Background
Duke Goza, Shelby was born on July 16, 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States.
Duke Goza, Shelby was born on July 16, 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States.
University of Mississippi and Delta State University (Bachelor of Science, 1974). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Worked at Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore (Oxford, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Litigation Practice in State and Federal Courts. Corporate and Commercial Law, Construction Law, Insurance Defense, International Business Representation, Mexican Business and Trade Negotiation, Banking, and International Trade, Immigration, Insurance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Taxation, Professional Liability, Civil Rights Defense, Product Liability, Workers Compensation, Real Estate and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Mississippi.
United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. United States. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1986, United States. Tax Court. United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Certificate, Medical Malpractice, Touro College.
Diplomate, Court Practice Institute (residency, 1979). Adjunct Professor (Insurance Law), University of Mississippi School of Law (1993). Member: Lafayette County (Past President) and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1989-1992. Secretary/Treasurer, 1991-1992). Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1993-1994.
Director, 1986-1988; Vice President, 1988-1989). Lamar Order of University of Mississippi Alumni Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Defense Research Institute. From its inception in the 1930's, Hickman, Sumners, Goza & Gore has carefully diversified its areas of expertise in order to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of the firm's business, government and insurance industry clientele. It is a full service law firm consisting of four offices staffed by attorneys from varied local, national and international backgrounds.
The firm encourages its attorneys to be actively involved in civic and Bar organizations and is proud of the leadership roles assumed by members of the firm over the years including, for example, two Presidents of The Mississippi State Bar, Member of the Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning and President of The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Member: Lafayette County (Past President) and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1989-1992. Secretary/Treasurer, 1991-1992).
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1993-1994. Director, 1986-1988; Vice President, 1988-1989). Lamar Order of University of Mississippi Alumni Association.
Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Defense Research Institute. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Defense Research Institute.
