Memberships
Community & Professional
Professional Involvement
•International Association of Defense Counsel
•Board of Directors (2018-2021)
•Defense Counsel Training Manual Editorial Board (2015-16)
•IADC Regional Meeting Host, Jackson, MS (April 1, 2014)
•State Membership Committee Chair, Mississippi (2011-present)
•Products Liability Committee (2009-11, Vice Chair of Diversity
2011-13, Vice Chair of Programs and Projects
2013-14, Vice Chair of Webinars
2014-15, Vice Chair of Membership
2015-17, Committee Chair)
•Business Litigation Committee (2012-14, Vice Chair of Diversity
2014-15, Vice Chair of Webinars)
•Drug, Device and Biotechnology Committee
•Diversity Committee
•Civil Justice Response Committee
•Membership Committee
•American Bar Association Task Force on Federal Agency Preemption, 2009-10
•International Association of Privacy Professionals
•State Coordinator for Mississippi - iCivics, www.iCivics.org (web-based education project spearheaded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to reinvigorate civics education in middle schools) (2009-present)
•Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project, 2007-present
•American Bar Association
•Litigation Section - Mass Torts Litigation Committee, Product Liability Committee, Commercial and Business Litigation Committee
•Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section - Business Litigation Committee, Product Liability Committee
•American Bar Association Current Issues in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation CLE Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, November 17, 2011 (co-chair)
•Trial Attorneys of America, 2009-12
•Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Committee
Drug and Device Committee
Diversity Committee)
•Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
•Capital Area Bar Association (2019-2020 Bench & Bar Committee
2012-2014, Law Related Education Committee
2007-2011, Women in the Profession Committee [Co-Chair 2010-2011]
Community Involvement
•Planning Committee, Sante South Wine Festival, benefitting the MIND Center, 2022
•Planning Committee, Ignite the Night: New York State of Mind, benefitting the Mississippi Children's Museum, 2022
•Planning Committee, the MIND Center presents Magic of the Mind (featuring Jon Dorenbos), 2020
•Planning Committee, the MIND Center presents A Night with Beautiful Minds (honoring Dr. Tommy Prewitt), 2019
•Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, Advocate Leader (national advocacy group dedicated to raising awareness of and funding for ovarian cancer research and treatment), 2019-present
•Planning Committee, the MIND Center presents Cyndi Lauper, 2018
•Planning Committee, the MIND Center presents The Doobie Brothers, 2017
•Planning Committee, Youth Villages Tribute to Excellence, 2016
•Planning Committee, Brian Wilson, a benefit concert for the MIND Center, 2016
•Planning Committee, Gladys Knight, a benefit concert for the MIND Center, 2015
•Planning Committee, Youth Villages Tribute to Excellence, 2014
•Planning Committee, An Evening With the Band Perry, concert benefiting the MIND Center, 2013
•Planning Committee, Youth Villages Tribute to Excellence, 2013
•Planning Committee, Glen Campbell, An Evening With the Rhinestone Cowboy, concert benefiting the MIND Center, 2012
•Mississippi Arthritis Foundation's Jammin' for Joints (2012-13, Corporate Sponsor Co-Chair)
•American Heart Association's Art For Heart Gala (2010-11 Executive Leadership Team)
•Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi's Bacchus Ball (2009, Event Chair
2010, Corporate Sponsor Chair
2011-12, Premiere Silent Auction Co-Chair)
•Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (2009-present, Advisory Board)
•Youth Villages Mississippi (2012-present, Leadership Council)
•Finance Chair, An Evening with the Creators of The Help, benefiting the MIND Center, 2010
•Friends of Children's Hospital Light A Light Program, 2008-09
Bar Fellowship
Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America; Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Appointee, ABA Task Force on Federal Agency Preemption (2009-2010). Co-chair ABA Current Issues in Parmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation CLE Workshop, Philadelphia, PA Nov. 17, 2011. Capital Area Bar Association (Member, Women in the Profession Committee, 2007-2010; Co-chair 2010-2011), American Bar Assoc. (Section of Litigation); Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel, State Membership Chair; Products Liability Committee; (Vice Chair Diversity 2009-11; Vice Chair Programs and Projects 2012-13, Vice Chair of Webinars 2013-14, Vice Chair of Membership 2014-15) Business Litigatio Committee (Vice Chair of Diversity 2012-14, Vice Chair of Webinars 2014-15).
