David W. Houston
David W. Houston was a chief judge for the United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of Mississippi. He retired in December 2012 and was succeeded by Jason Woodard.[1]
Education
Judge Houston received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi.[2]
Career
Houston began his career from 1969 to 1972 as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. From 1972 to 1983, he was a partner at Houston and Chamberlin. Next, he was an assistant district attorney with the First Circuit Court District of Mississippi. He was also a municipal judge of the City of Aberdeen and a city attorney for the City of Aberdeen from 1976 to 1983. In 1983, he was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge.[3]
Houston is a faculty member and lecturer for the Federal Judicial Center, the Memphis Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the West Texas Bankruptcy Conference, the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute and the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference. He was also a visiting bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Mississippi, the Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas and the Middle District of Louisiana. Since his retirement from the bankruptcy court, he is working with Mitchell McNutt & Sams in Tupelo.[4]
Awards and associations
- Awards
- Mississippi Bar Association Judicial Excellence Award, 2011.
- Associations
- President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges;
- Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute;
- Judicial Conference of the United States Budget Committee (appointed by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist).[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NEMS Daily Journal, "Houston bows out as judge with portrait unveiling," December 19, 2012
- ↑ Judge Profile: David W. Houston, III
- ↑ Tennessee Bar, Professor Details, accessed November 21, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Federal Bar, "Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Honors...," accessed November 21, 2013
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Mississippi, Southern District of Mississippi
State courts:
Mississippi Supreme Court • Mississippi Court of Appeals • Mississippi circuit courts • Mississippi Chancery Court • Mississippi county courts • Mississippi justice courts • Mississippi youth courts • Mississippi Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Mississippi • Mississippi judicial elections • Judicial selection in Mississippi
