Mr. Van Cleave grew up in the small town of Centreville, Mississippi, where he still has friends and family. After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Mr. Van Cleave traveled the world and pursued various interests for three years before going to law school at Mississippi College, where he graduated with Honors in 1997. That same year Mr. Van Cleave began practicing law in Biloxi with Paul Minor, at Minor & Associates. In 1999, Mr. Van Cleave joined Lawrence C. “Larry” Corban, Jr. and Clyde H. “Buddy” Gunn, III. in the firm of Corban and Gunn, which was founded by Mr. Corban’s father in 1926. Within a short time Corban and Gunn became the Corban Gunn Van Cleave Law Firm. That practice ended in August 2017, when Mr. Van Cleave formed Van Cleave Law, PA following Mr. Gunn’s retirement.
In his more than 25 years of practice, Mr. Van Cleave has helped clients collect more than $150 million dollars and fought for justice every step of the way. Mr. Van Cleave has also helped hundreds of potential clients solve their problems without collecting a fee for himself or the firm. Mr. Van Cleave is committed to using his training and experience to help clients and potential clients find the best solution to any problem they have. Sometimes that means providing a shoulder to lean and/or honest counsel free of charge. Other times it means providing legal representation. It may even mean identifying an issue that is outside the scope of Van Cleave Law’s representation. When that happens, Mr. Van Cleave will help find the right lawyer who he believes will give a case the hard work and personal attention that he and his team aims to provide at Van Cleave Law.
Mr. Van Cleave's practice focuses on insurance bad faith, serious personal injury, and complex business disputes.
