Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern
Our special guests this week, H. Mills Gallivan, Senior Partner at Gallivan White Boyd, PA and Ned Currie, Currie Johnson & Myers, P.A will present on:
Winning with Civility
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Civility in America is under strain, and the legal profession feels that pressure more than most. Yet even as courtesy, professionalism, and respect seem to fade from daily practice, the ideals behind them remain powerful, and deeply needed.
With nearly a century of combined litigation experience, Ned Currie, and Mills Gallivan have witnessed firsthand how acts of civility can transform a case, a career, and even a community. Motivated by that belief, they created The American Crisis in Civility: Professional Parables, a book born from concern, but fueled by hope. Its purpose is to support the FDCC Foundation’s Barb Currie Diversity Scholarship and the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, two organizations dedicated to strengthening the profession through integrity, inclusion, and excellence.
The book gathers real stories from respected lawyers and judges, moments when grace prevailed over conflict, when professionalism changed the trajectory of a dispute, when kindness restored trust. These parables remind us that civility is not weakness; it is a form of strength that elevates advocacy and reinforces the very foundation of justice.
Ned and Mills will share several of these stories, offering a message that resonates far beyond the courtroom: each of us has the power to shape the culture around us. By choosing civility, one interaction at a time, we “pay it forward,” inspiring others and helping rebuild the respectful, principled legal community our society depends on.
Civility is not a lost ideal. It is a choice, and it begins with us.
Our presenters:
H. Mills Gallivan is the Senior Shareholder of Gallivan, White, & Boyd, P.A., a law firm serving clients in South Carolina, North Carolina and the Southeast. He has over 45 years of experience as an advocate in cases involving personal injury, administrative law, business and commercial litigation. He is now using those skills to assist parties with finding efficient and elegant solutions to disputes.
EDWARD J. “Ned” CURRIE, JR., is a Senior Shareholder at Currie Johnson & Myers, PA, in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1976 and has spent his career in the courtroom, having tried over 175 jury cases to verdict. Ned is a Founding Regent and Past President of the American College of Coverage Counsel and is a past President of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, which awarded him the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award and 2021 Defense Lawyer of the Year.
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