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| | Address | | 2909 13th Street, 6th Floor, P.O. Drawer W | | Gulfport, Mississippi 39501 | | (Harrison Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 228-868-1111 | | Fax: 228-863-2886 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ddkf.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Asbestos Defense, Automobile, Premises Liability, General Insurance Defense, Nursing Home Litigation, Administrative, Banking, Commercial and Corporation, Commercial Transactions, Construction, Real Property, Planning, Zoning and Land Use Controls, Eminent Domain, Environmental, Toxic Tort Litigation, Products Liability, Bankruptcy, Maritime and Admiralty, Federal and State Workers Compensation, Airport and Aviation Law, Gaming Law, Municipal Law, Civil Rights and Tort Claims Defense. | | Year Established: 1968 | Firm Profile:
Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca, P.A. was formed by William F. Dukes, managing partner for Daniel, Coker, Horton and Dukes at Gulfport, Mississippi, from 1968 until 1980, when Mr. Dukes, a retired FBI agent and graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, withdrew and formed the firm that bears his name, joined by his son, Walter Dukes. In 1982, shareholder Hugh D. Keating joined the firm, followed by Cy Faneca in 1988. Phillip W. Jarrell became a shareholder in 1995 and W. Edward Hatten, Jr. and Trace D. McRaney became shareholders in 2002. Halil "Sul" Ozerden became a shareholder in 2003 and withdrew in 2007 as he was appointed to the United States District Court Southern District, Mississippi. Founder, William F. Dukes died in late 2003. Bobby R. Long became a shareholder in 2005. The firm has developed a widely diversified defense and commercial transaction oriented practice. | | Firm Size: 14 | Representative Clients:
Zurich-NA; International Paper Co.; Kerr-McGee Corp.; The Gainsco Companies; American Interstate Insurance Co.; Sedgwick James of Miss., Inc.; National Trust Insurance Co.; The Mississippi Public Entity Workers Compensation Trust; Aaron Dupuy and Sons Inc.; Underwriters at Lloyds of London; Mentor Corp.; FCCI Mutual Insurance Co.; Browning-Ferris Industries (B.F.I.) of Miss., Inc.; Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc.; Admiral Insurance Co.; Mississippi Loggers' Association; Jersey International Insurance Co.; CNA Insurance Companies; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Continental Casualty Co.; National Union Fire Insurance Co.; Minnehoma Insurance Co.; Adesco, Inc.; Cumis Insurance Society, Inc.; Titan Indemnity Co.; Fireman's Fund Group; Great Southwest Fire and Insurance Co.; Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT); Mississippi Tort Claims Board (MTCA); Security Insurance Group; Reliance Insurance Co.; Seaboard Underwriters, Inc.; Trident Insurance Services, Inc.; Underwriters Adjusting Co.; Western Preferred Casualty Co.; Cravens, Dargan and Co.; CUNA Insurance; International Paper Realty Corp.; Trans-America Commercial Finance Corp.; Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Co.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Alliance General Agency; Commercial Credit Corporation; Safeco Insurance Co.; Dole Fresh Fruit Company; City of Pass Christian, MS; Erie Insurance Co.; Jefferson Insurance Co. of New York; General Accident Insurance Co.; Paradigm Insurance Group; Gulfside Casino Partnership d/b/a Island View Casino; ECO Resources, Inc.; Audubon Insurance Group (AIG); Investors Insurance Group; Western World Insurance Co., Inc.; ITO Corp.; The Gainesco Cos.; Insurance Company of the West (ICW); Prime Retail, LLP; K & K Insurance Company; Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.; BancorpSouth Bank; Universal Field Services, Inc.; Gulf Coast Property Acquisitions, Inc.; Morris Johnson Construction Company, Inc.; Warren Paving, Inc.; Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.; Boomtown Casino; Whitney National Bank; Trustmark National Bank; Regions Bank; Hancock Bank; GeoPave, LLC; Allen Beverages, Inc. |
