Louis Guirola Jr.

Louis Guirola Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Assumed office
March 23, 2018
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
In office
2010–2017
Preceded by Henry Travillion Wingate
Succeeded by Daniel Porter Jordan III
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
In office
March 22, 2004 – March 23, 2018
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by Walter J. Gex III
Succeeded by vacant
Personal details
Born Louis Guirola Jr.
1951 (age 66–67)
Baltimore, Maryland
Education William Carey College (B.A.)
University of Mississippi Law School (J.D.)

Louis Guirola Jr. (born 1951) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Education and career

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Guirola received a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Carey College in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1979. He was in private practice in Mississippi from 1979 to 1980 and again from 1986 to 1990. He was an assistant district attorney of 19th Judicial District, Mississippi from 1980 to 1984, and a county board attorney of Jackson County, Mississippi from 1984 to 1986. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Texas from 1990 to 1993.

Federal judicial service

Guirola was a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 1993 to 1996, and of United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi from 1996 to 2004. On September 23, 2003, Guirola was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Walter J. Gex III. Guirola was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2004, and received his commission on March 22, 2004. He served as Chief Judge from 2010 to 2017. He assumed senior status on March 23, 2018.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Walter J. Gex III		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
2004–2018		 Vacant
Preceded by
Henry Travillion Wingate		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
2010–2017		 Succeeded by
Daniel Porter Jordan III
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