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MICHAEL R. MOORE

Partner | michael@bnscb.com

Assistant: Christy | christy@bnscb.com

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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, professional liability claims, business transactions and litigation, contract drafting and litigation, and others.  A native and local to Pascagoula, Michael enjoys spending time with family and friends and serving in local organizations.

REPRESENTATIVE DECISIONS

  • Lee v. City of Pascagoula, 402 So. 3d 752 (Miss. 2025)

  • City of Pascagoula v. Cumbest, 399 So. 3d 916 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024)

  • Lee v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 355 So. 3d 299 (Miss. 2023)

  • Smith v. Mississippi Coast OB/GYN, et al., 325 So. 3d 723 (Miss. Ct. App. 2021)

  • Span v. Nichols, 306 So. 3d 781 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)

  • Rudd v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 295 So. 3d 579 (Miss. Ct. App. 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

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  • Ole Miss Law Alumni Board, 2025 - present

  • Pascagoula-Gautier Foundation for Educational Excellence, Secretary, 2024 - present

  • Mississippi Maritime Museum, Board Member, 2019 - 2022

  • Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, Board Member, 2019 - present

  • Leadership Jackson County, Class of 2022

  • 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

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