(Main Office)

The partnership originated in 1962 as an insurance defense firm. In addition to defending automobile, homeowners, commercial, and first party (including bad faith) claims the members of the Firm have expanded the practice to include the defense of products liability, medical malpractice, admiralty, workers compensation, construction, environmental claims, and tobacco litigation.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Litigation, Insurance Defense, Corporation, Probate, Admiralty, Workers Compensation, Products Liability, Contract, Construction and Surety, Environmental, Banking, Medical Malpractice, Wills and Trusts.

Representative Clients:

ALFA Insurance Company
Allstate Insurance Company
American National Property & Casualty Ins. Co.
American Security Group
Aronov Realty Co. Inc.
Atlanta Casualty Insurance Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mississippi
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.
Carolina Casualty Insurance Company
Children's Clinic of Pascagoula
C.N.A.
CUNA Mutual Insurance Co.
Clark Seafood Company, Inc.
Colle Towing Company, Inc.
The Doctors Company
Emergency Room Group, Ltd.
Federal Express Corporation
GAB Business Services, Inc.
General Manufactured Housing, Inc.
Government National Mortgage Association
Gulf Concrete, LLC.
Gulf Insurance Group
Great American Insurance
Hermitage Ins. Co.
Homeport Marine Services
International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1752 & 1967
Jackson County Sheriff's Dept.
Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company
Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi
Merchants and Marine Bank
Mississippi Farm Bureau Ins. Co.
Monroe Warehouse Company
National Casualty Insurance Company
National Union Fire Insurance
Northbrook Insurance Company
Ohio Casualty Group
OMS National Insurance Co.
Pascagoula Bar Pilots Association
Pascagoula Family Practice, PLLC.
Patterson Truck Lines
Petroleum Service Corp.
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.
Reliance Insurance Company
Reserve Life Insurance Company
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Roadway Services, Inc.
Ryobi Motor Products Corporation
SAIA Motor Freight Lines, Inc.
South Trust Bank
South Mississippi Surgeons
Southern Farm Bureau
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State Farm Fire & Casualty Company
TIG Specialty Insurance Company
The Medical Protective Co.
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Trident Marine
United Services Automobile Association
USF Logistics
United Southern Ins.
Voyager Guaranty Insurance Company
Zurich-American Insurance Group.

Address

1103 Jackson Avenue P.O. Drawer 1529
Pascagoula, MS 39568-1529, (Jackson Co.)

Phone

Phone: 228-762-6631
Fax: 228-769-6392
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Website

http://www.bnscblaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

E. S. Ned Nelson (1928-1985).

John F. Bryan, III (1915-1994).

Vincent J. Castigliola, Jr. (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Member: Jackson County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Contract Law; Products Liability; Litigation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Workers' Compensation.Email: Vincent J. Castigliola, Jr.

John A. Banahan (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, June 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Jackson County Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1982-1983); The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1994-1996; President, 1999); Defense Research Institute (State Representative); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability.Email: John A. Banahan

H. Benjamin Mullen (Member) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, November 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi; 1992, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1991). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Jackson County, American and Federal Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Antitrust.Email: H. Benjamin Mullen

Scott Corlew (Member) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, April 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1996). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of Mississippi Law School Senate, 1994. Member: Jackson County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Services Committee, 1997). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Wills; Real Property; General Practice; Eminent Domain.Email: Scott Corlew

OF COUNSEL

Ernest R. Schroeder (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, Mississippi, March 10, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Mississippi. Education: Perkinston Junior College and Mississippi State University (B.A., 1960); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Theta Kappa. Member: Jackson County Bar Association; Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Arson Defense; Bad Faith Insurance; Litigation; Insurance Coverage Defense; Personal Injury Defense.Email: Ernest R. Schroeder

ASSOCIATES

Matthew Earl Perkins (Associate) born Moss Point, Mississippi, August 20, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., Banking and Finance, 2002; J.D., 2006). Member: Jackson County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson County Young Lawyers; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense.

Jessica Banahan McNeel (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, August 30, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, 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., Political Science and English, magna cum laude, 2004; J.D., cum laude, 2007). Order of Barristers. Public Relations Chair, Moot Court Board. Winner, Trial Advocacy Competition. Recipient, Campbell, DeLong Scholarship. Member: Jackson County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Section); The Mississippi Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Section); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Personal Injury Defense.

Ryan Anthony Frederic (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, September 14, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., Marketing, 2001); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.