Walter Joseph Gex III (March 29, 1939 – November 12, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Walter J. Gex III
Mississippi Southern District Court
Born 1939 in Bay St. Louis, MS
Died 2020 in Diamondhead, MS
FJC ID: 842
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Mississippi Southern District Court · 1986–2020
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, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi1972–1986
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi1963–1972
Appointments
1986–2020 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1963- University of MississippiB.A. · 1962