Background
Dukes, Walter W. was born on June 29, 1953 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
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Walter W. Dukes
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Walter W. Dukes, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Federal and State Workers Compensation Law, General Maritime and Admiralty Law, Insurance Defense Litigation, Products Liability Law, General Civil Litigation, Environmental Law, Asbestos Defense. Member of Dukes, Dukes, Keating and Faneca, P.A.
Education
University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Mississippi College School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1978).
Career
Worked at Dukes, Dukes, Keating and Faneca, P.A. (Gulfport, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Commercial and Corporation, Construction, Real Property, Planning, Zoning and Land Use Controls, Eminent Domain, Environmental, Toxic Tort Litigation, Wills and Estates, Products Liability, Bankruptcy, Maritime and Admiralty, Federal and State Workers Compensation, Airport and Aviation Law, Gaming Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Mississippi and United States.
District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi.
1979, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Delta Theta Phi. Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. American Judicature Society.
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Southern Association of Workers" Compensation Administrators. Dukes, Dukes, Keating and Faneca, P.A. was formed by William F. Dukes, managing partner for Daniel, Coker, Horton and Dukes at Gulfport, Mississippi, from 1968 until 1980, when Mr. Dukes, a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law, withdrew and formed the firm that bears his name, joined by his son, Walter Dukes.
In 1982, partner Hugh Doctorate. Keating joined the firm, followed by Cy Faneca in 1988.
Phillip West. Jarrell became a partner in 1995. The firm has developed a widely diversified defense oriented practice.
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Membership
Member: Harrison County and American Bar Associations. Mississippi State Bar. American Judicature Society.
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Southern Association of Workers" Compensation Administrators.
