(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Corporation, Probate, Real Estate, Insurance, Professional Malpractice, Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Pollution and Environmental Law, Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, Admiralty, Surety, Banking and Commercial Litigation, Municipal, Governmental and Bond Law, Federal and State Taxation, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Limited Liability Companies, Like-Kind Exchanges, Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies and Intellectual Property.

Representative Clients:

INSURANCE: Advocate MD
All Risk Insurance
American International Adjustment Ins. Co.
American Bankers Life and Casualty Company
American Continental Insurance Co.
American States Insurance Co.
Associates Commercial Corporation
AXA Financial, Inc.
Caronia Corporation
Chubb Pacific Indemnity
Civil Service Employees Insurance Co.
Colonial Insurance Co.
Continental Bankers Life Insurance Co. of the South
Crawford & Co.
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Erie Insurance Group
Excalibur Insurance
First Federated Life Insurance Co.
Gallagher Bassett Insurance Service
Hamlin and Burton
Household Automotive Finance Corporation
Insurance Company of North America
Insurance Equities Corp.
Leader National Insurance Company
Kemper National Insurance Companies
Keystone Life Insurance Co. of Texas
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Marsh USA, Inc.
Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi
Multi-System Agency
MMI Companies
National American Insurance Co.
National Indemnity Insurance Co.
National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
National Savings Life Insurance Co.
National Underwriters
North American Physicians Insurance Risk Retention Group
Northwestern National Insurance Co.
J.C. Penney Life Insurance Co.
Pro Claim America, Inc.
Quaker Oats
Republic Insurance Co.
Royal and Sun Alliance
South Carolina Insurance Co.
State Farm Insurance Company
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Stonewall/Dixie Insurance Co.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
St. Paul Travelers
TIG Insurance Co.
The Home Insurance Co.
TOPA Risk Services
Union Bankers Insurance Co.
Union Central Life Insurance Co.

Clients

CORPORATE/GOVERNMENT: Albany International Corp.
Alco Industries, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Corporation
Automotive Guaranty Corp.
Biloxi Freezing Co.
Brandywine Management Co., Inc.
Biloxi Regional Medical Center
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Cataphote, Inc.
City of Biloxi
Biloxi Public School District
Cableman, Inc.
Cable Marketing and Installation, Inc.
Cummins, Inc.
Coastal Family Health Center
Cooper Cameron Corporation
Dayton Electric Mfg. Co.
The Dow Chemical Co
Dow Corning Corporation
Dravo Basic Materials Company, Inc.
Eclipse, Inc.
Empire Abrasives Equipment Corp.
Ford Consumer Credit Corporation
GCO Carpet Outlet
General Nutrition Corp.
Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Goldline Laboratories, Inc.
Greater Biloxi Economic Development Foundation
Green Brothers Gravel Co.
Gulf Coast Medical Center
Gulf Oaks Hospital
Hammermill Paper Co.
Health Management Associates, Inc.
The Heico Companies, LLC
High Tech Services, Inc.
Hussman Corp.
Icon Health and Fitness, Inc.
International Paper Co.
Insurance Center, Inc.
Ion Laboratories, Inc.
Imperial Palace of Mississippi LLC
Island View Casino
ITEN Industries
ITT Corporation
J. Neal McDonald Co.
Kelly-Moore Paint Co.
Kubota Tractor Co.
Leo Eisenberg & Co.
Lighthouse Marble, Inc.
Luckies, Inc.
Mackenzie Chemical Corp.
Marathon Oil Co.
Martine's Development Corporation
McCord Corp.
McElroy Machine & Mfg. Co., Inc.
Met-Pro Corporation (National Coordinating Counsel)
Michelin North America
Mississippi Tort Claim Board
Mississippi Medical Malpractice Availability Plan
Morton International, Inc.
New Palace Casino, Inc.
Norton International
Owens & Sons, Inc.
Plastics Engineering Company
Point Cadet Development Corp.
Richardson Labs, Inc.
Robertson-Ceco Corp.
Rohm & Haas
Rugby Laboratories, Inc.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
Select Medical Corporation
Select Specialty Hospital
Sharkheads, Inc.
Shire Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Stewart-Sneed-Hewes, Inc.
Suarez Seafood Co.
Telescreen Corp.
Textron, Inc.
Trane US Inc.
Twin Labs, Inc.
U.C. Realty Corporation
Union Pump Company
United Abrasives, Inc.
U.S. Xpress, Inc.
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Weaks Enterprises, Inc.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

