Michael K. Randolph

Michael K. Randolph (born 1946) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He represents District 2 Place 3. Early years Randolph is the son of a construction worker who had a third-grade education. He served as an air traffic controller in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division and was honorably discharged in 1967. After serving in the army, he joined the Navy reserves. In 1972, he graduated from Rollins College, and two years later, he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law. While in law school, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve, attending the Naval Justice School, and serving as an attorney with the Judge Advocate General Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1975.