Who appointed Louis Guirola Jr.?

President George W. Bush appointed Louis Guirola Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2004.

Was Louis Guirola Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Louis Guirola Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Louis Guirola Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Louis Guirola Jr. 92–0 on March 12, 2004.

Southern District of Mississippi / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2018

Louis Guirola Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 92–0, Louis Guirola Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 92–0
Education: William Carey College 1973 · University of Mississippi Law 1979
Succeeded: Walter J. Gex III
Succeeded by: Taylor Brantley McNeel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Southern District of Mississippi succeeded Walter J. Gex III	G.W. Bush (R)	92–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–0 on March 12, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 59. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

43 D, 49 R

Did not vote · 8

5 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

William Carey College	B.A.	1973
University of Mississippi School of Law	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Guirola was assigned 4,623 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 249 days across 4,416 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts28%

Contract22%

Other civil matters11%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Civil rights9%

Other federal statutes7%

Other12%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 297 of Guirola’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 252 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 15 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Guirola authored 29 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Berhow v. the Peoples Bank (11 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2006	Berhow v. the Peoples Bank	423 F. Supp. 2d 562	11
2010	Spansel v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.	683 F. Supp. 2d 444	7
2001	Eaker v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance	216 F. Supp. 2d 606	6
2008	Hegwood v. Community First Holdings, Inc.	546 F. Supp. 2d 363	5
1999	Ritchie v. Grand Casinos of Mississippi, Inc.	49 F. Supp. 2d 878	5
2005	Schultz v. Progressive Health, Life, & Disability Benefits Plan	380 F. Supp. 2d 780	4
1998	Bankers Multiple Line Ins. Co., Inc. v. Pierce	20 F. Supp. 2d 1004	4
1997	Turner v. Union Planters Bank of Southern Miss.	974 F. Supp. 890	4
2008	McDowell v. Mississippi	552 F. Supp. 2d 602	3
2005	Roy Anderson Corp. v. Transcontinental Insurance	358 F. Supp. 2d 553	3
2005	Paz v. Brush Engineered Materials, Inc.	351 F. Supp. 2d 580	3
2011	Gulf Restoration Network v. Hancock County Development, LLC	772 F. Supp. 2d 761	2
2009	Fogerty v. Condor Guaranty, Inc. (In Re Condor Insurance)	411 B.R. 314	2
2007	Schultz v. Progressive Health, Life, & Disability Benefits Plan	481 F. Supp. 2d 594	2
2010	Vanderburg v. HARRISON COUNTY, MISS. EX REL. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS	716 F. Supp. 2d 482	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Louis Guirola Jr.?: President George W. Bush appointed Louis Guirola Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2004.
Was Louis Guirola Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Louis Guirola Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Louis Guirola Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Louis Guirola Jr. 92–0 on March 12, 2004.
Which court is Louis Guirola Jr. on?: Louis Guirola Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).