---------········ -------·· HINDS COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION MAKING OUR CASE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY APRIL 2000 fun working with a group that is productive for the community ant.l willing to work. ils members. Much has bccu accomplished this I want to thank all of you for the President's year. We have raised a lot of opportunity that yon have given me Column money for the Mississippi Volunteer to serve what I consider to be the Lawyers' Project; the Golf most wonderful group of people, Tournament was the most attonwyli. Ours is a sacred trust and successful in history; we have had obligation ·- both l~l the community by Harris II. Barnes, Ill (Trip) many fnn socials; the luncheon and to those whom we serve. lt is hard to believe that this is speakers have been cxt:ellcnt; the Thanks, too, to Sandra Odom, my my last column as th~: President of committees have all done a great secretary, for her tireless hours in the Hinds County Bar Association. deal; the Peoples Law School is assisting me in this project as well The year has flown by and has been once again a wonderful puhlic as Pat Evans, without whose help one of the most enjoyable service; and the Association we simply wouldn't have made it experiences of rny life. It is always continues to be responsive and through the year. February Membership Meeting Speaking.(tt the Febhiary_ · wtu.'SuweyL Wall, Presidenrcinli-C.E,O, of Pinna(:le 'lh1.H (.wxond froni" right). With Wall is Edward]Jtwier,· HCBA p;·ogram Chairman; Beth B. McGaugh, Chief F'inaftciril Officer (d Pitina.de Tmst;· and Harris H. 8ame,,~ lll,. HC!JA Presirl<mt. CLE Calendar HCBA Calendar April 20 April !8 The Hinds County Bar Association and & Preventing Legal Malpmctice Ethics JICHA Mcmbc1·ship l\fe{'ting. The Jackson Young Lawyers Association, Inc. Complaints in Personal Injury and General Practice. Noon. Capital Club 'fhc Mississippi Bar/American Nati111Jal I.awycrs invite you to join us during Law Week .for an Insurance Reciprocal. 804-965-1295 Muy4 HCBA/JYL .Judg{'s Dinner and The April 25 Evening Honoring the Judiciary Judge William C. Keady Dislingui.~hed Lecture Series. Trust and Asset Protcdion Alternatives in lVIS. 6:30 p.m. Primos Northgl!tc NHI. 715-835-7909 and June 20 April 26 JICHA Membcrshipl\'lceting The Judge William C. Keady Distinguished Lecture Series Health Law in MS: with One Hour of CLE credit. The Legal Implications of Health Care, Noon. Capital Club on May 4, 2000 Peer Review and Managed Care. NBI. 715-835-71J09 t1ugust 15 at Primus Northgate HCHA Membership Meeting. 4330 North State Street 1Har 2 Noon. Capital Club J Jmited I Jability Companies in l\·IS. Ueception at 6:30p.m. and Dinner at 7:30p.m. NBI. 715-835-7909 111/.f:USf /7 IICUA Golf 'lhurnamcnt. May 5 Speaker: Noon. Annandale Golr Club Annual Taxation Section Tax Clinic. 1he Honorable William F. Winter The Mississippi Bar. 948-4471 Special Guests: /Hay /1) Hinds, Madison and Rankin Cmmty Govc1·nmcnt l,aw Scdion Seminar. State and Fedcra{1udges The Mis~is~ippi Bar. 94X-4471 May24 Workers' Compensation in MS. l,orman Educution Services. 715-833-3944 I June X Annual Spring Estate l'lmming l'radicc Update. ALI-ABA Video Law Review. MC School of l.aw. 925-7173 LEFOLDT &co.,PA. (;E!n'IFIED I'URIJC N.'COUN't/\N"!S Jww 9 15th Annual Federal Pl'Hclicc and Procedure Seminar UM-CI,E. 662-'J 15-1221 LITIGATION CONSULTING HCBA Election Results All of our experience is directly relevant to your need H>r professional excellence fi:om your an:ounting experts. Our services include expert witness Secretary-Treasurer testin1ony at depositions and trials, trial assistance rdatitlg to opp(>sing experts, William R. Wright consultation on litigation options and approaches) support during the dis­ Director - I>ost 3 At the February Membership Meeting, the Hinds County covery process, damage analysis and review, investigative auditing, t(xccasting Lynn P. Risley Bar Association presented Phyllis Thornton, Executive of economic losses, IJ·aud audits, asset searches and tracing of fi.mds. Director of the Mississippi Volunteer l.awycrs Project. with a Director .. Post 4 check for $13,000, the proceeds from the HCBA Golf Run1a Haque Tournament. The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project provides free civil legal service to !ow-income citizens Congratulations to our new oj)iccr and directors! utilizing private attorneys who donate their time. Piclurcd with Ms. Thornton arc .John H. Proctor, Gol r Tournament 5280 e..;abxic Drive • Post Ot"lke Box 134WJ • Jackson, J'vlS 39236·3409 • ( 60 l) 91-!2- 1591 145 B ;\-bin Str("Ct • !'o~t Office Box 263 • Biloxi, MS 39533 • (228) 435·7903 Chairman, and Harris H. Barnes, 111. HCB1\ President. 2 ------· UPGRADE OR DIE, OR IS IT UPGRADE AND DIE? On Computing by <:aptain E<tuity by ,Joel Howell fn many ways, life in the year 2000 softwarc is akin to wking Reall'roperty. would like my computer to burst into 'J'he courtroom of the 21 s! Century Court to utilize laptops for is much the same as it was five, len, Advanced French and Calculus over flames a second before becoming n hit is here and ready for usc. Thanks to the presentations through the overhead fifteen even twcmy years ago. Now as and over and over only to become more and run victim of a virtual speeding car efforts of I tinds Circuit Judge James proJector. A light pen also provides on then, the City Council continues to be eonfuscd with each new allempl. Could that I had imported into my document Graves, Courtroom 2000 is now a screen color annotation capability f~1r a reliable source of humor, frustration hell be much worse? from the World Wide Web only reality. documcuts without writing on the or despair, depending on the particular To illustrate my point, Jet's select moments earlier. Docs any of this The Atticus Mobile Multimedia actual exhibit. It has a kill switch is~uc. your curn.;nt cynicism quotient someone at random, like me, who is in sound familiar or is it just me'? Presentation and Communications which allows preemptive viewing and and your applicable residential status. the process of upgrading from The good news is that this !eaming System is principally housed in a wlid control of evidence displayed. We stilt get to read those art ides and WordPcrtCc! .0051 for Yellow Legal curve is only temporary. The new wood podinm containing a Pentium This project is a combination both editorials in The Clarion-redger about Pads to iVIicrosoft Word 2000 for software upgrade becomes second computer and contr(l[ center. Part ol' of Judge Graves· efforts and the Hinds yet one more grandiose plan l(w Windows NT Millennium 2001 A nature after a reasonable period of the beauty or the system is its multimedia and display options, with County Library Fund. Funds for an transforming the King Edwar<l into Space Odyssey. You know the routiuc; time. The learning curve range varies. portability, so that it can he used in any an integrated VCR and cassette deck, additional system exist, aud it which Jackson's version of the Peabody Hotel go to Barnes and Noble and spend a with the average discomfon period of the courtrooms, Allicus /Catures as well as three computer inputs, which will hopefully be implemented within whid1 in tum will usher in an urban fortune on hooks that weigh more than being five to seven years. The bad LCD touch screen panels for allow counsel for either side and the the near future. renaissance on the west cud of Capitol your computer. Next, turn on your news is that in order not to be a Street Simultaneously, we continue to C(llllpUtcr. open up all of the hooks and complete cyber-idiot, one must upgrade hold our collective breath waiting for feel your blood pressure begin to to a new version of any given pmgram Hm l'vlississippi Fair Commission to elevate. ahont every three months. That overlap come to terms with the fact that it is The very fir~! thing you see on the is the source of mounting tension that possible for adults to drink beer at screen is ivlr. Paperclip, Microson·s often manifests itself in lower sporting events without triggering the annoying cartoon character they have productivity and a marked increase in imminent collapse of Western ironically dubbed, The Office lunacy hearings and stJicidc allcmpts. Civilization. Am! as it has always been Assistant. I begin to type and all of a Now l know Joel thinks I am in i\,lissis~ippi. teachers continue to he sudden The Office Assistant says exaggerating, but you know I'm nul. underpaid and under appreciated while something profound like, "[t looks like Luckily, while there is no cure for the politicians end!c~sly trumpet the you arc trying to create a memo!" No upgrade malady. treatment i~ available. importance or nlucation to our future kidding. The next thing [ kuow, Mr. It's called a computer literate lc)!a! while never quite getting around to Paperclip is telling me to hold down secretary. And while I'm sure that the doing more than prescribing aspirin and Ctr! +Shift+Aii+F7+1hc Back~Jash nnd insidious campaign undcrwril!cn by band aids li1r the economic equivalent Backspace Keys all at once while at Microsoft. Corel and the others to drive of a degenerative terminal disease. the S<lit!C time selecting Tools and lawyers crazy will eventually lead to The Atricus Mobile Mullimnlia /'w.w:ntationmul Jw/f;t~ Graves dei!Wil.l'frares the new multimedia system.