Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Program, October 1990, January 1993, and September 1995. Visiting Professor, Emory University School of Law Trial Techniques Program, Summer 1992, Summer 1993, Summer 1995, Summer 1996, Summer 1999, and Summer 2000. Visiting Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law at Little Rock , Summer Trial Advocacy Program, Summer 1991, Summer 1992, Summer 1993, Summer 1994, and Summer 1996. Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1993 - present. (Southern Regional Program and Florida Regional Program).
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Law Practice:
Special Assistant District Attorney, Hinds and Yazoo Counties , Mississippi . Served by special appointment to try noteworthy felony cases for the State of Mississippi, 1993-1998. Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi , United States Department of Justice, Jackson , Mississippi . Appointed as a special prosecutor to try a highly publicized case ( U.S. v. Winn) charging a defendant with extortion and conspiracy to kidnap, January 1990. Honors:
Received a Fifth Circuit Bar Association, Distinguished Board Service Award, 2004.
Received the Hinds County Bar Association, Outstanding Service Award ,2002-2003.
Received a Mississippi Bar Foundation, Appreciation Award for Service as Trustee, 2003.
Received the Mississippi Bar, Women in the Profession Committee, Susie Blue Buchanan Lifetime Achievement Award , 2002.
Received the Mississippi Women Lawyers Association, Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year Award , 2002.
Received the Mississippi College Alumni Association, Lawyer of the Year Award , 2001.
Received the NAACP, Jack Young Legal Award , 1997.
Lecturer in Law - Butler , Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada Lectureship in Law, 1995-1997.
Received the Mississippi College School of Law, Professionalism in the Field of Law Award, 1990.
Honored as a Woman of Achievement by Mississippi Women for Progress, 1988.
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi , United States Department of Justice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1987-1989. Assistant District Attorney for Seventh Circuit Court District (Hinds and Yazoo Counties ), State of Mississippi, 1982-1987. Special Assistant Attorney General, Justice Department, State of Mississippi, 1980-1982. [Mark Godsey]
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