Background
Dukes, William F. was born on January 15, 1927 in Raleigh, Mississippi, United States.
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William F. Dukes
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University of Southern Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1951).
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, 1951, Mississippi and United States.
District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta (Vice President, Lamar Chapter, 1951).
Chairman, Moot Court Board. Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1950-1951.
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1951-1968 (Retired).
Member: Mississippi Coast Crime Commission, 1970-1974. Governor"s Commission on Law Enforcement, 1972-1976. Gulfport, Mississippi Civil Service Commission, 1981-1986.
Chairman, Mississippi State Medical Examiner Commission, 1981-1983.
Sheriff"s Department, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1984. Member: Harrison County, American, Federal and International Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
American Judicature Society.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Military: United States.
Navy, 1944-1946, Honorable Discharge. 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Mississippi Coast Crime Commission, 1970-1974. Governor"s Commission on Law Enforcement, 1972-1976. Gulfport, Mississippi Civil Service Commission, 1981-1986.
Chairman, Mississippi State Medical Examiner Commission, 1981-1983.
Sheriff"s Department, Harrison County, Mississippi, 1984. Member: Harrison County, American, Federal and International Bar Associations.
Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.
American Judicature Society.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Military: United States.
Navy, 1944-1946, Honorable Discharge. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Military: United States. Navy, 1944-1946, Honorable Discharge.
