Background
Sessums, David M. was born on August 6, 1953 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States.
Sessums, David M. was born on August 6, 1953 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States.
University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1975). Mississippi College School of Law (Juris Doctor, with special distinction, 1978).
Worked at Varner, Parker, Sessums & Underwood (Vicksburg, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Insurance, Corporation, Probate, Admiralty, Real Estate, Personal Injury and Family Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Mississippi.
Delta Theta Phi. Associate Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to Justice Roy Noble Lee, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1978-1979.
Member, Mississippi State Board of Bar Admissions, 1979-1985. Member, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, Committee on Character and Fitness, 1989.
City of Vicksburg Prosecuting Attorney, 1990-1993.
Member: Mississippi State Bar. The predecessor of the present law firm, Varner & Parker, was founded in 1976 and presently has four partners, two associates, two paralegals and a highly skilled support staff of eight secretaries and paralegals whose experiences include x-ray technology and nurses" training. Utilizing the best technology available, including computers and Westlaw, the law firm is a leading trial firm in a multi-county, two-state area in Mississippi and Louisiana, specializing in insurance defense, including medical malpractice (for both physicians and health care providers) and personal injury.
The firm is also capable of handling toxic tort and similar cases in a cost efficient manner.
Members of the firm are licensed in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. The firm has sub-specialized its members so that there is a substantial devotion of time to the areas of trials, insurance defense, estates, personal injury, corporate, banking, real estate, creditor"s rights in bankruptcy and family law.
Member, Mississippi State Board of Bar Admissions, 1979-1985. Member, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, Committee on Character and Fitness, 1989. City of Vicksburg Prosecuting Attorney, 1990-1993.
Member: Mississippi State Bar.