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| | Address | | 525 Main Street, P.O. Drawer 1975 | | Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39403-1975 | | (Forrest & Lamar Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 601-544-1234 | | Telefax: 601-544-1276; 601-544-1280 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.mpvlaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Montague, Pittman & Varnado,
A Professional Association practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation, Insurance Defense Law, Banking Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy Law, Real Estate Law, Environmental Law, Public Law. | | Year Established: 1947 | Firm Profile:
Montague, Pittman & Varnado, A Professional Association was founded by the late Reginald A. Gray in 1947. The firm's current senior member, Frank D. Montague, Jr. joined Mr. Gray in 1953. Today, the firm's eight attorneys continue to maintain a rated practice by providing a full range of Legal services to their individual, business, and governmental clients, in litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Montague, Pittman & Varnado is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and the following are representative of the firm's current substantive areas of practice: LITIGATION: The firm's attorneys appear before all Mississippi trial courts, the Mississippi Supreme Court, The United States District Courts, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Montague, Pittman & Varnado attorneys also practice before the Mississippi Worker's Compensation Commission, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the State Tax Commission, and other state and federal administrative Agencies. See attorney biographies for certain published decisions. INSURANCE DEFENSE LAW: The firm represents a variety of insurance carriers and insureds located throughout the United States and abroad, have successfully defended many personal injury and wrongful death cases and have significant experience in insurance coverage litigation arising out of or related to motor vehicular claims, products liability, fire, fidelity and surety and casualty claims, professional liability, realtors liability and environmental claims. PLAINTIFF'S REPRESENTATION: The firm successfully represents many personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, employment and property damage plaintiffs and claimants. REAL ESTATE LAW: The firm provides legal services in all aspects of real estate law, from title searches and preparation of basic conveyance documents, to the representation of individual and commercial clients in major commercial real estate transactions and closings. The firm represents clients in litigation arising from contract, boundary, zoning and land use disputes, as well as other matters related to real estate law. CORPORATE LAW: Montague, Pittman & Varnado helps form limited liability companies, corporations, partnerships and other types of businesses, providing advice to members, officers, and directors on legal consequences of business and employment decisions. Our corporate work also includes preparation of all corporate documents, and representation of corporate and business clients in often complex litigation arising out of day to day operations. COMMERCIAL LAW: Our attorneys represents clients of wide array of commercial law matters, including those regulated under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), Bankruptcy Code, and various state and federal commercial statutes and regulations. The firm provides counsel to business and individual clients concerning commercial paper, secured transactions, bankruptcy and contractual matters. BANKRUPTCY LAW: Montague, Pittman & Varnado represents both creditors and debtors, business and individual, in bankruptcy and related proceedings. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: The firm has experience in the areas of environmental and natural resources law, counseling lenders and parties to real estate and commercial transactions relative to environmental risk minimization, representing clients in court, before administrative agencies, in legislative hearings, and in other contexts. In recent years, the firm has been involved in dioxin and creosote defense and asbestos and silica mass tort defense. PUBLIC LAW: The firm represents public bodies, commissions and boards as their General Counsel and in litigation. CONSTRUCTION LAW: The firm engages in construction litigation for owners, contractors and architects. | | Firm Size: 7 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Area Development Partnership; Hattiesburg Convention Commission. | Representative Clients:
The Hattiesburg Library; Kemper Insurance Group; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Metropolitan Property & Liability Insurance Co.; Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Co.; BellSouth; Southern Pipe and Supply Co., Inc.; Pearl River County, Mississippi, Board of Supervisors; Risk Mgmt. Services Inc.; Andritz, Inc.; Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.; Clarendon Insurance Group; (BSA); Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Assn.; General Electric Capital Corp.; Volvo Commercial Finance; Capital One; Verizon Capital; NationWide Indemnity Co.; Royal & Sun Alliance; Miss. Tort Claims Board; Walco Oil Co.; Powe Timber Co., Inc.; Atlanta Casualty Co.; The Bradley Co.; Casablanca Construction, Inc.; Coldwell Banker Don Nace, Inc.; Employers Unity, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Infinity Insurance Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Occidental Chemical Corp.; Resinall Inc.; Rex Enterprises, Inc.; Rice Insurance Services Co.; Robertson-Ceco Corp.; City of Poplarville; City of Picayune. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co.; First American Title Insurance Co. | 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
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Frank D. Montague, Jr. (Senior Attorney) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, August 26, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Mississippi. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana; University of Southern Mississippi; University of Mississippi (B.S. in Civ. Eng., 1951); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1950). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Chi Epsilon. President, Lamar Order, 1991. Co-Author: "Warranties Under the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code--Rights, Remedies and Limitation of Disclaimers," 36th Mississippi Annual Law Institute, 1981. Municipal Judge, 1954-1961. Attorney, City of Hattiesburg, 1965-1974. Chairman, Mississippi Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1977. Gubernatorial Appointment: First Chairman, Mississippi Tort Claims Board. Member: South Central Mississippi (President, 1967-1968) and American (Member, Standing Committee on Professional Discipline, 1978-1984) Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar (President, 1975-1976; Chairman, Disciplinary Procedure Committee, 1981-1983); Mississippi Bar Foundation (President, 1977); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1986-1987); American Judicature Society (Director, 1976, 1979); National Conference of Bar Presidents (Member, Executive Council, 1986-1988); American Arbitration Association. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Public Law; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts Litigation; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Frank D. Montague, Jr. | | F. Douglas Montague, III (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 4, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "Warranties Under the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code--Rights, Remedies, and Limitation of Disclaimers," 36th Mississippi Annual Law Institute, 1981. Member: South Central Mississippi and American (Chairman: Explorer Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1979-1981; Citizenship Education Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1982-1983) Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1991); Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; American Bankruptcy Institute. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law; Real Estate. Email: F. Douglas Montague, III | | Carey R. Varnado (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, May 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana; 1977, Mississippi. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1973); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, Law Related Public Education Award, Mississippi Bar Foundation, 2001. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2003. Law Clerk, United States District Judge William Harold Cox, 1976-1977. Member, Million Dollar Advocates, 2005. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Carey R. Varnado | | Paul B. Caston (Partner) born Cleveland, Mississippi, May 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Nebraska; 1995, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Delta State University (B.B.A., 1988); Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Reported Cases: MDHS v. Gaddis, 730 so.2d 1116; Addo V. Globe Life and Accident, 230 F3d 759. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Mass Torts; Commercial Law; Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy. Email: Paul B. Caston | | Robin L. Roberts (Partner) born New Albany, Mississippi, September 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Belhaven College (B.A., 1980); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1984). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Evidence; Civil Procedure II. Research Editor, Mississippi College School of Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to U.S. Magistrate John M. Roper, Biloxi, Mississippi. Author: Note, "Editorial Discretion Over Public Television," 4 Mississippi College Law Review 133, 1983. Member: The Mississippi Bar; South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Insurance Defense; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Labor and Employment. | | —————————— | | Michael C. Moore (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., 1995); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Nursing Home Defense; Mass Tort Litigation; Asbestos Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Products Liability. | | OF COUNSEL | | James C. Pittman, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Talladega, Alabama, September 2, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., 1952); New York University; University of Mississippi (J.D., 1955). Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: South Central Mississippi Bar Association (President, 1978); The Mississippi Bar. [J.A.G.C., U.S. Army, 1955-1958]. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation. | | Susan E. Coco (Of Counsel) born Oxford, Mississippi, October 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1988, 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., 1983; M.B.A., 1985); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. President, South Central Mississippi Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 1991-1992. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts Law; Insurance Defense; Employment Law. Email: Susan E. Coco |
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