Experience

• Partner, Page, Mannino, Peresich & McDermott, 1985 – present
• Asst. Prosecuting Attorney, City of Biloxi, Mississippi, 1982 – 1985
• Municipal Court Judge, pro tempore, City of Biloxi, 1981 – 1982

Education

• University of Mississippi, Juris Doctor, 1981
• Moot Court Board, Law School Honor Council, 1979, Phi Delta Phi, Member, Mississippi Legal Research Institute, 1980-1981, Federal Court Internship Program 1980-1981
• Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science, 1977
• Biloxi Senior High School, Diploma 1972

Publications and Speaking Engagements

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

Professional and Civic Involvement; Recognitions

Professional Associations:

• 2020 Member- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
• Super Lawyers recognition in 2018 & 2019
• The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year 2017 – Medical Malpractice – Defendants
• The Best Lawyers in America, recognition since 2012 in Insurance Law and Medical Malpractice – Defendants
• American Health Lawyers Association – Member
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Harrison County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Mississippi Bar Association

Community/Civic Activities

• 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
• Leadership Gulf Coast Alumni Association
• Past President Biloxi Soccer Organization
• Past Board Member, Nativity B.V.M. Elementary School
• Past President Greater Biloxi Economic Development Council, 1997
• Past President Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, 1996
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber Board of Director, 1995 – 1996
• Leadership Gulf Coast Class of 1994
• Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral- Member

Prevailing Appellate 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)

 

Outside of the office

Away from the office, Stephen enjoys fishing, boating, golf and eating chocolate. Mostly, Stephen enjoys time with his family. Stephen is a member of Nativity B.V.M Parish.