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.
Charles Willis Pickering Sr.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1937 in Jones County, MS
FJC ID: 1883
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 37/year
Mississippi Southern District Court · 1990–2004Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2004–2004
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Laurel, Mississippi1961–1990
State senator · 1972–1980- Laurel [Mississippi] Municipal CourtJudge · 1969
- Jones County, MississippiCounty prosecutor · 1964–1968
- Laurel, MississippiCity prosecutor · 1962–1964
Appointments
2004–2004 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
1990–2004 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1961- University of MississippiB.A. · 1959
- Jones County Junior CollegeA.A. · 1957