Awards
2015 Premier 100 Trial Attorney, 2015 | Perfect 10 rating, 2017 | Lawyers of the year in Mississippi as selected by Peer Recognition, 2017 | Nationally ranked Top Ten Attorney award for excellence in the field of family law, 2017 | Recognized as a Top Attorney in North America, Diamond Member status, by Who's Who, 2018 | Mark Chinn has been distinguished as a preeminent Top 100 attorney, 2004 | Mark Chinn has been distinguished as a preeminent Top 100 attorney, 2011 | Mark Chinn has been distinguished as a preeminent Top 100 attorney, 2017 | Exceptional and outstanding client service. 10 Best--Mississippi, 2017 | Award of Merit from the Mississippi Bar for "distinguished service to bar and public.", 1996 | The pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource, 2010 | The pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource, 2011 | The pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous Peer Review Rating process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource, 2017 | State of Mississippi, 2008 | United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, 2008 | United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, 2008 | Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008 | United States Supreme Court, 2008 | Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008 | Elected Vice Chair of the Mississippi Supreme Court's Gender Fairness Task Force, 2008 | Governing Council (two terms) of the American Bar Association's Family Law Section, 2008 | Parliamentarian, ABA Family Law Section Council, 2008 | Board of Directors of Divorce Magazine, 2006 | Chairman (Twice), Mississippi Bar Association Family Law Section, 2008 | Master of Bench, Charles Clark American Inn of Court, 2008 | Served on Ethics, Client Relations, Women in the Profession and Fee Dispute Resolution committees of The Mississippi Bar Association, 2008 | Served on the faculty of the American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Trial Practice Institute, 2008 | Fellow, Verasage Institute, dedicated to eliminating the billable hour, 2010 | Member of Publications Board of the American Bar Association Family Law Section, 2017 | Chairman, Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee, Mississippi Bar Association, 1995 | President, Hinds County Bar Association, 1998 | Appointed by Mississippi Governor to the Children's Justice Task Force, 1999 | President, Hinds County Bar Association, 1999 | Adjunct Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law, teaching a course I designed in law practice management for 6 years, 2011 | Parent Rise Magazine Board of Directors, 2011 | President, University of Mississippi School of Law Alumni Association's Lamar Order, 2002
Speaking
"Creating the Law Practice of Your Dreams", 2006 Annual Meeting of the Iowa Bar in Des Moines, Iowa | "Dumping the Billable Hour", American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Florida Chapter, 2006 | "Marketing for Those Who Hate It", Fall Meeting of the Family Law Section of the ABA in Santa Fe, N.M., 2006 | "World Class Service", Florida Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Meeting, Grand Hyatt, Tampa, Florida, May 4, 2007 | Speaker, The Peoples Law School | Speaker, The Mississippi Bar | Speaker, ABA Family Law Section | Lecturer, Ole Miss Law School | Adjunct Professor, Designed in Law Practice Management, Mississippi College School of Law | Faculty, ABA Family Law Section Trial Advocacy Institute, 2008 | Master of the Bench in the Charles Clark American Inn of Court | Vice Chair of the Supreme Court’s Gender Fairness Task Force | Mississippi to the Children’s Justice Task Force | Chairperson of the Mississippi Bar Committee on Collaborative Law for 2021 to 2023 | Avoiding Malpractice, Presented to the American Bar Association Family Law Section, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 6, 2019 | Basic Marketing and Branding for the Small Firm, Presented the the Capital Area Bar Association, May 31, 2019, Jackson, Ms. | On Becoming a Pillar of Society, presented to the Mississippi Bar Association Conference, May 11, 2019 | Client Relations, presented to the American Bar Association Family Law Section meeting, October 6, 2018, Tucson, Arizona | Work Smart Not Hard, presented to the University of Mississippi Law School family Law seminar, July 20, 2018, Oxford, Ms. | Mediation for Family Lawyers, presented to Mississippi College school of Law, Mediation Certification Conference, June 28, 2018 Jackson, Miss | How To Hang Your Shingle, presented to the Mississippi Bar Association, April 6, 2018, Jackson, Miss | Marketing For Consumer Based Law Practices, presented to the Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference, March, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada | On Becoming a Pillar of Society, presented to the Mississippi Bar Association Leadership conference, May 7, 2017, Jackson, Ms. | Basics of Divorce and Division of Property, presented to the Mississippi Society of CPAs, November 20, 2015, Ridgeland, Mississippi | Top 10 Recent Decisions, presented to the Mississippi Supreme Court's continuing legal education for appellate court attorneys, August 14, 2015, Jackson, Miss | Mediation in Divorce Cases, presented to the Mediation Section of the Mississippi bar, October 11, 2013, Oxford, Miss | “Divorce Case Intake and Pre-Litigation Tactics” at the “Divorce Litigation from Start to Finish” Seminar in Jackson, MS, given by the National Business Institute, March 7, 2013 | “Dumping the Billable Hour” delivered to the Indiana State Bar Association, October 25, 2012 | “Social Media for Lawyers,” “The Constructive Divorce,” and “How to Create the Law Practice of your Dreams” presented to the South Carolina Association for Justice at its annual convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina, August 1-5, 2012 | “Divorce 101,” delivered to the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project, May 27, 2010 | “Getting Paid For What You Do,” delivered to ABA Teleseminar, Nov. 18, 2009 | “Family Law Update,” delivered to members of Mississippi Bar, Aug. 12, 2009 | “The Law Office of Your Dreams,” delivered to the Indiana State Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference, June 4, 2009 | “Finding Legal Solutions to Family Law Problems: Dealing With and Training Clients and Other Lawyers to Create A Positive Framework for Dissolutions,” delivered to the Indiana State Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference, June 5, 2009 | “Billing Pitfalls and Pratfalls.” delivered to ABA Teleseminar, Dec. 3, 2008 | “It Doesn’t Have to be a War of the Roses,” delivered to ABA teleseminar, Jun 18, 2008 | “Creating the Law Practice of Your Dreams,” delivered to the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, Nov. 2007 | “The Constructive Divorce,” delivered for Legalspan CLE provider, Oct. 30, 2007 | “Building a Successful Family Law Practice,” delivered to the ABA Family Law Section Conference, Nov. 11, 2007 | “World Class Service” presented to the Florida Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Meeting, Grand Hyatt, Tampa, Florida, May 4, 2007 | “Creating the Law Practice of Your Dreams” presented to the 2006 Annual meeting of the Iowa Bar in Des Moines, Iowa | “Dumping the Billable Hour” presented to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Florida Chapter in 2006 | “Marketing for Those Who Hate It” presented to the Fall Meeting of the Family Law Section of the ABA in Santa Fe, N.M. in fall, 2006. | “Complex Issues in Divorce for the Mississippi Practitioner,” presented by NBI, Mar. 2005