Background
Scanlon, Pat H. was born on August 4, 1936 in Houma, Louisiana, United States. Son of Leo Joseph and Mary (Ezell) Scanlon.
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Pat H. Scanlon
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Bachelor of Science in Geology, Louisiana State University, 1957. Bachelor of Laws with distinction, U.Miss., 1960. Association Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson, Mississippi, 1960-1962.
Partner Young, Scanlon & Sessums, Jackson, since 1962. Chairman, commander Mississippi Judicial Performance Commission, Jackson, 1980-1983. Instructor Jackson School Law, 1963-1966.
Chairman Mississippi Law Institute, Jackson, 1970.
Career
Worked at Scanlon, Sessums, Parker & Dallas, P.L.L.C. (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in Business and Commercial, Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Banking Law, Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Mississippi. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in: Best Lawyers In America (Woodward-White, Inc.). Who's Who in American Law. Member, Editorial Board, Mississippi Law Journal, 1958-1960.
Contributing Author, "Mississippi Civil Procedure," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Author: "Adequate Protection and Secured Creditors' Strategies After Timbers," 10 Mississippi College L.R. 59 (Fall 1989). Instructor, Jackson School of Law, 1963-1965.
Chairman: Mississippi Law Institute, 1969. Mississippi Judicial Performance Commission, 1980-1982. Member: Hinds County (President, 1975-1976), American (Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1999) and Federal (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1972-1973) Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (President, 1988-1989). Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (President, 1984-1985). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
International Society of Barristers. American Bar Foundation. Mississippi Bar Foundation (President, 1986-1987).
Membership
Member.editorial board Mississippi Law Journal, 1959-1960. Member vestry St. James Episcopal Church, Jackson, 1972-1975, 79-82). Served to captain United States Army Reserve.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, International Society Barristers, American Bar Foundation, Mississippi Bar Foundation (president 1986-1987, trustee 1980-1983). Member Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (president 1984-1985), Mississippi Young Lawyers Association (president 1969-1970), Mississippi State Bar Association (2d vice president 1970-1971, president 1988-1989), Hinds County Bar Association (president 1974-1975), Federal Bar Association (president Mississippi chapter 1972-1973).
Connections
Married Carlene Myers, June 10, 1961. Children: Margaret, Pat, Junior.
