Background
Harral, John Menteith was born on June 25, 1948 in Ancon, Panama Canal Zone. Son of Brooks Jared and Sara Harral.
Harral, John Menteith was born on June 25, 1948 in Ancon, Panama Canal Zone. Son of Brooks Jared and Sara Harral.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Mississippi, 1971. Juris Doctor, University Mississippi, 1974.
Worked at Eaton and Cottrell, P.A. (Gulfport, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts and Agencies. Corporation, Insurance, Banking, Probate, Public Utility, Admiralty, Gaming, Real Estate Law, Labor and Employment. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Mississippi.
Phi Delta Phi.
Law Clerk to Judge Justice of the Peace Coleman, United States. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1977-1978. Member, Governor"s Judicial Nominating Committee, 1989-1992.
Director, 1992and President, 1997, Gulfport and Coast Chambers of Commerce.
Member: Harrison County (President, 1987-1988. President, Young Lawyers Section, 1983-1984) and American Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (Director Young Lawyers Division, 1981-1983 and Commissioner, 1991-1994). Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Chairman, Business Law Section, 1996).
Coalition of Food Industry Counsel.
Mississippi Banker"s Association (Member, Bank Attorney"s Committee). Military: Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1974-1977. Eaton and Cottrell was established in 1932 and has long had strong ties to the fields of public utility law.
Today the firm provides a broad range of services to commercial clients in many fields.
Besides traditional professional services in litigation and commercial transactions, the firm also represents clients in environmental, international commerce, gaming and labor matters. The firm"s location in the Gulfport/Biloxi are Hattiesburg, Bay Saint Louis and Jackson, allows the firm to provide legal services anywhere along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and throughout the state.
Mentor Gulfport Schools, since 1991. Lay eucharistic minister St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1980, vestryman, senior and junior warden, Sunday school teacher. Chairman Episcopalian Services for Aging, Mississippi Gulf Coast, 1981—1985, also board directors.
Board directors Make-A-Wish Foundation, Walter Anderson Museum Art, Partners for Stennis, vice chair, 2006. Founder, president Gulfport Excellence, since 1991. Board directors Christmas in April, Harrison County, 1994—2000, president, 1995—1996.
Board directors Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, since 1996, secretary, executive committee, 1997—2000. President Gulfport Downtown Association, Inc., 1997—1998, 2004, director, 1998—2001. Mississippi commissioner National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2000—2004.
Member executive committee Gulf Coast Business Council, since 2006. Board directors Gulfport Main St., since 2006, president. Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation (trustee 2002-2005).
Member: American Bar Association, Gulf Coast Law Institute (board directors 1988-1993), Harrison County Bar Association (president young lawyers section 1982, president 1987-1988), Mississippi Bar Association (board directors young lawyers division 1982-1984, commissioner 1991-1994), Mississippi Coast C. of Chamber (board directors), Gulfport Chamber of Commerce 1995-1997, (president 1997, John Harral Spirit of Education award 2004), Gulfport Business Club 2001-2002, (founder), Bayou Bluff Tennis Club, Rotary (president 2002-2003).
Married Marjorie Van Fosson, August 15, 1970. Children: Alyse, Jessica.