Chandler Rogers
Mr. Rogers was born and raised in New Albany, Mississippi. He is the sixth generation of the Rogers family to reside in Union County.
Mr. Rogers graduated as valedictorian from New Albany High School, formerly known W.P. Daniel High School, in 1999. Following high school, Mr. Rogers attended the University of Mississippi.
Upon graduation from the University of Mississippi in 2004, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance and the distinction of magna cum laude. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, Mr. Rogers began law school at the University of Mississippi. Following completion of his first year of law school at the University of Mississippi, Mr. Rogers attended summer school at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Law in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
In 2005, Mr. Rogers was accepted to participate in the Accelerator Summer Business Institute program taught by the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Mr. Rogers successfully completed this program then returned to law school in the fall of 2005. Mr. Rogers received his Juris Doctorate in 2007 and, thereafter, passed the Mississippi Bar Examination becoming licensed to practice law in the State of Mississippi in October, 2007.
Mr. Rogers currently serves as the attorney for the Union County Board of Supervisors. He is also the Union County Youth Court Referee. He has, in the past, served as a municipal attorney. Mr. Rogers has been a member of local civic organizations and has served as a board member and/or past president of the same. Mr. Rogers was rated Rising Star in the Mid-South by Super Lawyers® in 2016 and as one of the 10 Best Attorneys in Mississippi by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys in 2017.
Community Involvement and Distinctions:
Reese Neely
Reese was born and raised in New Albany, Mississippi. She graduated third in her class, with Hall of Fame distinction, from New Albany High School in 2015. Following high school, Reese attended the University of Mississippi. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude, and was a Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Scholar. She was named the 2019 Outstanding Student for Business Management at graduation and was inducted into the prestigious Phi Delta Phi Honors Society.
After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, Reese attended law school at the University of Mississippi School of Law. During law school, Reese was a member, and vice-chair, of the Moot Court Board and was awarded Moot Court Board Member of the Year in 2021-2022. She was the editor-in-chief of the law school yearbook, The Advocate. She participated in the school of law’s pro-bono initiative, in which she was awarded the Excellence in Community Engagement Pro Bono Initiative Award for her service to indigent clients.
During law school, Reese was sworn in for limited practice in the Mississippi State and Federal Courts. She was selected as one of eight students to participate in the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Clinic at the University of Mississippi, where she assisted pro bono clients with Section 1983 litigation concerning conditions of confinement, juvenile justice, police misconduct, inmate suicides, and unlawful bail practice. Reese also worked for the Third Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Sex Crimes Division, and assisted with victim interviews, grand jury presentations, and plea negotiations.
In 2022, Reese received her Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law, summa cum laude. She finished top of her class, maintaining a 4.0 all three years, and received the Robert Farley Award for highest grade point average at graduation. She was also selected as a Who’s Who Among Students at the University of Mississippi and received an American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Research and Writing.
Reese passed the Mississippi Bar Examination and became licensed to practice law in the State of Mississippi in September 2022. She served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Leslie H. Southwick of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and to Justice T. Kenneth Griffis, Jr., of the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Community Involvement and Distinctions:
- Member of First Methodist Church
- Past Recruitment Chair for Jackson Young Lawyers
- Past Member of the Admissions Committee for the Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division
- Member of the Federal Bar Association
- Member of the Capital Area Bar Association
- Member of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Professional Capacities and Honors:
- Judicial Law Clerk – Mississippi Supreme Court
- Judicial Law Clerk – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Licensed to Practice Law:
- Mississippi State Courts
- Federal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- Federal District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit