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H. Hunter Twiford III Named President-Elect of Mississippi Bar Foundation
Read Time: 1 minThe Mississippi Bar Foundation recently elected H. Hunter Twiford III, Member in McGlinchey Stafford's Jackson office and co-editor of the CAFA Law Blog, as President-Elect of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. Twiford will take office July 1, 2006 and will become President of the Mississippi Bar Foundation on July 1, 2007, serving until 2008. Twiford has been a Fellow of the Foundation for many years, was a member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2003 and served on a number of the Foundation's committees.
The Mississippi Bar Foundation was organized in 1963 as a representative of the bench and bar to improve and facilitate the administration of justice. The Foundation is a nonprofit corporation established to direct its research skills and efforts toward supplying essential information and ideas for the solution of current legal issues in the public interest, with the stated intent to improve the administration of justice.
Only a few select lawyers are invited to become Fellows of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. The Fellows designation is the Foundation’s highest honor. Only 10% of the lawyers in Mississippi are eligible for membership as a Fellow, and not more than 15 lawyers per year can be invited to join. Their selection, which is by invitation only, is recognition by their peers that the lawyer has achieved the highest level of professionalism, peer confidence and leadership. Fellows are selected for membership based not only on their excellence as a lawyer, but also by their dedication and service to the public and their profession.