Contact Michael Chase
Michael Chase practices almost exclusively in litigation, principally in the defense of governmental entities and officials in federal civil rights and state tort claims act cases. His practice also includes employment law litigation and counseling.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Civi Rights and Public Entity Litigation
- General Litigation
- Labor, Employment & ERISA
- Product Liability
Education
- University of Mississippi, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1979
- Carrier Scholarship; Phi Kappa Phi
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Juris Doctor; magna cum laude, 1986
- James O. Eastland Scholarship; Mississippi Law Journal; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Memberships
- The Mississippi Bar
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Mississippi Bar Advertising Committee, Past Member and Chairman
- Mississippi Bar Technology Committee, Past Member
- Boy Scouts of America
- Former Law Explorer Post Advisor
- Thomas Street Elementary PTA, Past President and Executive Committee Member
Other Achievements / Awards
- Taylor Medal in Liberal Arts
- Corpus Juris Secondum Award
- West Hornbook Award
- Dean Robert J. Farley Award
Previous Employment
- Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee
- Southern District of Mississippi (1986-1988)
Civic
- Tupelo Free Will Baptist Church; Finance Board; 1999-2001; 2005-2008; Chairman
Bar Admissions
- The Mississippi Bar
Admitted
- 1987
