Michael Stirgus
Associate
Michael.Stirgus@lewisbrisbois.com
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.
Primary Area(s) of Practice
- Products Liability
- Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation
- Litigation
- General Liability
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
Publications
- "Mississippi's Miller Mire: The Misapplication of Miller v. Alabama in Mississippi and a Proposed Modern Model Statute," Mississippi Law Journal, Vol.89, 557 (2019)