REAL ESTATE AND FINANCE: ABN Amro Mortgage
Advent Financial Corporation
AFC Mortgage Corp.
Argonaut Development Group, Inc.
BancorpSouth
Coldwell Bank and Mortgage Company
Community Bank
Counrtywide Home Loans, Inc.
First Priority Mortgage Corp
Hancock Bank
Mellon Financial Services
Regions Bank
RW Development, LLC
Shular Companies, Inc.
The Mitchell Company
The Peoples Bank of Biloxi, Mississippi
Wells Fargo Bank.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co.
First American Title Insurance Co.
Chicago Title Insurance Company.

Address

759 Vieux Marché Mall
P.O. Drawer 289
Biloxi, MS 39533, (Harrison Co.)

Phone

Phone: 228-374-2100
Facsimile: 228-432-5539

Website

http://www.pmp.org

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PARTNERS

Lyle M. Page (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, January 26, 1932; admitted to bar, 1954, Louisiana and Mississippi; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern Mississippi; Tulane University (LL.B., 1954). Phi Delta Phi. Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, 1961-1971. Attorney, City of Biloxi Planning Commission, 1961-1971. City Attorney, City of Biloxi, 1971-1973. Trustee, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District, 1963-1966. Member and Vice Chairman, 1968-1988, Harrison County Law Library Commission. Member: Biloxi, Harrison County (President, 1961), Louisiana and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Probate Law; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Bond Finance.Email: Lyle M. Page

Ronald G. Peresich (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 18, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1966; J.D., 1968). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board. Chairman, Law School Honor Council, 1968. Chairman, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Research Exchange, 1968. Law Clerk to Chief Justice W.N. Ethridge, Jr., Mississippi Supreme Court, 1968-1969. Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, 1973-1981. Conducted Seminars on: "Expert and Opinion Testimony," PSI, 1989; "Evidence-Experts-Emerging Trends," Mississippi State Bar, 1991; "Expert Witness Strategies in Litigation in Mississippi," PSI, 1992. "Product Liability - Recent Developments," Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1994; "Expert Witness Strategies in Litigation in Mississippi," National Business Institute, 1994; "Effective Deposition Practice - Preparing & Deposing Expert Witnesses," University of Mississippi Law Center; 1996; "Emerging New Standards for Admitting Expert Testimony After the Daubert Decision," Barristers Educational Services, 1996. Fundamentals of Construction Law in Mississippi, 2008. Chairman, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, 1995. Vice Chairman, Harrison County Strategic Planning Initiative, 1995-1996. Chairman, Coast 21, 1997-1999. Member: Mississippi Gulf Coast Economic Development Council, 1996-2006; Gulf Coast Business Council (Executive Committee 2006-); Mississippi Oil & Gas Board, 2005-2008; Governor's Judicial Advisory Committee, 2004—. Appointed, Committee on Consolidated Actions, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2004—; Complaint Tribunal of the Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi Supreme Court. Member: Biloxi, (Secretary-Treasurer, 1970-1971), Harrison County (President, 1986-1987) and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; The Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1994). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation (1994); American College of Trial Lawyers (2001). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Toxic Tort; Pollution; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Gaming Law; Construction Law.Email: Ronald G. Peresich

Stephen G. Peresich (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1977); University of South Alabama; University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Law School Honor Council, 1978-1979. Member, Mississippi Legal Research Institute, 1980-1981. Co-Author: "Comparative Analysis of State Ethics Law," Mississippi Legal Research Institute, l980. Conducted various seminars on medical issues, expert witnesses and trial practice. Guest speaker to medical and nursing staffs on current topics. Member, Federal Court Internship Program, 1980-1981. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, Mississippi, 1982-1985. Municipal Court Judge, Pro Tempore, City of Biloxi, 1981-1982. Past President: Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, 1996; Greater Biloxi Economic Development Council, 1997. Vice President, Membership, Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, 1997. Member, Board of Directors and Trustee Emeriti, George Ohr Museum. Member, Leadership Gulf Coast, 1996 —. Member: Biloxi (Past Vice President), Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Business Litigation; Health Care.Email: Stephen G. Peresich

