Stephen G. Peresich Sr. - Biloxi, MS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, Mississippi, 1981
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: Moot Court Board
    Honors: Law School Honor Council, 1979
    Honors: Member, Mississippi Legal Research Institute, 1980-1981

• Non Legal Education

  • Mississippi State University, 1977
    Bachelor of Science

Past Positions

• City of Biloxi, Mississippi, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. 1982-1985
• City of Biloxi, Municipal Court Judge, Pro Tempore. 1981-1982

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Medical Staff at Merit Health Biloxi- “informed Consent”. December 2022
  
• Frequent author of articles published by the Mississippi Defense Lawyers. 2020-2022
  
• Guest Presenter at Mississippi College School of Law Symposium – ZOOM Webinar – “The Opioid Crisis and It's Effect in Damages Claims”. September 2020
  
• Panel Speaker at University of Mississippi School of Law, Center for Continuing Legal Education, Webinar – “Medical Defenses- Practical Tips”. May 2020
  
• Legal Risks in the Opioid Crisis, Presentation to Medical Staff at Merit Health Biloxi. March 2019
  
• Presenter at Biloxi Regional Medical Center Doctors & Social Media -Pitfalls and Dangers 2014
  
• Lecturer, Biloxi Regional Medical Staff “The Disruptive Physician and Physician Best Practices“, August 2012
  
• “Professional Behavior in the Workplace“, Biloxi Regional Medical Center Medical Staff training seminar, March 2010
  
• Guest Lecturer, Biloxi Regional Medical Staff Physicians, Informed Consent and Chart Documentation, June 2007
  
• Tort Reform presenter: Impact on the Medical Community and Preventive Medicine-Malpractice Claims, Nov. 2004
  
• Litigating Medical Malpractice, Court Room Evidence in Mississippi; National Business Institute, April 2004
  
• Tort Reform in Mississippi, July 2002
  
• Medical Malpractice in Mississippi: Peer Review Obstacles, June 2001
  
• Medical Malpractice in Mississippi: Mississippi's Changing Medical-Legal Environment, May 2000
  
• Lecturer, Medical Malpractice Legal Assistant Seminar, Nov. 1997
  
• Presenter, Strategies for Success in Personal Injury Cases Seminar, July 1996
  
• Presenter, Litigation Techniques and Strategies, June 1996
  
• Presentation to Medical Legal Community, Impact of Scott v Flynt (April 1996), Spring 1996

Pro Bono Activities

• Leadership Gulf Coast Alumni Association
• Past President Biloxi Soccer Organization
• Past President Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, 1996 - Present
• Leadership Gulf Coast Class, 1994 - Present
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber Board of Director, 1995 - 1996
• Attorney for the Board of Trustees of Biloxi Regional Medical Center, since August 2011
• St. Patrick Catholic High School Advisory Board Member, 2007-2008
• Trustee Emeritus Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
• Past Board Member, Nativity B.V.M. Elementary School
• Past President Greater Biloxi Economic Development Council, 1997
• Leadership Gulf Coast Class of 1994
• Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral- Member

Representative Cases

• Dedeaux v. Woodland Village Nrsg Cntr, 2020-TS-01368 (Miss. Jan. 2021)
• Faye v. Miss. Depart. Human Services, 2018 WL 4169096 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 30, 2018)
• Ward, et al. v. Harrell, et al., 1:17cv187HSO-JCG (S.D. Miss. Sept. 7, 2018)
• Monroe v Alex Blevens, MD, 185 So. 3d 419 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).
• Carpenter v. Thompson, 2014 LEXIS 421, No. 2011-CT-01028 (Miss. August 21, 2014)
• Cornelius v. Benefield, 2013 Miss. App. LEXIS 558 (Miss. Ct. App. Sept. 3, 2013) cert. denied, 2014 LEXIS 293 (Miss. June 12, 2014)
• Holder v. Orange Grove Med. Specialties, P.A., 2010 Miss. LEXIS 640 (Miss. Dec. 9, 2010)
• Herndon v. Miss. Forestry Comm'n, 2010 Miss. App. LEXIS 636 (Miss. Ct. App. Dec. 7, 2010)
• Pettis v. Miss. Transp. Comm'n, 44 So. 3d 425 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010)
• Scafide v. Dr. Bazzone, 962 So. 2d 585 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006)
• Richardson v. Grand Casinos of Mississippi, Inc.-Gulfport, LLC, 935 So. 2d 1146 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006)
• Dr. Colson v. Johnson, 764 So. 2d 438 (Miss. 2000)
• Dubard v. Biloxi H.M.A., Inc., 778 So. 2d 113 (Miss. 2000)
• Dr. Colson v. Hemingway, 779 So. 2d 164 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000)
• Robert v. Dr. Colson, 729 So. 2d 1243 (Miss. 1999)
• Taylor v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Inc., 737 So. 2d 435 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999)
• Tinnon v. Dr. Martin, 716 So. 2d 604 (Miss. 1998)
• Soileau v. Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission, 730 So. 2d 101 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998)
• Byrd v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, 722 So. 2d 166 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998)
• Palmer v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Inc., 649 So. 2d 179 (Miss. 1994)
• Robinson v. Coastal Family Health Center, Inc., 756 F.Supp. 958 (S.D. Miss. 1990)
• Baker v. Washington National Insurance Company, 823 F.2d 156 (5th. Cir. 1987)
• Proby v. State ex. rel West, 498 So. 2d 792 (Miss. 1986)

Published Works

Articles

• Author of “Opioid Crisis and its Potential Effect on Damage Claims”, The Quarterly-MDLA Magazine. Summer 2019
  
• Co-Author of Defense Research Institute (DRI), the DRI Deposition Manual (February 2016)
  
• Co-Author: “Comparative Analysis of State Ethic Laws,” Mississippi Legal Research Institute, 1980
  

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1981
• Supreme Court of Mississippi, 1981

Other Affiliations

• Federal Court Internship Program, 1980 - 1981 (Member)
• Biloxi Bar Association (Member)
• Harrison County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Mississippi State Bar (Member)
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• 2020 Member- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
• American Health Lawyers Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi