Leadership

2024-2025 Executive Leadership

Our theme for the 2024-2025 year is
“Building On The Shoulders Of A Strong Legacy And Moving Through Leadership Into The Future.”
Embracing the opportunity to deliver, the Leadership Team of Mound City Bar Association is as follows:

Executive Committee Members

President

Justin C. Strayhorn, Esq.
Associate Attorney
SWMW Law
president@moundcitybar.com
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President-Elect

Jittaun A. Dill, MPA, Esq.
Email
 President-elect@moundcitybar.com
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Vice President

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Corresponding Secretary

Javas A. Smith, Esq.
Associate Attorney
Jackson Lewis P.C.
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Recording Secretary

Arsenio Mims, Esq.
Trial Attorney
Partner at Dowd Bennett LLP
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Treasurer

Marsha Griggs, Esq.
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Financial Secretary

Cardina F. Johnson, Esq.
Illinois Education Association
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Historian

Celestine Dotson, Esq.
Law Office of Celestine Dotson
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Member At Large Over Ten Years

Eric Kendall Banks, Esq.
Banks Law LLC
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Member At Large Under Ten Years

Lauren C. Collins, Esq.
Attorney
Kraft, Bischoff, Buckley & Collins
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Immediate Past President and Parliamentarian

Anthony D. Gray, Esq.
Partner, Johnson Gray LLC
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Communications Committee Chair

Kendra R. Howard, Esq.
EEOC
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Membership Committee Chair

Hope Whitehead, Esq.
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Community Affairs Committee Chair

Tonya McAlpine-Morris, Esq.

Community Education Chair

Kenneth Goins, Esq.
Metropolitan Sewer District
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Law Student Outreach Chair

Belinda Dantley, Esq.
Special Events Committee Chair

Monique D. Abby, Esq.
mdabby.esq@gmail.com
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Young Lawyers Division Co-Chair

Jarred Reed, Esq.
Attorney
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP - Madison County
Young Lawyers Division Co-Chair

Stella Nguepnang, Esq.
Attorney
Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal P.C.
snguepnang@pcblawfirm.com

Non-Executive Leadership

Elections Committee Chair

Thomas K. Neill, Esq.
Attorney, Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C.
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