Michael B. McDermott (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, January 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S.C., 1977); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member and Clerk, Moot Court Board, 1978-1979. City Attorney, 1990-1995. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, 1980-1981. Member: Biloxi, Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Law; Real Estate.Email: Michael B. McDermott

Tere Richardson Steel (Partner) born Hampton, Virginia, November 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1975); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1982). Staff Member, 1980-1981 and Supreme Court Review Editor, 1981-1982, Mississippi Law Journal. Law Clerk to Judge Dan M. Russell, Jr., United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1982-1984. Law Clerk to United States Attorney, Northern District of Mississippi, 1981-1982. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, 1984-1985. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; Insurance Defense; Employment Law; Construction Law; Public Entity Liability.Email: Tere Richardson Steel

Michael E. Whitehead (Partner) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, January 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1990); Emory University (LL.M. in Litigation, cum laude, 1992). Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1990. Member: Mississippi State Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Toxic Tort; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Michael E. Whitehead

Henry N. Dick, III (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, July 14, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., 1992); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1995); University of Florida (LL.M., in Taxation, 1996). Associate Casenote and Comment Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1994-1995. Author: "Dockside Gambling and The Federal Maritime Lien Act," 64 Miss. Law Journal 659 (1995). Member: The Mississippi Bar (Chair, Taxation Section); Harrison County Bar Association; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills; Trusts; Probate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Bond Law; Taxation; Like Kind Exchanges.Email: Henry N. Dick, III

W. Mark Edwards (Partner) born Tupelo, Mississippi, May 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1988; J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Delta Phi (Social Chairman, 1991). Member: Lamar Society of International Law, 1988-1991; Mississippi Law Journal, 1990-1991. Author: Comment, "Uninsured Motorist, the Second Class Insured, and Harris v. Magee: A Modest Proposal for Change," 61 Mississippi Law Journal 171, Spring, 1991, Darby Publishing Co. Member: Jackson County (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1995-1996; President, 2000) and American (Member, Torts and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; American Inns of Court; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Young Lawyers Committee; Railroad Committee). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense.Email: W. Mark Edwards

Les W. Smith (Partner) born Stuttgart, Germany, October 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., cum laude, 1988); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Recipient: Steven Lauerius Scholarship in Law; Heidelberg & Woodriff Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure; Robert Hauberg Award for Outstanding Promise in Federal Practice; American Jurisprudence Awards for Civil Procedure I, Torts II, Eminent Domain, Legal Profession, Intellectual Property, Federal Jurisdiction and Antitrust. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Fortune v. Lee County Board of Supervisors, 725 So.2d 747 (Miss. 1998). Practice Areas: General Litigation; Probate.Email: Les W. Smith

John T. Kitchens (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1982). Adjunct Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law, 1999—. District Attorney, 20th Judicial District, Rankin and Madison Counties, 1991-1998. Circuit Court Judge, 20th Judicial District, Rankin and Madison Counties, 1998-2001. Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Federal Litigation Section, 1984-1991. Specially Appointed Circuit Judge, State of Mississippi, 2001-2004. Member: Hinds County and Rankin County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar.

Ronald G. Peresich, Jr. (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, June 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Mississippi Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1995; J.D., 2000). Recipient, Outstanding Student Award in Federal Trial Practice. Extern, admitted to practice under the Limited Practice Statute with the Office of the District Attorney, 1998. Assistant District Attorney, Gulfport Office, Harrison County, Mississippi, 2000-2002. Assistant District Attorney, Biloxi Office, 2002. Certified, Trial Advocacy I, National District Attorneys Association National Advocacy Center, 2002. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense.Email: Ronald G. Peresich, Jr.

