will also notice improvements to our web site in the May and June will be busy mouths. We arc continuing coming months. Scott Jones stepped fixward and our traditivn of strong corpl)ntli.: citizeushlp by awarding volunteered to chair this committee {ilf us. Thc committee grants lo non-profit organi:tations in our area. The has done a great job ofpn;scnting new and li·esh idcas that c:ommunity (Jrant (,'ommittee, under Cheryn l~aker's we will soon implement. leadership, has been busy soliciting and reviewing grant \Vc an.; continuing our work on a l.ong Range Plan h1r appli~.:ations. At our April membership meeting you~.:an mt:ct the l!CllA. We rccogni7c that the way we practice law and representatives of the recipients and learn of !heir good communicate with each other is changing and we want to works. If yon want to he more involwd in li<:BA activities, remain an important voice in our community. I recently had consider working on this ~.:ommittcc. The members the experience of trying to contact several of my colleagues consisli.:ntly report rcc~.:iving great personal satisfaction from during non-working hours only to discover that they no their hard work. I know that Tom Alexander will appreciate longer maintain land lines. For many of us, that is a serious early volunteers! nmlinuaf on page II HCBA LUNCHEON MEETING 'l\Jesday,April21, 2009 Capital Club Noon Cost: $15.00 Speaker: Professor Matthew Steffey from Mississippi College School of Law Captain Equity's Financial Recovery Plan: Making Every American Too Big to Fail by Ca(llaio E<Juity April 21, 2009 I don't understand why everybody is in such a state of Hcnamc Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac panic over the worldwide financial meltdown. Come on HCBA Membership Meeting These quasi-governmental mortgage institutions arc people, the glass is more than half full here in the good ole JACKSON badly in need of a new image and a fresh start. Fannie Noon Lll IGATIO'i SEil\'ICES tJSA. And even though Mississippi continues to batik Mac shall hcnccfi:lrth be known as Barney Frank while Capital Club 125 S Congress, Suite 1324 Louisiana ~{Jr last place in just about every objectively Freddie Mac's new moniker will be Christopher Dodd. All Jackson, MS 39201 mcasumhle quality of life category, things arc even better paperwork from these agencies will be mandated to carry 16011 355,9999 here in the Magnolia State than the rest of the country. • the image of their respective namesake on each and every May 14, 2009 He fore getting to my program to right the ship, let's look page. As a result, loan applications will surely plunge at the primary psychologk<ll culprit for the global HCBA/JYL Evening allowing Barney and Christopher to keep more of their File Copying cC(lllOJllic downturu Chronic 13ad Altitude. Honoring the Judiciary assets to olf<;Cf financial troubles caused in part by Color Copies 6:00 America might he in a little financial slump, but look adopting such wacky, loan friendly names like Fannie and Document Imaging on the bright side. We have T\vittcr, Facebook, c- Freddie. What was Congrc~s thinking? Sounds like a Mississippi Museum of Art Oversize 1-larmony.com not to mention Lindsey Lohan, Britncy couple of animated bears at Chucky Cheese. Come on • Coding/OCR/Oil Spears and Miley Cyrus_ We also have"Amcrican Idol," America! Barney (not the purple one) and Christopher June 11, 2009 "Dancing With The Stars," and 55 varieties of"CSL" make a lot more financial sense in these stressful times. Blowbacks HCBA/JYL Now, _iu~t how bad can things be? Come on people, even Truth In Lending Annual Golf Tournament Bates Numbering if our pop culture sometimes tells the rest of the world Mailouts more than we: really want them to kuow, we arc still In the name of transparency, it is time that financial Noon America: land of casiuo gambling, fast fi.mtL and tattooed organizations ditch their deceptively misdescriptive trade Annandale Golf Club Free Pickup and Delivery adolescents. Okay, it's not always pretty, but Americans identities. For instance, Citi C:roup should be rebrandcd Overnight Services should take pride in the !