Background
Hester, Kathryn H. was born in 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
Hester, Kathryn H. was born in 1944 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1965. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1982). Spoken languages: French.
Worked at Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Agribusiness, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights and Workouts, Business Torts, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Education, Employee Benefits and Deferred Compensation, Eminent Domain, Energy, Environmental, Family, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Financial Institutions, Franchising, Gaming, Health Care, Housing and Community Development, Immigration, Insurance (General, Regulatory and Insolvency), Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labor and Employment (Management), Legislative and Governmental Relations, Litigation before all Courts and Administrative Agencies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability and Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Public Utilities, Real Estate and Commercial Finance Transactions, Securities, State and Local Government Finance, Telecommunications, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Crime, Workers' Compensation, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Mississippi. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Student Works and Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1981-1982. Fellow and Board of Trustees, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Hinds County Chancery Judge, 1989.
Law Clerk, Judge E. Grady Jolly, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1982-1983. Arbitrator, Mississippi for Arbitration Forums, 1993.
Honorary French Consul for Mississippi, 1989. Member, City of Jackson, Mississippi Planning Board, 1974-1982. Author: Comment, "Mississippi and the Voting Rights Act: 1965-1982," 52 Miss.
L.J. 803 (1982). Member: Hinds County, Federal (Secretary, 1992-1993, Treasurer, 1993-1994, President, 1995-1996, Mississippi Chapter) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (Member, Executive Committee, 1991-1993 and Secretary, 1988, Natural Resources Section.
Member, Gaming Law Section). Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1994). Mississippi Association of Gaming Attorneys.
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. One of the oldest and largest firms in Mississippi, Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, P.A. has over more than fifty attorneys and a support staff of approximately seventy-five. The Firm's lawyers, licensed in 8 states and the District of Columbia and graduates of 37 different law schools and colleges, bring a diversity of talents and backgrounds to serve their clients' needs.
Member, City of Jackson, Mississippi Planning Board, 1974-1982.