Cy Faneca

Background

Faneca, Cy was born in 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, March l.

Education

University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1964. Juris Doctor, 1967).

Career

Worked at Dukes, Dukes, Keating and Faneca, P.A. (Gulfport, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Commercial and Corporation, Construction, Real Property, Planning, Zoning and Land Use Controls, Eminent Domain, Environmental, Toxic Tort Litigation, Wills and Estates, Products Liability, Bankruptcy, Maritime and Admiralty, Federal and State Workers Compensation, Airport and Aviation Law, Gaming Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Mississippi.

1976, United States.

Supreme Court. United States. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Omicron Delta Kappa.

Sigma Delta Chirurgical Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in General Practice. Member, Moot Court Board.

Chairman, Student Judicial Counsel, University of Mississippi, 1964-1967. Member, Harrison County Republican Committee.

President, Board of Directors, Westminster Academy Elementary School.

Clandestine Services Officer, Central Intelligence, 1967-1971. Master, Chancery Court, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1974-1975. Chief of Staff, United States.

Congressman Larkin I. Smith, 5th Congressional District of Mississippi, 1989.

Member: Mississippi State Bar. American Bar Association.

Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Military: United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1966.

Dukes, Dukes, Keating and Faneca, P.A. was formed by William F. Dukes, managing partner for Daniel, Coker, Horton and Dukes at Gulfport, Mississippi, from 1968 until 1980, when Mr. Dukes, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, withdrew and formed the firm that bears his name, joined by his son, Walter Dukes. In 1982, partner Hugh Doctorate. Keating joined the firm, followed by Cy Faneca in 1988.

Phillip West. Jarrell became a partner in 1995.

The firm has developed a widely diversified defense oriented practice.

Achievements

• Cy Faneca has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Moot Court Board. Chairman, Student Judicial Counsel, University of Mississippi, 1964-1967. Member, Harrison County Republican Committee.

President, Board of Directors, Westminster Academy Elementary School.

Clandestine Services Officer, Central Intelligence, 1967-1971. Master, Chancery Court, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1974-1975.

Chief of Staff, United States. Congressman Larkin I. Smith, 5th Congressional District of Mississippi, 1989.

Member: Mississippi State Bar.

American Bar Association. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Military: United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1966.

Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Military: United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1958-1966.