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Louis Guirola Jr.

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Louis Guirola Jr.
Guirola in 2018
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Assumed office
July 2, 2019
Appointed byJohn Roberts
Preceded byRaymond Dearie
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 byHenry Travillion Wingate
Succeeded byDaniel P. Jordan III
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
In office
March 22, 2004 – March 23, 2018
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byWalter J. Gex III
Succeeded byTaylor B. McNeel
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
In office
1996–2004
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
EducationWilliam Carey College (BA)
University of Mississippi (JD)

Louis Guirola Jr. (born 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court.

Education and career

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Born in Baltimore, 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.[1]

Federal judicial service

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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 the 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 Judge 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.[1]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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On May 15, 2019, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Guirola to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term beginning July 2, 2019.[1]

Alien Terrorist Removal Court

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In 2021, he was appointed to a 5-year term on the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court.[1]

See also

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References

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
2004–2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
2010–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
2019–present
Incumbent