US Attorney
Dunn Lampton
Dunn Lampton was born and raised in Osyka, Mississippi. He received an Associate's Degree from Southwest Mississippi Junior College, where he attended on a basketball scholarship. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Mississippi. and then went on to receive his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1975.
From 1976 to 1978, Dunn was a partner in the Law firm of Regan and Lampton. He also served as a city prosecutor in McComb, Mississippi and as a part-time assistant district attorney.
In 1978, he became a full-time assistant district attorney and in 1981 he began serving as District Attorney for the Fourteenth Circuit Court District. He remained in that position until September of 2001, when he was appointed by President George Bush to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Dunn has served in the Mississippi Army National Guard since 1980. He is currently a Colonel and serves as the State Staff Judge Advocate.
Dunn presently lives in Jackson with his wife, Suzanne, and their daughter Sidney. His son, Will Lampton, is a law student at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.