Balch & Bingham LLP

Energy

Partner

Ben Stone focuses on energy and utility, energy regulation and transactions, corporate and securities, gaming, state governmental relations, environment, and maritime matters.

General Counsel for the Mississippi Power Company

General Counsel for the State Port Authority at Gulfport

Chairman of the Mississippi Ethics Commission

Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal

Mississippi State Senate, 1968-1979

General Counsel of the Gulf Coast Business Council

American Bar Association

Energy Bar Association, Southern Chapter, Board Member

Mississippi Bar Association, Executive Committee, Natural Resources Section

Harrison County Bar Association, President 1967

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association

Maritime Law Association (proctor in admiralty)

Federal Energy Bar Association

American Counsel Association

American Judicature Society

Mississippi Economic Council

Mississippi Industrial Development Council

Mississippi State Bar Complaints Tribunal, Former Judge

Southern Growth Policies Board, Former Executive Committee Member

Governing Board of the Council of State Governments, Former Member

Mississippi Marine Resources Council, Former Director

Litigation Counsel of America, Member

University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1961

Tulane University, B.B.A., 1957