Background
Bergin, Patrick T. was born on December 4, 1959 in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
Bergin, Patrick T. was born on December 4, 1959 in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, English, 1984). Florida State University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1988).
Worked at Bryant, Clark, Dukes, Blakeslee, Ramsay & Hammond, Professional limited liability company Admitted to the bar, 1992, Georgia. 1993, Mississippi.
Member, 1985-1988, Editorial Board, 1985-1987, Florida State University Law Review.
Member, 1987-1988, Florida State University Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Advanced Land Use Law, Agriculture Law, Bankruptcy Law and Commercial Law.
First Place Award in 1988 American Bar Association National Writing Competition and in 1987 American Planning Association National Writing Competition.
Law Clerk: Judge Dan M. Russell Junior, United States. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Presiding Justice Lenore L. Prather, Mississippi Supreme Court.
Author: "Antarctica, The Antarctic Treaty Regime and Legal and Geopolitical Implications of Natural Resource Exploration and Exploitation," 4 U. Florida
J. International"l L. 1, 1989; "Exclusionary Zoning Laws: Irrationally Based Barriers to Normalization of Mentally Retarded Citizens," 3 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 237, 1987. Company-Author, "Critical Legal Studies: A Dialogue," 21 New Engineering L. Review
291, 1985-1986. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow, American Inns of Court, Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter (Company-Founder, Administrator and former Secretary).
Member, 1985-1988, Editorial Board, 1985-1987, Florida State University Law Review. Member, 1987-1988, Florida State University Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law. Fellow, American Inns of Court, Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter (Company-Founder, Administrator and former Secretary).