Michael Mills (Mississippi)
Michael Mills (b. 1956) is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He served aschief judge of the court from 2007 to 2014. He joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush (R).[1] Mills assumedsenior status on November 1, 2021.[2]
Biography
Early life and education
Judge Mills earned a B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1978 and hisJ.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1980.[1]
Professional career
After Law School, Mills was a private practice attorney licensed in the State ofMississippi from 1980 to 1995. Mills served as a state representative with theMississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 1995. Mills' partisan affiliation was with theRepublican Party.[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Mississippi
He was an Associate Justice of theMississippi Supreme Court before accepting his current position in the federal judiciary. Mills was given the unanimous recommendation of Mississippi U.S. SenatorsThad Cochran (R) and Trent Lott (R) for the nomination. Mills resigned from the Mississippi court effective October 31, 2001, and after being nominated byGeorge W. Bush (R) to the seat vacated byNeal Biggers. Millas was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 11, 2001.[3]
See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
Officeholder United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi |
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
- Profile of Judge Mills
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Neal Biggers | Northern District of Mississippi 2001–2021 Seat #2 | Succeeded by: TBD |
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| 2001 | Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey | ||
| 2002 | Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson | ||
| 2003 | Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 | Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson | ||
| 2005 | Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary | ||
| 2006 | Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton | ||
| 2007 | Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu | ||
| 2008 | Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White | ||
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court:Northern District of Mississippi,Southern District of Mississippi • U.S. Bankruptcy Court:Northern District of Mississippi,Southern District of Mississippi
State courts:
Mississippi Supreme Court•Mississippi Court of Appeals•Mississippi circuit courts•Mississippi Chancery Court•Mississippi county courts•Mississippi justice courts•Mississippi youth courts•Mississippi Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Mississippi •Mississippi judicial elections •Judicial selection in Mississippi
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- Federal Article III judges
- Federal judiciary nominee, September 2001
- Judge on senior status, United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
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- Senior federal judge
- Northern District of Mississippi, Seat 2
- Judge on senior status, Northern District of Mississippi
- Former Mississippi supreme court judges
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