~u;tthat we annually top the Hst of Village Individual to more accurately describe the net • Document Repository God's Favorite People according to Focus on the Family worth of their assets. A.Ln. should be renamed B. I. G. June 16, 2009 since they seem to be the biggc~t of those conglomerates Custom Binds and other divinely ordained organizations privy to such HCBA Membership Meeting information. So stop the stinkin' thinkin', America. But I that arc too big to litil. And closer 10 hollle, First, Regions Noon VHS/DVD Conversion digress. Bank should go buck to its real name: Deposit Guaranty National Bank. Capital Club Custom Load Flies Including: Trial Director, Summation, Case Logistix Captain Et]uity's Finandal Recovery I)Jan Subsidize Am('rican Handgun and Assault Rifle What Americans rcnlly wnnt arc pragmatic, common Manufacturing sense measures that will en~urc our economy recovers While there is only am:cdotal evidence connecting the quickly and completely. Much of the problem revolves economic downturn with an acute upswing in incidents of around financial finns that have been deemed "Too Big To multiple !llt<t!ity murdeHuieidcs initiated by unbalanced Fail." Consequently, the American taxpayer has been 2008 GolfTournament Proceeds Presented people overwhelmed hy a laundry list of grievances, it is required to suh~idize recklessness and failure by bailing rational to in!Cr that a connection indeed exists. The bad ont these companies with trillions of dollars we don't i\t the February l'vkmhcrslnp news is that innocent people will be murdered. The have. My first instinct in crafting an c!lCctivc recovery l'vleeting. [ .ylc Robin~un. National Rille Association would call this collateral phm wns to a<! vocate the repeal of the Ulass-Stcaga!l Act Chairman or the 2008 IICBA damage. Obviously, if i1 were really a problem, the gun which eliminated the f"ircwall between commercial and (JolfToumanlclll, presented lobby would discontinue its advocacy or assault weapons. invc~tmcnt banks. ft also occurred to me thai we might Shirley Williat11s, L\cculivc 13ut its support is unrelenting. Although I am not a want to bring b<u:k the antitrust laws lfom the dust bin of Director () r the M IS~l~Slppi sportsman, I guess assault weapons are necessary for legal history. But no, that would be looking backward Volunteer Laywers Project, with a squirrel hunters unwilling to buy blenders. And the good rather than fnrward to paraphrase the President. That kind ch~:ck ror S7 AOO, 1l1c proceeds news? Well, because these maniacs invariably kill of logic would require Congress to investigate allegations Ji-(lm the event. Serving with themselves or arc shot by police, we have a sure fire (no of war crimes, suspension or civil liberties, and Robinson on the committee were: pun intended) fast track method for eliminating threats to politicL~ation of the Justice Department ct a!. by the Ben Pi ana: York ( 'nug. Ill: our personal :m!Cty. Meanwhile, millions of jobs arc previous administration. We can't look backward because ('ollin Simpson: Ru~tyBrmn1: created ill the weapons sector of the ecotmmy while we might not like what we might find out and then be Keith Obert: Jay Kilpatrick, exports to Mexican Drug cartels along the US~Mcxican fiJrccd to do something about it. There is no problem Debra Allen: i'vkadc :'vlitdwll, hordn soar; a rca! global win-win solution for America. and Jay Hoi in. denial won't fix. Better to move on, and move on I have. So, to channel my inner Stephen Colbert, brace yourself Henamc r<:armarks nation, this is strong medicitte but the times demand The word "l'armark" is au unf(Jrhmale choice of nothing less. Here goes. amlinued 011 page !8 l ---·----- ------- ---------------- Supreme Court Justice Ann Lamar Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade i'vlcmbt:l"S of the f linds {:ounty Bar Association along with family members and !i·icuds, partinpalcd for the h_y Kate Margolis firs! time in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade which was held on Saturday, January l 7. John llcncgau / nrganiz.;d the har's involvement. Commerative bookmarks li'om the llCB/\ were handed out along the route. as a clmnecry court judge hom 1'174 (when Justice l.amar l When Mississippi Supn:me ( :Cnu'l Justice Ann l.amar was a new graduate of Ddta State University a degree in graduated from DSU) until 1992.