|   | | Law Firm in Biloxi, Mississippi | |
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| | Address | | 145 Main Street, P.O. Box 1939 | | Biloxi, Mississippi 39533 | | (Harrison Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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(Main Office)
| Byrd & Wiser practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Real Estate, Corporate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law, Commercial and Consumer Collections. | | Year Established: 1987 | Firm Profile:
Byrd & Wiser was founded in 1987 and has the highest Martindale-Hubbell Rating. | | Firm Size: 4 | Representative Clients:
General Motors Acceptance Corp.; Ford Motor Credit Co.; First State Bank; Love Communications Co.; Gulf Coast Community F.C.U.; Community Bank; Citizens Bank; Merchants & Marine Bank; 1st National Bank/Wiggins; Kirschman's; 1st Franklin Financial; Vanderbilt Mortgage; College Investment; Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College Credit Union; Bayside Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Inc.; John Deere Credit; Regions Bank; W.L.O.X. Television; American Honda; Chevron Credit Union; First Guaranty Finance; Hancock Bank; Toyota Motor Credit Co.; Compass Bank; Miss. Power Company; Quick Finance Company; Mazda American Credit; National Bank of Commerce; Union Planters Bank; Primus Automotive; Keesler Federal Credit Union; Covington County Bank; Fairlane Credit; GMAC Commercial Mortgage; Bank of America; Daimler Chrysler Services; Textron Financial Services; ARCAP Servicing Inc.; Allied Capital; Crowley Marine; Orix Real Estate Capital Market; Bank One; Wells Fargo Financial; Aladdin Construction; Baker Hughes, Inc.; Credit Union South; GMAC Bank; Lease Comm.; Clear Channel Broadcasting; New Palace Casino, LLC; Memorial Federal Credit Union; Treasure Bay Casino; First Southern Bank; WXXV, Fox 25; Drive Financial Services. |
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co. | Reference:
Community Bank, Biloxi, MS. | 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
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Robert A. Byrd (Member) born Highland Park, Michigan, July 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan and Mississippi. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1973); University of Warwick Law School, Coventry, England; Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Member, Wayne Law Review, 1975-1976. Co-Author: "Mississippi Collection Law and Practice," P.E.S.I., 1986. Teaching Associate with Professor Kevin Tierney, Contracts, Wayne State University, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Hon. Dan M. Russell, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1977-1980. Listed in, Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy), 1991—. Member: Harrison County (President, 1999-2000) and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Michigan; Commercial Law League of America; American Bankruptcy Institute; Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (President, 1987-1988). Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert A. Byrd | | Nicholas Van Wiser (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, July 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1975); Mississippi College (J.D., 1982). Articles Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: Note, "Admissions by Party Opponent," 2 Mississippi College Law Review 287, 1981. Law Clerk to Honorable Presiding Justice Vernon H. Broom, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Real Estate Litigation; Commercial and Consumer Collection; Estate Administration and Litigation; Construction Law; Collections; Repossessions; Truth in Lending; Lender Liability. Email: Nicholas Van Wiser | | ASSOCIATES | | James R. Lockard (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, November 22, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M., 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to: Hon. James P. Coleman, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1971-1972; Hon. E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1982-1984. Member: Harrison County, Hinds County and American (Member, Labor Relations Law Section) Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar. Email: James R. Lockard | | Matthew G. Mestayer (Associate) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 19, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 1990); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1993). Recipient, Judicial Award, Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence, 2004. Municipal Judge, Ocean Springs, Mississippi Pro Tem, 1999-2000; Municipal Judge, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 2000—. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; General Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Matthew G. Mestayer |
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