Michael J. Stirgus is an associate in the Jackson office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Products Liability and Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation practice.

Mr. Stirgus assists clients in a variety of litigation matters. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Mr. Stirgus was a judicial intern for the Honorable Latrice A. Westbrooks of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. He served as a law clerk in the Jackson area and worked as a paralegal in Houston, Texas for several years.

Publications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
• United States Courts of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Associations

• Mississippi Bar Association - Member 
• Jackson Young Lawyers Association - Member 
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit - Member 
• National LGBT Bar Association - Member 

Education

University of Mississippi School of Law

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2021

• Executive Articles Editor - Mississippi Law Journal, 2020-2021
• Staff Editor - Mississippi Law Journal, 2019-2020
• Member - Moot Court Board, 2019-2021
• Member - Phi Kappa Phi 

University of Houston

Paralegal Certificate, 2015 

University of Missouri

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, 2007