Current Employment Position(s)

Senior District Judge

Lawyer Overview

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1959
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1959

Professional Associations and Memberships

Mississippi State Bar Association (Member)
First Judicial District Bar Association (Member)
Monroe County Bar Association (Member)
Fifth Circuit District Judges Association (President)
Mississippi Conference of Judges (Former President, Circuit Judges Division)
Judicial Conference of the United States Courts (Member, Committee on Automation and Technology)

Past Employment Positions

Northern District of Mississippi, United States District Judge, 1979 - 1982
First Circuit Court District of Mississippi, Circuit Judge, 1968 - 1979
Northern District Mississippi, United States Commissioner, 1966 - 1968
Monroe County, Prosecuting Attorney, 1960 - 1964
Patterson, Senter & King, Partner, 1961 - 1968
Aberdeen, Mississippi, Private Practice, 1959 - 1961

Education

University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1959
LL.B., Bachelor of Law
National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, 1971
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1956
B.S., Bachelor of Science

Published Works

• Mississippi Model Jury Instructions (Co-Author)

Address

2012 15th Street, Suite 514
Gulfport, MS 39501

Phones

(228) 563-1755

Websites

http://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/