Phone: (228) 762-6631
PRACTICE AREAS & QUALIFICATIONS
Practice Areas
Admissions
Mississippi (2013)
United States District Courts of Mississippi (2013)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2013)
Alabama (2014)
Education
B.A., International Studies, Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi, 2010
J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law, 2013 cum laude
LL.M., Admiralty Law, Tulane University School of Law, 2014 with distinction
ABOUT MICHAEL
Michael focuses his practice on governmental representation matters and regularly addresses issues such a zoning, development ordinances, economic development incentives, and a variety of other issues. Michael's practice also includes insurance coverage and defense litigation, medical and dental malpractice defense, and business transactions and litigation. A native and local to Pascagoula, Michael enjoys spending time with family and friends and serving in local organizations.
REPRESENTATIVE DECISIONS
Lee v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 355 So. 3d 299 (Miss. 2023)
Smith v. Mississippi Coast OB/GYN, et al., 2019-CA-01058-COA (Miss. Ct. App. June 29, 2021)
Span v. Nichols, 2018-CA-01332-COA (Miss. Ct. App. May 12, 2020)
Rudd v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2018-CA-01390-COA (Miss. Ct. App. May 5, 2020)
West v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., et al., 282 So. 3d 1223 (Miss. Ct. App. 2019)
Greenwich Ins. Co. v. Capsco Industries, Inc., 934 F.3d 419 (5th Cir. 2019)
McGlothin v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 925 F.3d 741 (5th Cir. 2019)
Mears v. Jones, 756 Fed. Appx. 404 (5th Cir. 2018)
Forrest General Hospital v. Upton, 240 So. 3d 410 (Miss. 2018)
Singing River Hospital v. Vermilyea, 242 So. 3d 74 (Miss. 2018)
Isom v. Valley Forge Ins. Co., 716 Fed. Appx. 280 (5th Cir. 2017)
Seibert v. Jackson County, Mississippi, 851 F.3d 430 (5th Cir. 2017)
Continental Cas. Co. v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 235 So. 3d 40 (Miss 2017)
Briggs v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 673 Fed. Appx. 389 (5th Cir. 2016)
Ross v. Wallack, 188 So.3d 597 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015)
Williams v. Rogers, 2015 WL 5794419 (S.D. Miss. Oct. 1, 2015)
Castigliola v. Mississippi Dept. of Rev., 162 So. 3d 795 (Miss 2015)
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mississippi Maritime Museum, Board Member, 2019 - 2022
Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, Board Member, 2019 - present
Jackson County Bar Association; Treasurer, 2018 - 2019; Vice President 2019 - 2020; President 2020 - 2021
First Presbyterian Church, Elder, 2018 - 2021
Rotary Club of Pascagoula, Mississippi
Maritime Law Association of the United States
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
Mississippi Bar Association
Jackson County Bar Association
Jackson County Young Lawyers
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute
American Bar Association