Boyce Holleman & Associates

Focus and practice areas

Based in Gulfport, this firm serves clients along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It runs a general practice with three main areas: personal injury, criminal defense, and family law. That mix means one office can take on several of the legal problems a household runs into over the years. The same firm might handle an accident claim for one client and a custody case for another.

Personal injury

The injury work covers car, truck, motorcycle, and bus accidents. The site also lists medical negligence, defective products, slip and fall claims, brain injuries, and wrongful death. According to the firm, these cases are taken on a contingency basis. That is a common structure for injury work, and the firm states it plainly on its home and about pages.

Criminal defense and family law

On the criminal side, the firm names DUI, drug crimes, fraud, embezzlement, domestic violence, assault, and white collar matters. The list runs as far as murder and manslaughter. Family law covers divorce, child custody and support, adoptions, guardianships, property division, and spousal support. The firm also prepares wills and handles estate and probate work.

How the team is built

The firm reports five attorneys. It says each client meets one of the five, rather than a rotating set of hands. For a reader comparing options, that is a clear, checkable claim about how the work gets staffed.

Tim Holleman is a managing partner. He handles personal injury, criminal law, and civil litigation, with civil work based in Biloxi. He holds an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is also a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Dean Holleman has been a managing partner since 1982, working alongside his brother Tim. His practice centers on litigation. He takes on domestic matters, including child custody and divorce modification.

The rest of the bench

Patrick Guild was admitted to practice in Mississippi in 2011. He handles criminal, divorce, and personal injury cases. Hollis Holleman works as a litigator. He is the grandson of founder Boyce Holleman and the son of Dean Holleman, which keeps the practice in the family across three generations.

Tricia Tisdale is originally from Morton, Mississippi, and moved to Gulfport in 1993. She earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Mississippi. She also holds an LL.M. from New York University. The firm notes that Spanish translation is available for clients.

Roots on the Gulf Coast

The firm traces its start to 1950. Boyce Holleman founded it. He also served as a district attorney and as a state representative, per the firm's own pages.

The office sits in downtown Gulfport, directly across from the courthouse. That keeps the team close to where local cases are heard. In my opinion, a practice this near the courthouse points to a courtroom-facing habit rather than a paperwork-only one.

The founder's line still runs through the current roster. Three of the named attorneys carry the Holleman name. For a firm that leans on its history, that continuity is easy for a reader to see and to weigh.

Signals a reader can check

A few details stand out for anyone measuring this firm against others. One is age: the site says it has served southern Mississippi since 1950. Another is the make-up of the team, with named partners, a stated admission year for one associate, and a listed rating for the managing partner.

Tim Holleman's rating and his trial lawyer membership give a reader something concrete to look up on outside sources. The site does not publish case results, settlement figures, client counts, or rankings. As a reviewer, I take that at face value: this write-up reports what the firm states, and nothing it leaves unsaid.

Working with the firm

Two practical notes carry through the pages. Personal injury matters run on a contingency basis. Spanish translation is offered for clients who need it, which matters in a coastal county with a mixed population.

The practice stays small and named. A client works with one of five attorneys, several of whom hold long ties to the coast. The spread of work also means a person can bring an injury claim, a criminal charge, or a family question to the same office. For someone who wants a known point of contact and a firm rooted in one town, that shape may fit.