Word on the streets was that Mark couldn't pass the bar exam and never got licensed to practice in Mississippi. So Hack gave him the boot. By the way, Angie never passed the bar either, but she may not have even attempted it since her law degree was only intended to beef up the resume.  No idea whether MD is still hanging around Hattiesburg. There were reports earlier this year including some on this message board of Dvorak marital strife and some ugly public scenes.  Maybe he's teaching law at Thomas Cooley now?

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I saw Mark recently having a cold one at the Hog! 

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Third Witch wrote:

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Best I recall, AD made $150, MD and JH made $140 each. Let's see, add zero three times, mmm, eight and five is three, carry the one, mmm, that comes to $430,000 for one year for three of the most useless employees this university every hired. No counting benefits. These numbers are making me want to throw up.

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Geraldo Rivera wrote:

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There were reports earlier this year including some on this message board of Dvorak marital strife and some ugly public scenes. 

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Attic Dweller wrote:

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This is where we run into credibility problems.  I also heard the first part of that but certainly not the second.  A funny thought though.

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After checking with usually unimpeachable sources, the following information is provided:

AD-MD Split--confirmed, separated but not divorced

Out-of-Work--kinda sorta. He's not licensed to practice law, apparently has no marketable skills, is doing odd jobs around town to make ends meet.

Living at Exline's pad--No good info, conflicting reports, maybe just a sometimes guest?

Recently overheard comments from MD at the Hog--he's got nothing good to say about AD or Hanbury.  Looks like the Kentucky mafia is in disarray.

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So why is MD still here? Presumably he's still licensed to practice law in KY? He could get a job as a paralegal if nothing else.

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Top 10 Reasons MD is still in Hattiesburg:

1. Still hoping to reconcile with the lovely AD

2. If they don't reconcile, wants his share of the community property

3. Is completing a USM Ph.D. in Economic Development

4. Is forbidden to leave the state of Mississippi

5. Is forbidden re-entry into Kentucky

6. Has an application pending for bartender at the Purple Parrott

7. Has to personally pick up his monthly hush money payments from SFT

8. Hard to beat those good deals at Hudson's Treasure Hunt

9. Can't bear to leave his many Hattiesburg friends behind.

10. Hoping to get on the short list of candidates for president of USM

Dave Letterman wrote:

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Top 10 Reasons MD is still in Hattiesburg:
1. Still hoping to reconcile with the lovely AD
2. If they don't reconcile, wants his share of the community property
3. Is completing a USM Ph.D. in Economic Development
4. Is forbidden to leave the state of Mississippi
5. Is forbidden re-entry into Kentucky
6. Has an application pending for bartender at the Purple Parrott
7. Has to personally pick up his monthly hush money payments from SFT
8. Hard to beat those good deals at Hudson's Treasure Hunt
9. Can't bear to leave his many Hattiesburg friends behind.
10. Hoping to get on the short list of candidates for president of USM
 

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Third Witch wrote:

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Now those are funny, except #5 is probably true. (PS don't have community property in MS, and they didn't buy a house did they? Thought they rented from The Man himself.)

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Purple Haze wrote:

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What's this? I thought we were boycotting the Purple Parrott. Is that off?  Can their bartender build a decent martini?  Stirred, not shaken?   MD doesn't look like he'd be much of a martini mechanic.  Back to the boycott, please let me know if I can go over there, ASAP? Thanks.

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I called the psycho hotline, currently housed in CISE, and was told that Mark is drinking and doing odd jobs while waiting for Cy E. Moore to need him to rescue her. 

He has committed his life to taking Calgon baths with her, if she will just cherish him, feed him and pamper him. 

 If that plan falls through, his backup plan is to kidnap Russ Willis (who got the Biggie Smalls raise this year) and become a house husband.

This guy is a strategic planner, but no one will acknowledge his smooooooth style.

It is one thing to be against an administrator's qualifications and positions, it is another thing to dive into a personal life. This entire thread smacks of vindictiveness and is something I would expect to hear from the Dome about professors. What about a little professionalism on the board?

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looking in wrote: It is one thing to be against an administrator's qualifications and positions, it is another thing to dive into a personal life. This entire thread smacks of vindictiveness and is something I would expect to hear from the Dome about professors. What about a little professionalism on the board? I initiated this thread  motivated by curiosity, not vindictiveness.  As an out-of-towner not privy to the Hattiesburg grapevine,  I was interested in the fate of the main players in the old Thames-Dvorak alliance.  Thames and Angie are still making  headlines and easy to follow, and everybody knows about Mader's departure. Hanbury and Mark Dvorak are less visible.  Of all the original "bad guys"  I've had the impression that MD was the most benign. From afar he seemed little more than a hanger-on who tagged along behind Angie feeding off her table scraps.  I wish him no ill will.  However,  as the post-settlement smoke clears and events continue to unfold, it is interesting to observe the law of karma taking hold.  I apologize for triggering the few comments characterized as vindictive or unprofessional.  On the other hand, many others are wurl' class satire and gratifyingly therapeutic. AE

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Austin:

As usual Geraldo has mis information.  My source told me MD left the firm because he could not deal with his lazy partner.  Also, MD did not take the bar exam in MS because he did not want to practice here he only wanted to lobby.  This source also told me he actually did not apply to practice law in MS for those reasons.  The other info on his persoanl life I have no clue I only concern myself with the legal community.  As a lwayer if I were him I would be pi$$ed if someone without valid information actually stated publically that he failed a bar exam, but that is up to him to fight with the mis information.  Maybe he file suit for defamatation to square all this up!