Attorney Kathryn Hester, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, Mississippi

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Kathryn H. (Katie) Hester

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633 North State Street P.O. Box 427 Jackson, Mississippi 39202

Phone	(601) 949-4747
Fax	(601) 949-4804
Email	khester@watkinsludlam.com

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Areas of Practice:: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Gaming Law; Health Care Administrative Proceedings Law; Litigation & Appeals; Zoning Law

Bar Admissions:: Mississippi, 1982; U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1982; U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982

Education:: University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS , 1982
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Student Works Editor, 1981 - 1982; Articles Editor, 1980 - 1981; University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1965
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Hall of Fame

Published Works:: Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law, Mississippi Practice Series, Jackson and Miller, Vol 4, Chapter 35: Gaming, 2001; Defending Fraud Allegations by Gaming Customers, A.B.A. Criminal Justice Section, 1998; Zoning in Jackson, Metro Jackson Business News, 1990; Mississippi and the Voting Rights Act: 1965 - 1982, 52 Miss.L.J. 803, 1982

Representative Cases:: Mississippi Gaming Com'n v. Freeman, 1999 WL 396142 (NO. 98-CC-00337-SCT) (Miss. 1999); Biloxi HMA, Inc. v. Singing River Hosp., 1999 WL 553863 (NO. 1998-SA-00968-SCT) (Miss. 1999); Mississippi State Dept. of Health v. Natchez Community Hosp., 1999 WL 553861 (NO. 1998-SA-01055-SCT) (Miss. 1999); Bullock v. Resolution Trust Corp., 918 F. Supp. 1001 (S.D.Miss. 1995); Casino Magic Corp. v. Ladner, 666 So.2d 452 (Miss. 1995); Willis v. Fordice, 850 F. Supp. 523 (S.D.Miss. 1994); Magnolia Bar Ass'n. Inc. v. Lee, 793 F. Supp. 1386 (S.D.Miss. 1992); Anderman/Smith Operating Co. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 918 F.2d 1215 (5th Cir. 1990); Wright v. State Oil and Gas Bd. of Mississippi, 532 So.2d 567 (Miss. 1988); Stack v. Gammill v. Tenneco, Inc., 796 F.2d 65 (5th Cir. 1986)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Adjunct Professor, Pre-Trial Practice, Mississippi College School of Law; Land Use Law, Mississippi Land Law for Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, September, 2007; Judicial Appeals of Administrative Zoning Decisions and Land Use and Zoning Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Law Litigation Seminar, September, 2007

Honors and Awards:: Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Land Use & Zoning Law and Natural Resources Law; Leadership Mississippi, Board of Directors, Member; Honorary French Consul for Mississippi, 1989 - 1997; Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation, 1992; Mississippi's 50 Leading Business Women, 2007, Mississippi Business Journal; Voted Woman of the Year by the Mississippi Business Journal, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association, Litigation and Health Law Sections; Member; The Mississippi Bar; Member; The Mississippi Bar, Natural Resources, Health Care and Gaming Law Sections; Member; Federal Bar Association; Member; Bar Association of the 5th Federal Circuit; Member; Mississippi Association of Gaming Attorneys; Member; Charles Clark American Inn of Court; President and Bencher; Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association; Member; Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Board of Directors; Member; Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation; Member; Mississippi Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees, 1994 - 1997; Member; Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Chapter, 1996; President; Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Chapter, 1992 - 1995; Secretary/Treasurer, Vice President; Charles Clark American Inn of Court, 1989 - 1995; Barrister; The Mississippi Bar, Natural Resources Section, Marine Resources and Bylaws Committees, 1991 - 1993; First Secretary/Treasurer and Past Chairman; Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1989; Secretary/Treasurer and Board Member; Jackson City Planning and Zoning Board; Past Member

Past Employment Positions:: Hinds County Mississippi Chancery Court, Chancellor, 1989; Hon. E. Grady Jolly, United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983; State of Mississippi, Fiscal Analyst, 1972 - 1982

Pro Bono Activities:: Hinds County Chancery Court: Provide council for unrepresented parties, 1989 - 1998