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Charles Willis Pickering Sr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990–2004

Charles Willis Pickering Sr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Education

  • Jones County Junior CollegeA.A., 1957
  • University of MississippiB.A., 1959
  • University of Mississippi School of LawLL.B., 1961

Career

Private practice, Laurel, Mississippi, 1961-1990; City prosecutor, Laurel, Mississippi, 1962-1964; County prosecutor, Jones County, Mississippi, 1964-1968; Judge, Laurel [Mississippi] Municipal Court, 1969; State senator, Mississippi, 1972-1980

Biography

Charles Willis Pickering Sr. (born May 29, 1937) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and, briefly, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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