CURRICULUM VITAE

LOUIS GUIROLA, JR.

Dan M. Russell U.S. Courthouse
2012 15th Street, Suite 814
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
228-563-1767

EDUCATION:
1979

Juris Doctor

University of Mississippi Law Center

1973

B.A. Social Science

William Carey College
Minor Educational Psychology

1994

Certified Mediator

1976

Drug Enforcement Administration Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy

1973

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Training Academy

Attorney Mediators Institute

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
11/07/2010
to present

Chief United State District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi

03/23/2004
to present

United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi

1996 to 2004

United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi

1993-1996

United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas

1990-1992

Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Lead Attorney for the
Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force
U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Department of Justice

1986-1990

Guirola & Jackson P.A.

Private Practice of Law

1987-1990

Mississippi Highway Department Attorney

Eminent Domain proceedings

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1988-1990

Mississippi Oil and Gas Board

Vice-chairman (1988 to1990)

1984-1986

Board of Supervisors Attorney for Jackson County, Mississippi

1984-1986

Jackson County Port Authority Attorney

1984-1986

Jackson County Planning Commission Attorney

1980-1984

Assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial District of Mississippi

1979-1980

Holleman & Associates, P.A.

1979

Assistant to the Jackson County Public Defender

LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE:

1977

Harrison County, Mississippi

CaptainCriminal Investigation

1973-1977

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Professor

University of Southern Mississippi

Department of Criminal Justice
(1981-1985,1997 to present)

Adjunct professor

William Carey College

Department of History
(1979 to 1981)

Instructor

U.S. State Department (in conjunction with the National Prosecutors

Office of Chile), Techniques and Methods for Investigating Drug
Trafficking Crimes (2002)

Lecturer

U.S. Attorney Generals Advocacy Institute Mock Trial Judge

(1992 to present)

Lecturer

Federal Bar Association Panel Member

(1996 to present)

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Lecturer

Mississippi Bar Association

(1996 to present)

Instructor

Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Academy

(1973-1985)

Instructor

Jackson, Mississippi Police Academy

(1973-1985)

Instructor

Texas Department of Public Safety

(1990-1992)

Instructor

U.S. Probation Office for the Western Division of Texas

(1993-1996)

Instructor

U.S. Department of Justice

Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force
(1990-1993)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

University of Mississippi School of Law
Class Rank: 10th
Member, Moot Court Board
Chairman of Trial Division, Moot Court Board
Clerk, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Chairman, Law School Readmission Committee
William Carey College
Vice President, Mississippi Student Education Association
President, William Carey College, Polk Hall
President, William Carey College Alumni Association 1986
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2004
U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award for Sustained Superior Performance
U.S. Department of Justice Letter of Commendation for operation "White Tornado"
Jackson County United Way, Chairman-Attorney Division

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Appointed Special State Prosecutor by Mississippi Governor
Selected one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America"
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Firearms Proficiency Award (1976)
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Outstanding Performance Award (1976)

LEGAL ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS:

!OFFENSE LEVEL REDUCTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE FEDERAL
SENTENCING GUIDELINES: IT MAY BE TOUGHER THAN IT SOUNDS, Texas Bar Journal, Volume 54,
Number 8, Page 884, September 1991.
!FEDERAL BAIL AND DETENTION POST CONVICTION: THE 1990 AMENDMENTS TO THE BAIL REFORM
ACT OF 1984, Texas Bar Journal, Volume 55, Number 7, Page 700, July 1992. (Also reprinted in
the United States Attorney's Manual for the Eastern District of Texas.)
!THE FEDERAL SPEEDY TRIAL ACT: THE RULE AND ITS EXCEPTIONS, Texas Bar Journal, Volume 56,
Number 4, Page 343, April 1993.
!MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENSES: TITLE 18 U.S.C. 1956 AND 1957; TITLE 31 U.S.C. 5311 THRU
5326, United States Attorney's Manual for the Eastern District of Texas.
!CO-CONSPIRATOR ACTS AND DECLARATIONS: "ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL LIABILITY", Texas
Bar Journal, Volume 56, Number 11, Page 1106, December 1993.
!PUNISHMENT BY THE BOOK: HOW MUCH DISCRETION DO FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE IN
SENTENCING?, Texas Bar Journal, Volume 56, Number 3, Page 258, March 1993.
!PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN MISSISSIPPI: WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS
COMING NEXT, Mississippi Law Journal, Volume 73, Number 1, Page 135 (Fall 2003).

PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
United States Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court-Northern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court-Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Texas
Mississippi Supreme Court

September 10, 1984

September 10, 1984
September 10, 1984
August 13, 1979
September 11, 1979
March 22, 1990
August 13, 1979

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Texas Supreme Court
Mississippi Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
All Mississippi inferior courts
All Texas inferior courts

September 28, 1990

August 13, 1979
September 28, 1990
August 13, 1979
September 28, 1990

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Information Technology 2008 to present
Information Technology Security subcommittee 2010 to present
Courtroom Technology subcommittee 2012 to present
American Bar Association
Federal Judges Association
District Judges Association of the Fifth Circuit Federal Circuit
President, 2011 to present
Program and Education Committee, 2004 to 2006
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Council
Member 2006-2009
Space and Staffing Committee 2007 to present
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Mississippi Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Mississippi Prosecutors Association
Governing board member, 1983
National District Attorney's Association
University of Mississippi Alumni Association
Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys
Education committee member, 1985
William Carey College Alumni Association
Gulf Coast Chapter President, 1986-87
Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter, American Inns of Court
President, 2001-2002
Board Member, 2002 to present

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Spanish (speak, read and write)