Tri-County LSPA Celebrated its First Annual

Boss of the Year & Award of Excellence Dinner  

Boss of the Year. This is the event where we honor our bosses for being the wonderful people they are for us to work for!  Nominations were entertained in December and the winner of the prestigious Boss of the Year award was announced.  There was a tie this year, and "part" of the tie went to a "duo" of bosses.  This year's winners were:  

Richard C. Roberts III, Esq.

Richard C. Roberts Law Firm

and 

The "Dynamic Duo" of 

John E. Wade, Esq. & Claire Ketner, Esq. 

Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC

Award of Excellence.  This award is presented to the member who has shown outstanding leadership and is based on education, community service, years of service to the legal profession, and membership participation in local, state & national levels of NALS...the association for legal professionals.  Biographical information for each candidate was presented to three judges outside the association and the law firms represented by the nominees and the judges used a strict set of guidelines to reach their decision.  This year's award went to: 

Reba Peden, PP, PLS

Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC  

A special prestigious award given out at this year's event.  

The NALS Scales of Justice Award is presented to an attorney, judge, or other member of the legal community of the tri-county area whose work during the past year has been outstanding and worthy of such recognition.  This year's winner was: 

Patricia C. Gandy, Esq.

2008 Spring Legal Education Scholarship was awarded to a student with a 3.0 GPA and majoring in the legal field.  The winner of this scholarship was: 

Alicia Sanford

Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC  

50/50 Cash Drawing was awarded during this event.  The winner and the chapter split the cash proceeds earned from ticket sales 50/50, each received $154.  The winner of this drawing was: 

Stephanie Floyd, PP, PLS

Member of Tri-County LSPA 

The chapter's proceeds from this drawing will assist in funding and supporting programs and services such as Adopt-a-Soldier Program, Spring and Fall Scholarships, Continuing Legal education for local support staff, and other community projects.  

There was also recognition of our outstanding performance as a chapter in our charter year. A NALS Foundation Leadership Recognition Award was presented to: 

Misty Lewis, PP, PLS

Charter President (2007-2008)

Tri-County Legal Support Professionals Association

As part of the NALS Foundation grant received to fund our event, we had a drawing for One Year Membership in TCLSPA & NALS. The winner was: 

Reba Peden, PP, PLS

Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC  

for her support of TCLSPA projects, functions and especially its members.  Lois gave of her time, energy and money to plan and prepare for many of our chapter’s events and she is a full time

member of the TCLSPA Le’GALS Bowling Team.  We are pleased to officially proclaim her an Honorary Member of TCLSPA.

Country Meat Packers
Henry Cooper (Owner)       Rankin County
1842 Hwy. 43 North
Pelahatchie, MS 39145
(601) 854-8403

210 Town Square

Brandon, MS 39042

(601) 825-8374

We had never hosted an event of any size, so we were quite unaware of our actual “needs” for the event and we were generously blessed by the bounty of food available for our guests.  Following a meal serving up to 40 guests, a generous portion of the food prepared for our event was then donated to the Gateway Mission in Jackson, Mississippi.  We believe that we offered them enough to cover most, if not all, of their lunch for the day following our event.