Stephen W. Dummer
Managing Member
Stephen W. Dummer is an AV Preeminent rated attorney who is the Managing Member at Dummer Law Group, PLLC. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, business law, forming business entities, drafting corporate formation agreements, corporate sale contracts, international law, insurance defense, construction law and estate planning. Stephen has also worked with performing compliance analysis for entities seeking Community Development Block Grants. Stephen is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and an accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims for veteran’s benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Stephen served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Chief Justice James Smith of the Mississippi Supreme Court in the summer of 2005 and received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Mississippi. He studied international law at the University of Cambridge in England. Stephen completed his B.A. in criminal justice with honors at the University of Wyoming and his A.A. with honors at Northwest College in Wyoming. In 2010, the Gulfport Sun-Herald named Stephen on their list of Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40, and he is a graduate of the “Leadership Gulf Coast” Class of 2011-2012.
Stephen is licensed to practice law in all jurisdictions in Mississippi, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
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Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Transactions
Construction
Corporations
Insurance Litigation/Fraud
Labor Law – Union/Management
International Law
Maritime Law
Personal Injury
Property Owners’ Associations
Real Estate
Trusts, Probate and Successions
Corporate Counsel
Veterans’ Benefits
Administrative Law, Policies, & Procedures
Honors
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Graduate 2016
Leadership Gulf Coast, Class of 2011-2012
Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40
Sergeant of Marines – Honorable Discharge
President’s List/Dean’s List each academic period
National Chancellor’s List
Baker Donaldson Outstanding Law Journal Comment Award
American Jurisprudence Awards: LRW II, Aviation Law Gaming Law
Martindale Hubbell – AV Preeminent
Presidential Scholarship
Albert Hopkins Scholarship Recipient
Dan Shell Scholarship
Top 40 Under 40 Litigation Lawyers in Mississippi for 2014, ASLA
Top 100 Litigation Attorneys in Mississippi, ASLA
Peer Rated – AV Preeminent – Martindale Hubbell
Mid-South Rising Stars – Super Lawyers Magazine
Global Law Experts – Recommended Attorney In Litigation
Medals & Awards
Two-time Navy Achievement Medal recipient, July 1998 & 2000
Two-time Meritorious Mast recipient, June 1997 and December 1998
Navy and Marine Good Conduct Medal recipient, December 1998
Graduate – Reconnaissance Indoctrination Program, 1999
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, 2021
Professional Associations
Active TWIC Card Holder
Gulf Coast Regional YMCA Board of Directors, President, 2015-2016
MDLA Quarterly Editorial Board, 2007-2011
Center for Prevention of Child Abuse, Board of Directors, President, 2009-2010
Mississippi Law Journal, Executive Articles Editor, 2004-2006
Journal of Space Law, 2004-2006
American Inns of Court, 2007-2016
Mississippi Bar Association
Child Advocacy Committee, 2007-2012
Harrison County Young Lawyers Association, President, 2009-2010
Federalist Society
International Law Society
Juvenile Advocacy Clinic
Maritime Law Association, 2011-2015
Moot Court Committee, 2007-2014
Professionalism Committee, Mississippi Bar, currently serving
Technologies Committee, Mississippi Bar, currently serving
Education
J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law, 2006
Summer Program in International Law, University of Cambridge, Downing College, Cambridge, England
B.A., cum laude, with honors, University of Wyoming, 2002
A.A., with honors, Northwest College, 2000
Fraternities
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Theta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Alpha Delta
Golden Key National Honor Society
32nd Degree Master Mason, PM
Articles and Publications
Mississippi Judicial System:
Failing to Meet the Minimum Standard of Justice in Loewen Group, Inc. v. O ‘Keefe;
Article by Mr. Dummer; 6 GEO. J.L. & PUB. POL’Y 531 (2008).
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Mississippi State and Federal Courts;
Article by Mr. Dummer; 31 MDLA QUARTERLY 11 (Fall 2007).
Drops. Progressive Slots, and the Adjusted Gaming Win Value:
Article by Mr. Dummer; 11 GAMING L. REV. 232 (2007).
False Positives and Secure Flight Using Dataveillance When Viewed Through the
Ever Increasing Likelihood of Identity Theft;
Article by Mr. Dummer; 11 J. OF TECH. LAW & POL’Y 259 (2006).
Secure Flight and Dataveillance. A New Type of Civil Liberties Erosion:
Stripping Your Rights When You Don’t Even Know It;
Comment by Mr. Dummer; 75 MISS. L.J. 583 (2005).
Fifth Circuit Says No to “Stop Notice” Protection for Mississippi Subcontractors;
Article by Mr. Dummer and Mr. Savarese, Sterling Educational Services available.
Keeping Evidence Out (Pre and Post Trial), The Rules of Evidence:
A Practical Toolkit 43;
Article by Stephen W. Dummer and Scott J. Hillery, National Business Institute (2015).
Presenting to the Judge and Jury, The Rules of Evidence:
A Practical Toolkit 69;
Article by Stephen W. Dummer and Scott J. Hillery, National Business Institute (2015).
Witness Testimony and Reports, The Rules of Evidence:
A Practical Toolkit 55;
Article by Stephen W. Dummer and Scott J. Hillery, National Business Institute (2015).
Getting Paid and Resolving Disputes in Construction Law in Mississippi;
Article by Stephen W. Dummer & Jason R. Savarese, Sterling Education Services (2016)
(Presentation May 18, 2016).
The Probate Process;
Stephen W. Dummer and Heath M. Ladner, NBI Publication and Presentation
"Estate Planning in Mississippi: From A To Z,” (June 17, 2022)
Essential Will & Trust Drafting: Constructing the Plan;
Stephen W. Dummer and Heath M. Ladner, NBI Publication and Presentation
"Estate Planning in Mississippi: From A To Z.” (June 17, 2022)
Letter of Credit Counsel
In connection with the following issues:
$5,500,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Taxable Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A (John Fayard Moving & Warehousing, LLC Project). March 12, 2009.
$5,080,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Taxable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 2009B (John Fayard Self Storage, LLC Project). March 12, 2009.
Published Opinions
Gulfport Stevedoring Ass’n—Int’l Longshoremen’s Ass’n Container Royalty Plan and Tommy Evans.
Int’l Longshoremen’s Ass’n Local 1303 and Tommy Evans, 2015 NLRB 735, (N.L.R.B. Sept. 25, 2015).
GSA-ILA Container Royalty Plan v. Tommy Evans, 198 L.R.R.M. 1760 (2014).
King v. United States, 728 F.3d 410 (5th Cir. 2013).
King v. United States, 901 F. Supp. 2d 781 (S.D. Miss. 2012).
In re McBride, 473 B.R. 813 (S.D. Ala. 2012).
Wayne Martin v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, BVA 14-48609, BVA 14-48609.
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