Scott P. Hemleben

Background

Hemleben, Scott P. was born on November 18, 1943 in Floral Park, New York, United States. Son of Sylvester John and Mary Ruth (Bingham) Hemleben.

Education

British Aerospace, U. Mississippi, 1964; Juris Doctor, U. Mississippi, 1967.

Career

Worked at Gerald & Brand, P.L.L.C. (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Litigation; Corporation. Insurance Defense; Real Estate.

Probate; Estate Planning. Banking; Bankruptcy; Taxation. Oil and Gas; Securities.

Corporate, Municipal, State and Local Government Bond Financing. Public Utilities; Administrative Law and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Mississippi.

1971, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1967.

Law Clerk to Chief Justice W.N. Ethridge, Junior, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1967-1968. Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1996—. Governors Representative on Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission, 1992—.

Member: Hinds County (President, 1987-1988) and Federal Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (Chairman, Natural Resources Section, 1989-1990. Chairman, Mississippi Bar Leadership Conference, 1988-1989).

Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Established in 1968, Gerald & Brand is organized in three departments: Natural Resources, Business, and Litigation. With a broad base of Mississippi, regional and national clients, Gerald & Brand is committed to providing the highest quality legal services in a cost effective, professional, and timely fashion.

The firm is noted for its expertise in energy and environmental law, real estate, commercial lending, trusts and estates, insurance defense and complex litigation. In addition to its office in Jackson, the firm has an office in Newton, serving east Mississippi.

Achievements

• Bar: Mississippi 1967, United States District Court (southern district) Mississippi 1969, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1985, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971.

Membership

Member: Hinds County (President, 1987-1988) and Federal Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (Chairman, Natural Resources Section, 1989-1990. Chairman, Mississippi Bar Leadership Conference, 1988-1989).

Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Interests

• Avocation: saltwater fishing.

Connections

Married Suzanne Whatley, August 4, 1973. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Mark Elliott, John Parker, Joseph Scott.

Father:

Sylvester John Hemleben

Mother:

Mary Ruth (Bingham) Hemleben

Spouse:

Suzanne Whatley

child:

John Parker Hemleben

child:

Mark Elliott Hemleben

child:

Sarah Elizabeth Hemleben

child:

Joseph Scott Hemleben