Phelps Dunbar is requested to provide an explanation for its failure to notify Ms. Newsome of conflicts of interest related to judges assigned to her case. Specifically, Ms. Newsome cites the employment history of Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball at Phelps Dunbar and recusal histories of Judge Tom S. Lee related to matters involving Baker Donelson as disturbing. She demands that Phelps Dunbar withdraw any pleadings filed in the case by July 20th due to practicing with criminal intent. Attachments include information on Magistrate Judge Ball's employment at Phelps Dunbar and recusal histories of Judge Lee.

1. TO: JASON T. MARSH, Esq. and
W. THOMAS SILER, JR., Esq. at Fax No. (601) 360-9777 (PHELPS DUNBAR)
DATE: July 18, 2012
RE: REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION FOR PHELPS DUNBAR’S/COUNSELS’ KNOWLEDGE OF
CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DELIBERATE FAILURE TO NOTIFY PARTY(S) OF SAME and GOOD
FAITH DEMAND THAT PHELPS DUNBAR WITHDRAW PLEADINGS - Newsome vs. Page
Kruger & Holland, et al.; United States District Court – Southern District of Mississippi (Jackson); Civil Action No.
3:12-cv-00342
FROM: Vogel Denise Newsome
PLEASE BE ADVISED that Ms. Newsome is demanding that Phelps Dunbar as counsel for the named Defendants
(i.e. Page Kruger & Holland P.A., Thomas Y. Page, Louis G. Baine III and Linda Thomas) in the above referenced Lawsuit provide her
DELIBERATE failure to notify Ms. Newsome of the CONFLICT-OF-
with an explanation for its/their
INTEREST which arises with the assignment of Judge Tom S. Lee and his Magistrate Judge F.
Keith Ball. Ms. Newsome has found the information in the attached documents VERY DISTURBING and believes that
Named Defendants and their Counsel (Phelps Dunbar/W. Thomas Siler Jr./Jason T. Marsh) are practicing before the Court
with CRIMINAL intent – i.e. with MALICIOUS forethought, FRIVOLOUSNESS, and reasons known to
them - such as for purposes of delay, harassment, hindering proceedings, embarrassment, obstructing the administration of
justice, vexatious litigation, increasing the cost of litigation, etc. and other reasons known to Phelps Dunbar/W. Thomas Siler
Jr./Jason T. Marsh and their Clients - that are CLEARLY PROHIBITED by Statutes/Laws. Please provide Ms.
Newsome with this information by FRIDAY, July 20, 2012.
PLEASE BE ADVISED that Ms. Newsome is demanding that Phelps Dunbar as counsel for named Defendants
explain its DELIBERATE failure to NOTIFY of Magistrate F. Keith Ball’s relationship – i.e. EMPLOYMENT
History – with Phelps Dunbar as well as RECUSAL History of Judge Tom S. Lee and his Magistrate Judge F.
Keith Ball because of CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST in matters in which Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
have a financial, personal and business interest as is apparent in RECUSAL information attached. Please provide Ms. Newsome
with this information by FRIDAY, July 20, 2012.
PLEASE BE ADVISED that it is Ms. Newsome’s understanding that additional pleadings (i.e. requesting Staying,
etc. of the above reference action) may have been filed. Ms. Newsome will await receipt of these pleadings for review. However, in the
meantime this is a GOOD-FAITH DEMAND from Ms. Newsome that Phelps Dunbar/W. Thomas Siler Jr./Jason T. Marsh and/or their
Clients (Page Kruger & Holland P.A., Thomas Y. Page, Louis G. Baine III and Linda Thomas) WITHDRAW their pleadings filed
in the above referenced lawsuit by FRIDAY, July 20, 2012. Otherwise, Ms. Newsome will move to have any and
all future pleadings that are in violation of the Statutes/Laws governing said matters filed by Defendants and their
counsel STRICKEN from the record.
Respectfully,
Vogel Denise Newsome (via Facsimile)
See ATTACHMENTS

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Posted at 2:40 PM on November 15, 2009 by Philip Thomas
Keith Ball of Jackson New Southern District Magistrate Judge
Keith Ball of Jackson has been named the new Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Ball replaces the popular retiring Magistrate Judge James Sumner. Ball beat out four other finalists and
many more applicants from a field narrowed by the Magistrate Selection Panel. The sitting Southern
District Judges made the selection.
Ball is originally from Jackson and is a 1990 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law.
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He practiced in Jackson as a civil litigation defense lawyer with Phelps Dunbar and Currie Johnson
before moving to Louisville. In Louisville he had a general practice that is typical for many small town
lawyers. He stayed in Louisville for about five years before returning to Jackson for another stint with
Currie Johnson. At the time of his selection as Magistrate Judge, Ball was working as the Director of
Development at Reformed University Ministries.
popular Magistrate. The fact that he has two stints with the same law firm suggests
I expect Ball to be a p p
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that he gets along with people and does not burn bridges.
I am not nearly as concerned that Ball drinks the defense side cool-aide because of his years in a general
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practice in Louisville. This comment is not a slam of defense lawyers. I would not want a judge who
drinks the plaintiff side cool-aide either.
Great judges are the ones who both sides believe are fair. Ball has the potential to be that kind of judge.
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