United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Before taking the federal bench, he spent almost 20 years in litigation representing plaintiffs and defendants and trying, trying numerous cases to verdict.

In 2010, he became a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, remained on the federal bench until his retirement in '24.

His responsibilities included a wide variety of civil and criminal matters, pretrial matters, evidentiary proceedings, civil trials by consent, and settlement conferences.

After leaving the bench, Keith, uh, devoted his private practice to mediation.

We're in the- Mississippi's in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, along with, uh, Texas and Louisiana.

Um, and then if you appeal from the, from the court of appeals, you're appealing to the United States Supreme Court.

So let's start with the, the district court, which, uh, which is the court that I'd served on, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

The line basically goes right across the middle of Mississippi.

And so whoever's deciding if it's credible or not, uh, is sitting in the, um, proverbial chair.

Uh, and so I'm hopeful that, uh, the state attorney general, the US attorney generals, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi, the FBI, and the Department of Justice comes in and do their own independent investigations, uh, because I believe the further we get away from the officials in Jackson County, uh, the more, uh, independent and, uh, credible, uh, the investigation and presentation to the grand jury will be.

Mm-hmm.

Well, Judge, thank you.