COUNSEL FOR: Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department; City of Gulfport Planning Commission; Harrison County Tourism Commission; Gulfport/Biloxi Regional Airport Authority; Union Planters National Bank; Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District; Jackson County Airport Authority; Long Beach Water Management District; Harrison County Emergency Communications Commission. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: First American Title Insurance Co.; Grand Bank FSB. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Walter W. Dukes (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, June 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1975); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Nursing Home Litigation Subcommittee); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Mass Torts; Asbestos Defense; Silicosis Litigation; Mold Litigation; Environmental Law; Automobile Liability; Trucking Liability; Municipal Liability; Nursing Home Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: Walter W. Dukes | | Hugh D. Keating (Member) born Boulder, Colorado, September 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., 1974); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1979); George Washington University; The American University (M.S., 1981). Phi Alpha Delta (President, Griffith Chapter, 1975). Member, Leadership Gulf Coast, 1992. Recipient, National Highway Institute Fellowship, 1978. Treasurer, Mississippi College School of Law Alumni Association, 1983-1984. Chairman, Public Trust Tidelands Commission, State of Mississippi, 1988—. President, Mississippi Coast Crime Commission, 1993. Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, The Mississippi Bar, 1987. Executive Committee, Gaming Law Section, The Mississippi Bar, 1998. General Counsel, International Right of Way Association, 1995-1997. President, Gulfport Bayou View Youth Sports Association, 1995-1998. Member, Board of Trustees, 2001-2007 and President, Board of Trustees, 2005-2006, Leadership Gulf Coast. Member: Executive Committee and Board of Bar Commissioners, The Mississippi Bar, 2003-2006. Executive Council, Boy Scout of America Pine Burn Area Council, 2004—. Member, Gulf Coast Business Council. U.S. District Court approved Mediator and Arbitrator. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; American Association for Justice; International Right of Way Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 2006—). Reported Cases: Matter of Fabricators, Inc. 926 Fed 2d 1458 (5th Cir. 1991); Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Andrew and Jacobina Gilich, 609 So. 2d 367 (Miss. 1992); Matter of Enlargement of Corporate Limits and Boundaries of Gulfport, 627 So.2d 292 (Miss. 1993) Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; General Corporate and Commercial Law; Real Property Law; Municipal Law; Gaming Law; General Civil Litigation; Business Law. Email: Hugh D. Keating | | Cy Faneca (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Mississippi; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1967). Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in General Practice. Member, Moot Court Board. Chairman, Student Judicial Counsel, University of Mississippi, 1964-1967. Member, Harrison County Republican Committee. President, Board of Directors, Westminster Academy Elementary School. Clandestine Services Officer, Central Intelligence Agency, 1967-1971. Master, Chancery Court, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1974-1975. Chief of Staff, U.S. Congressman Larkin I. Smith, 5th Congressional District of Mississippi, 1989. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. [USMC Reserve, 1958-1966]. Practice Areas: Airport Law; Litigation; Law Enforcement; Correctional Facilities Law; Real Property Law; Commercial and Corporate Law; Administrative Agency; Municipal Law. Email: Cy Faneca | | Phillip W. Jarrell (Member) born Columbia, Mississippi, August 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1981); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Prosecutor Pro-Tem, City of Gulfport, 1989-1990. Member, Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission ad Hoc Committee on Proposals, 2002-2003. Member, Mississippi Workers Compensation Mediation Panel. Member: Harrison County, Federal and American Bar Associations; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee Membership, 2003, 2004, 2005); Mississippi Claims Association; Atlanta Claims Association; Greater New Orleans Claims Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense Litigation. Email: Phillip W. Jarrell | | W. Edward Hatten, Jr. (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, May 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., Construction Engineering Technology, 1987); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1990). Member, Moot Court Board, 1989-1990. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi, 1991-1993. Member, Board of Directors, International Alumni Association, University of Southern Mississippi, 2000-2003. Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who. Member, American Inns of Court. