• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  2011 – present · 15 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

• Mississippi Supreme Court

  Judge

  2001 – 2011 · 10 yrs

Career

• presiding justice

  2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs

• Justice

  Mississippi Supreme Court

  2001 – 2011 · 10 yrs

• Judge

  2000 – 2000

• legis

  2000 – 2000

• Professor

  2000 – 2000

• Judge

  Mississippi Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial District

  1991 – 2001 · 10 yrs

• Director

  Division of Child Support Enforcement, Mississippi Department of Human Services

  1990 – 1991 · 1 yr

• Special assistant attorney general

  State of Mississippi

  1986 – 1990 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1983 – 1986 · 3 yrs

• Staff attorney, Central Mississippi Legal Services

  1980 – 1983 · 3 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  Jackson State University

  1980 – 1997 · 17 yrs

Education