The Law Alumni Chapter is the organization that represents all graduates of The University of Mississippi School of Law. The Law Alumni Chapter sponsors the annual Law Weekend, the Law Alumni Hall of Fame, the UM Law Alumni Luncheon at the Mississippi Bar’s Annual Meeting and various other alumni gatherings throughout the year. If you would like to be involved with the School of Law, please contact Scott Thompson, law alumni secretary, at thompson@olemiss.edu or call (662) 915-1878.
Officers
F. Keith Ball – President
Taylor B. McNeel – President-Elect
Scott Thompson – Executive Secretary
Board of Directors
Robert R. Bailess
Robert E. Box, Jr.
Wilton V. “Trey” Byars III
Greg Carter
William M. Gage
John S. Graham
Julie Jarrell Gresham
Benjamin E. Griffith
Jeffrey P. Hubbard
David M. Ishee
T. Stewart Lee, Jr.
Elizabeth L. Maron
Jessica Banahan McNeel
Robert P. Myers, Jr.
Troy Farrell Odom
William N. Reed
Paul G. Riser
Christopher L. Schmidt
Aafram Y. Sellers
Christopher R. Shaw
Frederick G. Slabach
Geoffrey P. Vickers
Rachel Pierce Waide
Michael N. Watts
William B. Weatherly
Robert Q. Whitwell
Law Alumni Chapter Past Presidents
Julie Jarrell Gresham • 2022-2023
Jeffrey P. Hubbard • 2021-2022
David M. Ishee • 2018-2019
Scott W. Pedigo • 2017-2018
George J. Nassar, Jr., Memphis, TN • 2016-17
Thomas E. Vaughn, Pass Christian, MS • 2015-16
Wesla Sullivan Leech, Mendenhall, MS • 2014-15
Floyd M. Melton III, Greenwood, Miss. • 2013-14
Colette A. Oldmixon, Poplarville, Miss. • 2012-13
Robert R. Bailess, Vicksburg, Miss. • 2011-12
William C. Trotter III, Belzoni, Miss. • 2010-11
Aleita S. Fitch, Holly Springs, Miss. • 2009-10
William T. May, Meridian, Miss. • 2008-09
Al Povall, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 2007-08
Robert Jackson, Sr., Hattiesburg, Miss. • 2006-07
Walker W. “Bill” Jones, Jackson, Miss. • 2005-06
Marjorie T. Matlock, Oxford, Miss. • 2004-05
David O. McCormick, Pascagoula, Miss. • 2003-04
C. York Craig, Jr., Jackson, Miss. • 2002-03
Richard G. Noble, Indianola, Miss. • 2001-02
H. A. Moore III, Hattiesburg, Miss. • 2000-01
John A. Crawford, Jackson, Miss. • 1999-2000
E. Josh Bogen, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 1998-99
Billie J. Graham, Laurel, Miss. • 1997-98
Robert B. Prather, Columbus, Miss. (president-elect; deceased) • 1997
Raymond L. Brown, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1996-97
John M. McCullouch, Jackson, Miss. • 1995-96
D. Briggs Smith, Jr., Batesville, Miss. • 1994-95
Landman J. Teller, Jr., Vicksburg, Miss. (deceased) • 1993-94
Donnie D. Riley, Gulfport, Miss. • 1992-93
Guy W. Mitchell, III, Tupelo, Miss. • 1991-92
Jay A. Travis, III, Jackson, Miss. • 1990-91
Brooke Ferris, III, Memphis, Tenn. • 1989-90
Roy C. Williams, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1988-89
George P. Cossar, Jr., Charleston, Miss. • 1987-88
William J. Gunn, Jr., Meridian, Miss.(deceased) • 1986-87
Roger M. Flynt, Jr., Oxford, Miss. • 1985-86
Ray M. Stewart, formerly of Picayune, Miss. (deceased) • 1984-85
Edward P. Connell, Clarksdale, Miss.(deceased) • 1983-84
Pat H. Scanlon, Jackson, Miss.(deceased) • 1982-83
James F. McKenzie, Hattiesburg, Miss. • 1981-82
Robert W. Elliott, Ripley, Miss. • 1980-81
Herman E. Taylor, Memphis, Tenn. (deceased) • 1979-80
C. Eugene McRoberts, Jr., Jackson, Miss. • 1978-79
Carl A Megehee, Pascagoula, Miss. • 1977-78
Lester F. Sumners, New Albany, Miss. (deceased) • 1976-77
W. Emmett Marston, Memphis, Tenn.(deceased) • 1975-76
James T. Singley, formerly of Meridian, Miss. (deceased) • 1974-75
Sherman L. Muths, Jr., Gulfport, Miss. • 1973-74
Ernest W. Graves, Laurel, Miss. (deceased) • 1972-73
N.S. Sweat, Jr., Corinth, Miss. (deceased) • 1971-72
Edward J. Bogen, Sr., formerly of Greenville, Miss. (deceased) • 1970-71
George P. Hewes III, Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1969-70
Charles D. Fair, formerly of Louisville, Miss. (deceased) • 1968-69
James N. Ogden, formerly of Mobile, Ala. (deceased) • 1967-68
Chester H. Curtis, Clarksdale, Miss. (deceased) • 1966-67
William F. Winter, Jackson, Miss. • 1965-66
Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany, Miss. (deceased) • 1964-65
Forrest G. Cooper, formerly of Indianola, Miss. (deceased) • 1963-64
Gaston H. Hewes, formerly of Gulfport, Miss. (deceased) • 1962-63
Joe H. Daniel, Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1961-62
Curtis M. Swango, Jr., formerly of Sardis, Miss. (deceased) • 1960-61
Hugh V. Wall, formerly of Brookhaven, Miss. (deceased) • 1959-60
Stokes V. Robertson, Sr., formerly of Jackson, Miss. (deceased) • 1958-59