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Civil Litigation; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability Defense; Construction Litigation; Premises Liability; Motor Vehicle Liability; General Civil Litigation. Email: W. Edward Hatten, Jr. | | Trace D. McRaney (Member) born Lucedale, Mississippi. January 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Member, Mississippi Tort Claims Board, Approved Attorney Register. Approved Mississippi Counsel, Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Harrison County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Premises Liability; Automobile Liability; Civil Rights Defense Litigation; Title VII; Section 1983; Governmental Entity Defense Litigation; Mississippi Tort Claims Act Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; General Civil Litigation. Email: Trace D. McRaney | | Bobby R. Long (Member) born Greenville, Mississippi, October 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Delta State University (B.S., 1975); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member, Moot Court Board. Chief Attorney, Mississippi State Tax Commission, 1985-2001. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; American Inns of Court. Reported Cases: Anderson v. Lambert, 494 So.2d 370 (MS 1986); MS State Tax Comm. 3300 Corp., 515 So.2d 912 (MS 1987); Chiz's Motel & Restaurant, Inc. v. MS State Tax Comm., 750 F.2d 1305 (5th Cir. 1985); Kerr McGee Chemical Corp. v. Buelow, 670 So.2d 12 (MS 1995); Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Marx, 594 So.2d 615 (MS 1992); Weeks Dredging & Contracting, Inc. v. MS State Tax Comm., 521 So.2d 884 (MS 1988); H.J. wilson Co., Inc. v. MS State Tax Comm., 737 So.2d 981 (MS 1998); Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. MS State Tax Comm., 704 So.2d 981 (MS Ct. App. 1997); Mississippi State Tax Comm. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 650 So.2d 1353 (MS 1995). Practice Areas: Litigation; Law Enforcement Defense; Correctional Facilities Law; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Regulatory Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate. Email: Bobby R. Long | | —————————— | | Je'Nell B. Blum (Associate) born Mt. Holly, New Jersey, August 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 2001, Mississippi. Education: San Diego State University (B.S., 1990); Thomas Jefferson School of Law (J.D., 1994). Writer, Editor and Senior Editor, Thomas Jefferson Law Review, 1993-1994. Listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1993-1994 and 1994-1995. Author, San Diego Justice Journal, v. 1.2. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of California; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Property; Commercial Law; Administrative Law; Probate. Email: Je'Nell B. Blum | | David N. Duhé (Associate) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 13, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College; Mississippi State University (B.S.B.A., 2002); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Delta Phi (Secretary, 2003-2004). Member: Magnolia, Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Contracts; Corporate Law; Bankruptcy; Real Property; Eminent Domain; Gaming Law; Administrative Law. Email: David N. Duhé | | Haley N. Broom (Associate) born Gulfport, Mississippi, December 21, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., Psychology, 2002); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Phi Delta Phi. Member, 2003-2004 and Executive Board, 2004-2005, Moot Court; Honor Council, Honor Board, 2004. Author: "Contributions of the Gaming Industry in Mississippi and Present Risks that the Industry Faces: A Proposal of Mississippi Casinos to be Moved Onto Land," Gaming Law Review Article, 2005. Member, Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project, 2006—. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Juris Sodalitas. Practice Areas: Law Enforcement Defense; Aviation Law; Civil Rights Defense; Government Affairs; Civil Practice. Email: Haley N. Broom | | Amanda M. Schwartz (Associate) born Cookville, Tennessee, August 8, 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, North Carolina; 2006, Mississippi. Education: Emory and Henry College (B.A., Political Science/Economics, 2002); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2005). Clerk, Judge Glen Williams, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 2005-2006. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation. Email: Amanda M. Schwartz | | Jon S. Tiner (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, September 12, 1970; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi. Education: Spring Hill College (B.A., 1999); Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Municipal Defense; General Liability Defense. Email: Jon S. Tiner |
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