Stephen Burrow was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1966. He obtained his Bachelors Degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1988, where he received a Certificate in German Public and International Affairs with Distinction. In 1993, Mr. Burrow graduated from Tulane University's School of Law, acquiring both a Juris Doctor Degree and a Certificate in European Legal Practice. While at Tulane, he served as Tulane Law School President, an extern clerk for U.S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman of the Eastern District of Louisiana, as a senior member of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law and in the Tulane Inns of Court.
Admitted to practice law in Mississippi and Alabama, Mr. Burrow is a member of the American Bar Association, The Mississippi Bar (Member: Medical Liaison Committee, 2007-2008; Technology Committee, 2005-present); Alabama State Bar; Jackson County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section); and American Inns of Court (Russell/Blass/Walker Chapter). Mr. Burrow currently serves as a judge pro tem for the Pascagoula Municipal Court (2007-present).
Mr. Burrow's practice is general, with an emphasis on Business Law, Business Development, Commercial Transactions, Business and Commercial Litigation, and Medical Malpractice Defense. He has given lectures and continuing education classes for professionals on such topics as, "Business Law for the Practicing Physician/Provider;" "Practitioner Responsibilities under HIPAA," and "Privacy of Peer Review Records.” Most recently Mr. Burrow gave a seminar in Jackson and Gulfport on the formation and operation of LLCs, and on Mississippi's Revised Limited Liability Company Act enacted in 2010.
In his career, Mr. Burrow has participated in some of Mississippi's biggest cases at both the trial and appellate levels, including, Mississippi’s tobacco litigation (1994-2007), drug-products liability cases, etc. As lead counsel, Mr. Burrow has successfully defended physicians and other healthcare providers before juries and the state’s highest courts, including most recently where a plaintiff sought damages against a neurosurgeon in excess of $12 million. Some of Mr. Burrow’s reported decisions have been:
-Hood ex rel. State Tobacco Litigation v. Governor Haley Barbour, 958 So.2d 790 (Miss. 2007);
-Morris v. Ford Motor Company & Texas Instruments, 936 So.2d 432 (Miss.Ct.App. 2006);
-Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent, P.A. v. Merkel & Cocke, P.A., 910 So.2d 1093 (Miss. 2005);
-Thomas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 11 F.Supp.2d 850 (S.D.Miss. 1998);
-Goldman By and Through Goldman v. Bosco, 120 F.3d 53 (5th Cir.(Miss.) Aug 27, 1997);
-Wise v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Co., 58 F.3d 193 (5th Cir.(Miss.) Jul 18, 1995).
On the business/commercial side of his practice, Mr. Burrow has negotiated multi-million dollar company/asset acquisitions, while still helping small businesses get their feet off the ground and bounce back after Hurricane Katrina. From 2008-2009, Mr. Burrow served as a member of the LLC/Partnership Committee, charged by Mississippi's Secretary of State with updating and substantially revising Mississippi’s statutory regime for limited liability companies and partnerships. Through their combined efforts, the Secretary and the Committee were able to pass the first overhaul of Mississippi's LLC Act in almost 20 years.
Most recently, the Mississippi Secretary of State appointed Mr. Burrow in May 2010 as the Vice-Chairman for the Corporation Laws Study Group, which shall be charged with reviewing and revising Mississippi’s laws regarding Corporations.