Mary W. Van Slyke (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, November 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee; 2001, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1995); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court Board, 1996-1998. Member: Harrison County and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense.Email: Mary W. Van Slyke

Cowles Edgar Symmes (Partner) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, December 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., 1996); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Government & Policy Committee, Coast Young Professionals/Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Langston v. Bigelow, 820 So.2d 752 (Miss.App. 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Toxic Torts; Insurance Defense; Casino Law; Gaming Law.Email: Cowles Edgar Symmes

Randi Peresich Mueller (Partner) born Biloxi, Mississippi, September 27, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi; 2006, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 1997; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Moot Court Board. Recipient, Outstanding Student Awards in Torts and Federal Trial Practice. Presenter, Fundamentals of Construction Law in Mississippi, May 21, 2008. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations (Vice-Chairman: Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section); The Mississippi Bar, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Jackson Young Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Helen May, Individually and on Behalf of all Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Jefferson Davis May, Deceased v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp., et al., 948 So. 2d 483 (Miss. App. 2007). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Torts; Toxic Tort; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Legal Malpractice; Construction Law; Construction Defects; Construction Contracts.Email: Randi Peresich Mueller

Gina Bardwell Tompkins (Partner) born Greenville, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 1989, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Real Property and Federal Jurisdiction. Staff Member, 1987-1988 and Research Editor, 1988-1989, Mississippi Law Journal. Past President, Secretary and Treasurer, Jackson County Bar Association. Certified Mississippi Workers' Compensation Mediator. Member: Jackson County (Past President), Harrison County (Past President and Past Vice-President, Young Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Municipal Law.Email: Gina Bardwell Tompkins

David S. Raines (Partner) born Gulfport, Mississippi, December 4, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1970); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1973). Delta Theta Phi. Staff Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1971-1973. Listed in, Strathmore's Who's Who Registry, 1996. City Appeals Prosecutor, City of Gulfport, Mississippi, 1976-1977. Attorney, Civil Service Commission, City of Gulfport, Mississippi, 1978-1981. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate Title Examination(15%); Real Estate Title Insurance(15%); Real Estate Law(10%); Residential Real Estate Sales(10%); Business Formation(5%); Land Sales(5%); Real Estate Acquisitions(5%); Real Estate Contracts(5%); Residential Real Estate Development(5%); Real Estate Secured Lending(5%); Real Estate Leasing(5%); Decedent's Estates(5%); Real Estate Foreclosure(2%); Wills(2%); Health Care(2%); Powers of Attorney(2%); Business Acquisitions(1%); Condominium Law(1%).Email: David S. Raines

William Symmes (Partner) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, December 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1996); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Dr. C.A. Walker Scholarship Award. Member, Environmental Law Association, 1998-2000. Senator, Mississippi College School of Law Senate, 1998-2000. Member: Coast Young Professionals/Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce; Gulfport Business Club. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Mock Trial Competition); Harrison County Young Lawyers Association (Secretary, 2003-2004); Mississippi Young Lawyers Association (Director at Large, 2005-2007); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Torts; Asbestos Litigation; Chemical Exposure; Government; County Government Law.Email: William Symmes

ASSOCIATES

Johanna M. McMullan (Associate) born Houma, Louisiana, July 17, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, Louisiana. Education: Southeastern Louisiana University (B.S., 1990); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1994). Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to James H. Herring, Sr., Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1997-1999. Staff Attorney, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1999-2002. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Appellate Practice; Defense Litigation.Email: Johanna M. McMullan

Nathan L. Prescott (Associate) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, August 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi; 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 2000); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2003). Staff Attorney, Fifth District Circuit Court of Mississippi under the tutelage of the Honorable Judge Joseph Loper, Jr., 2003-2004. Member: American Bar Association; Louisiana Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Harrison County Young Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Litigation; Corporate Law.Email: Nathan L. Prescott

Pepper A. Pearson (Associate) born Gulfport Mississippi, December 17, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi; 2007, Alabama; U.S. District Court Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Oglethorpe University (B.A., 2000); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Harrison County Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Pepper A. Pearson

Katharine McKee Surkin (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, May 1, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Millsaps College (B.S.,1999); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi (President). Judicial Clerkship for the Hon. Justice George C. Carlson, Jr., Mississippi Supreme Court, 2001-2005. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Toxic Torts; Commercial Litigation.Email: Katharine McKee Surkin

