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Mr. Alan W. Perry was appointed to the Board by Governor Haley Barbour in May 2008 to represent the First Supreme Court District for a term to expire May 7, 2018.
Mr. Perry practices law as partner and co-founder of Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz, and Tardy, LLP. Mr. Perry is listed in the publication The Best Lawyers in America in three categories: business litigation, corporate law, and "Bet the Company" litigation. He is also listed as a leading lawyer in the publication Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Mr. Perry earned a law degree from Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude. At Harvard Law School, he received the Joshua Montgomery Sears, Jr. prize for academic achievement and served as editor and senior editor of the Harvard Law Review. Also at Harvard, Mr. Perry was awarded the Fay Diploma as the graduate with the highest grade point average in the class. He received his B.B.A. in accountancy from the University of Mississippi, graduating first in his class with the distinction of summa cum laude.
Mr. Perry is a former member of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Robert M. Hearin Foundation and the Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation. He is chairman of the board of the D.L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation, and a former member of the Board of Visitors of Harvard Law School and the Board of Visitors of the Mississippi College School of Law.
Mr. Perry and his wife Anne are active members of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral Church in Jackson. They have three daughters and one son.
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