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Richard T. Bennett
Founding Shareholder
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Practice Areas
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Professional Distinctions
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AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating (since 1981)
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Best Lawyers, Arbitration and Mediation (since 1983)
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Best Lawyers, Bankruptcy Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency Law and Reorganization (since 1983)
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Mid-South Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Mid-South Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
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President, The Mississippi Bar Association, 2000
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Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association (2006 Outstanding Director Award)
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Member, Mississippi Advisory Council of the American Arbitration Association
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Special Committee on Judicial Election Campaign Intervention, appointed by James W. Smith Jr., Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court (2006)
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Chairman, Mississippi Bankruptcy Court Mediation Rules Committee
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President, Federal Bar Association, 1996-1998
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President, Hinds County Bar Association, 1983
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President, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, 1981
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Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation and Executive Committee
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Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
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Fellow, Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division
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Member, Mississippi Bar Complaint Counsel, 1974-1976
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Commissioner, Mississippi Bar Continuing Legal Education
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Executive Director, Mississippi Bar Legal Services Inc.
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Member, Mississippi Criminal Justice Standars Commission
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Member, Bankruptcy Judge Merit Screening Committee
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President, Clinton Educational Foundation for Excellence Inc.
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Member, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Arbitration and Mediation Committee
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Charles Clark Chapter of the American Inns of Court
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Ex officio Member, American Law Institute, 2000-2001
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Member, Gender Fairness Advisory Study Committee
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Co-Chairman, Mississippi Bar Centennial Anniversary Committee, 2005-2006
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Mississippi College Distinguished Alumnus, History and Political Science Department, 2002
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Assistant Dean for Adjunct Faculty, Mississippi College School of Law
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Board of Trustees, Blue Mountain College
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Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army Reserve, 1969-1976
Publications and Presentations
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AAA University, April 20, 2011, Webinar "Arbitrator Boundaries: What are the Limits of Arbitrator Authority?"
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AAA University, December 8, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, "Chairing an Arbitration Panel, Managing Procedures, Process and Dynamics, Program."
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2010 AAA/International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Neutrals Conference, November 5-6, 2010, Orlando, Florida, "What Attorneys and Their Clients Want Most from Mediators/Arbitrators: Are You What They're Looking For?"
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American College of Civil Trial Mediators (ACCTM) 2010 Retreat, July 19-20, 2010, Manchester Village, Vermont, "Stories Mediators Tell," "Deal or NO Deal: Leveraging Information to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Efficient Deals," and "Anatomy of a Personal Injury/Worker's Compensation/Commercial Case."
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"The Effects of Bankruptcy on a Foreclosure Action," Foreclosure Law in Mississippi, Univ. of Miss. Inst. for Continuing Studies, Center for Continuing Legal Educ.
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"Environmental Concerns in Bankruptcy Litigation," 10 Miss. C.L. Rev. 5 (1989)
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"State Variations of Commercial Law-Mississippi," Digest of Commercial Laws of the World (1985)
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"Historical Sketches of the Early Law School of the University of Mississippi: A Newly Found Memoir," 37 Miss. L.J. 28 (1965)
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"Beginnings of the Legal Profession in Mississippi," 36 Miss. L.J. 155 (1965)
Education
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University of Mississippi, J.D., 1965 (Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa)
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Mississippi College, B.A., History & Political Science, 1961; M.A., History, 1962
Bar Admissions
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Mississippi, 1965
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District of Columbia, 1991