Carlton W. Reeves
| Carlton Wayne Reeves | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
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Assumed office December 20, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William Henry Barbour, Jr. |
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| Born |
Carlton Wayne Reeves 1964 (age 52–53) Fort Hood, Texas |
| Education |
Jackson State University B.A. University of Virginia School of Law J.D. |
Carlton Wayne Reeves (born 1964) is an American lawyer and jurist who currently serves as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Reeves was born in 1964 in Fort Hood, Texas, and was raised in rural Yazoo City, Mississippi. As a teenager, Reeves cleaned the office of Judge William Henry Barbour, Jr., whom he would later replace on the federal bench. Reeves was the first person in his family to attend a four-year college, and graduated in 1986 magna cum laude from Jackson State University. Reeves then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, graduating in 1989 as a Ritter Scholar. After law school, Reeves served as a law clerk for Justice Reuben Anderson, the first African-American judge to serve on the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Reeves began his legal career in 1991 as a staff attorney for the Supreme Court of Mississippi; later that year, he entered private practice as an associate at the Jackson, Mississippi firm of Phelps Dunbar. From 1995 to 2001, Reeves served as Chief of the Civil Division for the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. In 2001, Reeves returned to private practice to found his own firm, Pigott Reeves Johnson. During his time in private practice, Reeves served on the boards of a number of civic organizations, including the ACLU of Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Justice, and the Magnolia Bar Association.
On April 28, 2010, Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a seat on the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by William Henry Barbour, Jr. Reeves was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2010 by voice vote. Reeves is the second African-American to serve on the federal judiciary in Mississippi.
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