Law Alumni Chapter

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

Julie Jarrell Gresham – President
Robert Q. Whitwell – President-Elect
Scott Thompson – Executive Secretary

Board of Directors

F. Keith Ball
Robert E. Box, Jr.
Sean P. Doran
Susan H. Duncan
John F. Fletcher
Ratoya Janae Gilmer
John S. Graham
T. Kenneth Griffis, Jr.
Benjamin E. Griffith
Conisha Hackett
Stephanie Hickman
Jeffrey P. Hubbard
David M. Ishee
Samuel C. Kelly
T. Stewart Lee, Jr.
Suzette Matthews
Lee Wall McGartland
Jessica Banahan McNeel
Taylor B. McNeel
Allyson L. Mills
George J. Nassar, Jr.
Scott W. Pedigo
William N. Reed
Christopher R. Shaw
Constance Slaughter-Harvey
Joseph E. Varner III
Rachel Pierce Waide
Marie E. Wicks
Marcus Amir Williams

Law Alumni Chapter Past Presidents

Jeffrey P. Hubbard • 2021-2022
Benjamin E. Griffith • 2019-2021
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