Gulfport, MS Attorneys for Injury, Family Law, and Business Disputes

Hopkins Barvié & Hopkins is a Gulfport law firm handling injury, family law, and business cases out of our own office on 24th Avenue, which means the attorney who evaluates your case is the one who will argue it, not a name you found in a directory listing.
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Credentials You Can Verify Before You Call

  • Partner Mariano J. Barvié was selected to Super Lawyers in 2013 and every year from 2017 through 2025.
  • Barvié is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only association of trial lawyers.
  • He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a fellowship limited to roughly one percent of trial lawyers.
  • He holds National Trial Lawyers Top 100 recognition.
  • The firm's attorneys bring more than 60 years of combined courtroom experience.
  • We represent clients in English and Spanish. Se habla español.
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Why Does It Matter That Your Lawyer Is Actually Based in Gulfport?

Because your case will be heard here. Injury claims go before the Harrison County Circuit Court, and divorce, custody, and support matters go before the Harrison County Chancery Court. A Gulfport lawyer who appears in those courtrooms regularly knows the chancellors, the judges, the local defense bar, and how long a docket actually takes to move.


That familiarity is not a marketing line. It changes how a case gets built, which arguments land, and whether a settlement offer is worth taking. It is also why a firm headquartered on the coast operates differently from a multi-state practice routing your call to an intake center in another city.

Three Practice Areas, One Gulfport Office

Most people arrive here knowing something went wrong without knowing what kind of case they have. That is fine. Here is what we handle for clients across Gulfport, Biloxi, and Harrison County.

Injury and accident claims

We represent people hurt in crashes, falls, workplace accidents, and defective-product incidents, along with families pursuing wrongful death claims. Vehicle collisions are the largest share of that work, and if you were hit on the coast, our pages for a car accident lawyer in Gulfport and for truck accident claims cover what those cases involve in detail.

Divorce, custody, and child support

Family law is its own practice at this firm, not an add-on. Partner A. Norris Hopkins Jr. has focused on it since his admission to the Mississippi Bar in 1998. If you are separating and you live on the coast, start with our page for a divorce lawyer in Gulfport, which walks through contested and uncontested filings, timelines, and property division.

Business and commercial disputes

Contract fights, partnership breakups, and commercial disputes are tried, not just papered. Our business litigation practice handles those matters for companies across the Gulf Coast and statewide.

What Actually Happens in a Free Consultation

Nothing about the first conversation obligates you to hire us, and nothing about it costs you money. It runs like this:

Step 1: You tell us what happened


You describe the accident, the marriage, or the dispute in your own words. Bring whatever you have: a police report, medical bills, a contract, text messages, a filed complaint. If you have nothing yet, come anyway.

Step 2: We tell you whether you have a case


Sometimes the answer is no, and we say so. When the answer is yes, we explain the legal theory, who the opposing party is likely to be, and what the realistic range of outcomes looks like.

Step 3: We walk through deadlines


Every claim has a filing deadline, and some are much shorter than people expect. We identify yours in the first meeting so it never becomes the reason your case fails.

Step 4: You decide


If you want to hire us, we explain the fee arrangement in writing before you sign anything. If you want to think about it or talk to another Gulfport lawyer first, that is a reasonable thing to do.

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How Contingency Fees Work on an Injury Case

On personal injury and wrongful death matters, we work on contingency. You pay no attorney's fee up front, and we collect a fee only if we recover money for you. If the case does not produce a recovery, you owe us no fee.


Family law and business litigation matters are billed differently, because there is usually no settlement fund to draw a percentage from. We explain exactly which structure applies to your matter before you retain us, in writing, with the numbers spelled out.

Bilingual Representation Across the Gulf Coast

Attorney Mariano J. Barvié speaks fluent Spanish and represents Spanish-speaking clients directly, without a third-party interpreter sitting between you and your own lawyer. That matters most in the moments where precision counts: describing an injury, reviewing a settlement offer, testifying.

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  • Who is the best attorney in Gulfport, MS?

    No honest lawyer will tell you they are objectively the best, because "best" depends on what kind of case you have. What you can compare is verifiable: how long the firm has practiced on the coast, whether its attorneys hold peer-reviewed recognitions like Super Lawyers or ABOTA membership, and whether the lawyer you meet is the one who will handle your file. Ask those three questions of every firm you call, including this one.

  • Is there a personal injury lawyer near me in Gulfport?

    Yes. Our office is at 2701 24th Avenue in Gulfport, and we take injury cases from Gulfport, Biloxi, and throughout Harrison County. We can meet in person, and if your injuries make travel difficult we will work around that.

  • Can a family law attorney in Gulfport, Mississippi handle my divorce and custody at the same time?

    Yes, and it is usually better that way. In Mississippi, custody and child support are decided as part of the divorce action in Chancery Court, so splitting them between two attorneys creates duplicated work and inconsistent strategy. One lawyer handling the whole matter keeps the property settlement and the parenting plan aligned.


  • Do you take business litigation cases outside Gulfport?

    Yes. We handle business and commercial disputes for clients throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast and statewide, and our attorneys are admitted in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Whatever brought you here, the first conversation is free and it will give you a clear answer about whether you have a case worth pursuing. Waiting rarely improves a legal position, and on some claims it closes the door entirely.