Amanda M. Beard (Associate) born Biloxi, Mississippi, October 2,1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Recipient, Outstanding Student Award, Commercial Paper and Coastal and Ocean Law. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Harrison County Bar Association; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Amanda M. Beard

Rodney H. Nourse (Associate) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1979, Mississippi and Louisiana. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A.,1971); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1975); San Francisco State University (M.B.A., 1995). Sigma Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Adjunct Professor, Business Law, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast. Vice President, Corporate Development, Sazerac Company, New Orleans, Louisiana. Corporate Counsel, Sazerac Company, New Orleans, Louisiana. Board of Directors, Biloxi Chamber of Commerce. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; Mississippi Bar Association; Louisiana State Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Municipal Law; Wills; Probate.Email: Rodney H. Nourse

Sean J. Tindell (Associate) born Gulfport, Mississippi, October 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., 1996; M.B.A., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2001). Charles Clark Inn of Court. Graduate Finance Tutor, University of Southern Mississippi, 1997-1998. Student Body Senator, IFC Recruitment Chair, Member, Host Committee and Member, IFC Judicial Board, University of Southern Mississippi. Senator and President, Student Body, Mississippi College School of Law. Recipient: Wright Law Firm Family Law Award; American Jurisprudence Awards in: Domestic Relations; Counseling and Negotiations; Wright Law Firm Family Law Award. Listed in Who's Who Among American Universities and Colleges, 1996. Former Assistant District Attorney, Harrison, Hancock and Stone Counties, 2002-2007. Member: Coast Young Professionals; Coast Chamber of Commerce; Gulfport Kiwanis Club; Gulfport Business Persons Club; Gulfport School Mentor Program. Board Member, Make-A-Wish Foundation. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Young Lawyers (Board Member, 2004-2006); Harrison County Young Lawyers (President, 2004-2005). Practice Areas: Criminal Law; DUI/DWI; Torts; Real Estate; Business Law; Casinos and Gambling; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Premises Liability.Email: Sean J. Tindell

Christopher C. Haug (Associate) born Lawrence, Kansas, March 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. (Not admitted in Mississippi). Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Alabama (J.D., 2000). Author: "A Young Lawyer's Guide to Depositions," For the Defense, Vol. 45, No. 1. (January 2003); "The Law of Damages in a Legal Malpractice Action," J. L. Prof., Spring 2000. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute (Member, Young Lawyers Committee). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Products Liability; Premises Liability.Email: Christopher C. Haug

Thomas E. Whitfield, Jr. (Associate) born Starkville, Mississippi, 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Externship, Rankin County Prosecutor's Office, Mississippi, 2006. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association.

Michelle M. Smith (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, March 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994; M.A., Accounting, 1995; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi; National Trial Team. Finalist Steen Reynolds Dalehite Tiral Competition. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Recipient: Outstanding Student Award in Torts, Income Taxation of Individuals and Secured Transactions. Law Clerk to the Honorable David C. Bramlette, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 2000-2001. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Municipal Law.Email: Michelle M. Smith

Jennifer Thompson Schloegel (Associate) born Gulfport, Mississippi, May 1, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1991); Emory University School of Law. Phi Delta Phi. Appellate Chairman, University of Mississippi Moot Court Board, 1990. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; The Mississippi Bar; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also at Biloxi Office).

OF COUNSEL

Frederick J. Mannino (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 21, 1929; admitted to bar, 1953, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1951); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1953). Phi Alpha Delta. Attorney, City of Biloxi Planning Commission, 1974-1982. Chairman, City of Biloxi Civil Service Commission, 1974-1979. Member: Biloxi, Harrison County (First Vice President, 1975-1976; President, 1976-1977), Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; American Judicature Society; American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Member, Board of Regents, 1978-1982); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Claims Association, Inc.; American Inns of Court; International Association of Defense Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [U.S. Army, CIC, hon. dischg. 1956]. Practice Areas: General Practice; Civil Litigation.Email: Frederick J. Mannino