

LEGAL EDUCATION - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, School of Law
Oxford, Mississippi
Juris Doctor Degree, May 1987
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, College of Law
Cambridge, England
Summer 1986
GENERAL EDUCATION MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Starkville, Mississippi
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1984
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- Member of Mississippi and Florida State Bar
- United States District Court - Southern District of Florida
- United States District Court - Northern District of Mississippi
- United States District Court - Southern District of Mississippi
- United States Court of Appeals - 5th Circuit
- Starkville Rotary Club
- Starkville Chamber of Commerce
- Committees for Governmental Affairs and Transportation
- Former Director and Board Attorney for Golden Triangle Enterprise Association
- Former Director and Board Attorney for the Boys and Girls Club of America
(Oktibbeha County Chapter)
- Attorney for Southern
States Police Benevolent Association
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WARD, ROGERS & FAVER, PLLC. -- January, 1997 - Present
Starkville, Mississippi -
Partner of Law Firm with special emphasis
in litigation, criminal defense, personal injury, real estate, banking and
divorce.
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL JUDGE - July 2009 - Present
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI CITY ATTORNEY - July 2005 - July 2009
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTY PROSECUTOR - June 2004 - January 2006
LAW OFFICES OF PETER STASSUN -- July, 1992 - January, 1997 Hollywood, Florida -
Senior Litigation Attorney for Cigna Insurance Company Duties:
- Defend an assortment of cases, including
those with high exposure such as Wrongful
Death, Products Liability and Catastrophic Loss.
BROWARD COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE -- November, 1987 - July, 1992
Hollywood, Florida -
Supervising Attorney in the Felony Trial Division
Duties:
- Supervision of five felony trial units which
included 15 felony trial attorneys. Responsibilities
included evaluating trial performance, trial strategy
and overseeing all phases of criminal prosecution.
DUI Manslaughter and Criminal Investigation
- Trial Attorney for vehicular homicides. Responsibilities
extended from filing of the cases and trial which
included accident reconstruction, evaluating expert
testimony in toxicology and accident reconstruction,
also witness preparation and investigation.
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LIST OF PAST & PRESENT CLIENTS: |
- City of Starkville, Mississippi
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Providence Washington Insurance Group
- Ranger Insurance Group
- Harco National Insurance Company
- Titan Indemnity Group
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Cigna Insurance Company
- State Auto Insurance Company
- Mississippi Tort Claims Board (Defense of State Agencies such as Mississippi Highway Patrol; Mississippi Department of Transportation; Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Mississippi State University, etc.)
- Cadence Bank - formerly National Bank of Commerce of Mississippi
- Starkville Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
- C. C. Clark, Inc. (Which owns Coca-Cola and beer partnerships in Mississippi, Kentucky and Louisiana).
-North East Mississippi Coca-Cola Bottling Company
- Oktibbeha County Government (including Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors, Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Department;
Oktibbeha County Justice Court, Circuit Court and Chancery Court Clerk's, Tax Assessor, etc.)
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