Philip Gunn's Biography
- State House (MS) - District 56, Republican Speaker
Contact Information
Office
Room: 306
Post Office Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
Full Name:
Philip Gunn
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Lisa; 4 Children: Meredith, Alex, Andrew, John David
Birth Date:
01/27/1963
Birth Place:
Hattiesburg, MS
Home City:
Clinton, MS
Religion:
Baptist
JD, University of Mississippi, School Of Law, 1989
BBA, Baylor University, 1985
Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 56, 2004-2024
Speaker, Mississippi State House of Representatives, 2012-2024
Candidate, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 56, 2019
Member, Compilation, Revision and Publication Committee
Member, Legislative Budget Committee
Member, Legislative Budget Committee
Member, Management Committee
Member, Rules Committee
No caucus information on file.
Attorney, Wells, Marble, Hurst Professional Limited Liability Company, 1990-present
Chair, Republican House Conference, 2006-present
Member, Clinton Chamber of Commerce, present
Member, Executive Committee, Mississippi Republican Party, present
Member, Mississippi Bar Association, present
Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Former Member, Clinton Public School Board
Member, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Former Elder, Morrison Heights Baptist Church
Member, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Awards:
In 2010, Gunn was named "One of Mississippi's Top 50 Leading Attorneys" in the Mississippi Business Journal's Leadership in Law Class of 2010. In 2012, Gunn received the State Legislative Achievement Award from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform as a result of the Attorney General "Sunshine" Act being passed during the 2012 Legislative Session.