William F. Winter

The Honorable William F. Winter is special counsel at Jones Walker law firm, in the Government Relations Practice Group. Governor Winter has served Mississippi in numerous official capacities including Governor 1980–1984, Lt. Governor 1972–1976, Mississippi State Treasurer 1964–1968, Mississippi State Tax Collector 1956–1964, and Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1948–1956.
In June 1997, Governor Winter was appointed by President Clinton as a member of the National Advisory Board on Race Relations. He is past president of the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and is past chair of the National Civic League, the Kettering Foundation, and the Foundation for the Mid-South, an organization of leaders from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana dedicated to improving the economic and social conditions of the three-state area. Governor Winter received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award and is a Fellow of The Mississippi Bar Foundation. In 1998, he was the recipient of The Mississippi Bar’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He focuses his practice in state and local government finance, legislative, and governmental relations.
He is a graduate of The University of Mississippi School of Law, where he received his juris doctor degree, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal.