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Gulfport Catastrophic Events and Major Claims Lawyer
About Patrick T. Bergin
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Practice Areas
- Catastrophic Events and Major Claims
- Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation
- Insurance
- Trucking Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Transportation and Trucking Rapid Response
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1992
- Mississippi, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Mississippi Bar
- Georgia Bar Association
- Harrison County Bar Association
- American Inn of Court, Russell, Blass, Walker Chapter
- Association of Attendees & Alumni of Hague Academy of Int'l Law, The Netherlands
Past Positions
- Judge Dan Russell, United States District Court, Law Clerk
- Judge Lenore Prather, Mississippi Supreme Court, Law Clerk
Education
- Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1988
J.D.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Am Jur Awards
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: Florida State University Law Review, Editor
Law Journal: Florida State University Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Editor - University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1983
B.A.
Major: English
Articles
Published Works
- Critical Legal Studies: A Dialogue, 21 New England Law Review 291, 1986
- The Medicare Payor Secondary Statute: Litigators Beware, The MDLA Quarterly, Winter, 2007
Office Information
Address
1300 25th AvenueSuite 204 Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone
Fax
- (228) 868-1531
Websites
Achievements
Honors
- Judicial and Professional Excellence Award, 1993 - Present
- AV-Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Co-Founder & Vice-President, American Inns of Court, Russell, Blass, Walker Chapter, 1992 - Present
- Member, Mississippi Bar Board of Admissions, Committee on Character and Fitness
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