Patrick R. Buchanan

Patrick. R. Buchanan has been selected by his peers as a Martindale-Hubbell "AV'1 rated attorney. He has also been selected by his peers as a Mid-South Super Lawyer, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only five percent of the attorneys in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi are named to the Super Lawyers list each year.

Pat is among only eighty lawyers selected from a six (6) county area on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to be an inaugural member of the American Inns of Court. He remains a current member of the Russell-Blass-Walker chapter of the American Inns of Court.

Pat is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Biloxi Public School District. He was appointed by the Mayor of Biloxi and confirmed by the Biloxi City Council. Prior to his service as a member of the Board of Trustees, Pat formed the Big Red Athletic Foundation. The Big Red Athletic Foundation is a charitable 501(c)(3) corporation that was f􀀬rmed to work 􀀭vith Biloxi public schools to help promote excellence in athletics. Pat served as President of the Board for the Foundation. Pat was president of the Biloxi High School Diamond Club. Pat served as the - Senior Warden for the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. His te1m as Senior Warden ended in 2005. The parish asked Pat to remain as Senior Warder after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005 to help Redeemer recover from that devastating hurricane. Pat also served as Junior Warden and a member of the Vestry for Redeemer. Pat served as President of Biloxi National Little and President of Biloxi Little League. These leagues provided youth baseball for the City of Biloxi, for children a􀀼es 5 - 12. Pat was honored to be selected as the City of Biloxi's Sports Volunteer of the Year.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:

Singing River MOB, LLC v. Jackson Cty, 342 So. 3d 140 (Miss. 2021)
O'Bryant v. Walgreen Co., 387 F. Supp. 3d 693 (S.D. Miss. 2019)
Bonner v. Imperial Palace of Mississippi, LLC, 117 So.3d 678 (Miss.Ct.App.2013)
Winner v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 100 So. 3d 478 (Miss.Ct.App. 2012)
Freeman v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 2006 WL 980786 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
Buck v. Camp Wilkes, 906 So.2d 778 (Miss.App. 2004)
Raiola v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 872 So.2d 79 (Miss.App. 2004)
Lane v. R.A. Sims Jr Inc., 241 F.3d 439 (5th Cir. 2001)
Doherty v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., 209 F.3d 720 (5th Cir. 2000) 2000
Bigelow v. United Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc., 220 F.3d 339 (5th Cir.2000)
Broxson v. DuPont, 959 F.2d 967 (5th Cir. 1992)
City oflvfoss Point v. Miller, 608 So.2d 1332 (Miss. 1992)

Patrick R. Buchanan, born Los Angeles, California, April 17, 1960; admitted to bar: 1989, Mississippi, U. S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Education: University of Michigan and University of South Florida (B.A.-Psychology, 1985); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1989); President, Phi Alpha Delta, 1988-1989; Moot Court Board (Chairman, Trial Division 1988-1989); Selected Order of Barristers, 1989. MEMBER: Harrison, Jackson County (President, Young Lawyers Division 1991-1992) and Biloxi Bar Associations; and Mississippi Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; American Inns of Court; Defense Research Institute, Mississippi Claims Association, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.

Pat is an "AV" rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.

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