Tom Lee
| Tom Lee | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1T |
| Station: | Jackson, MS |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 06/11/1984 - 04/07/2006 |
| Chief: | 1996 - 2003 |
| Senior: | 04/08/2006 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Dan Russell, Jr. |
| Succeeded by: | Daniel Jordan |
| Past post: | City of Forest, Municipal Judge |
| Past term: | 1982 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1941 |
| Home State: | Jackson, MI |
| Bachelors: | Mississippi College, B.A., 1963 |
| Law School: | U. of Mississippi Law, J.D., 1965 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army, Reserves 1965 - 1973 |
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Tom Lee is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He joined the court in 1984 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Lee is a judge serving on senior status.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Mississippi, Lee graduated from Mississippi College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1963 and from the University of Mississippi Law School with his juris doctor degree in 1965. Lee also served in the US Army Reserve as a JAG (Judge Advocate General) Corps Captain from 1965 to 1973.[1]
Professional career
Lee was a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Mississippi from 1965 to 1984. In addition to his private practice work, Lee was a Prosecuting attorney for Scott County from 1968 to 1971 and became a Part-Time Judge for the Scott County Youth Court from 1979 to 1982 along with being a Municipal judge for the City of Forest in 1982.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Mississippi
On the recommendation of Mississippi U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, Lee was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 15, 1984 to a seat vacated by Dan Russell, Jr. as Russell assumed senior status. Lee was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 11, 1984 on a senate vote and received commission on June 11, 1984. Lee served as the chief judge of the court from 1996 to 2003 before later assuming senior status on April 8, 2006.[1] Lee was succeeded in this position by Daniel Jordan.
Notable cases
A notable case on this page needs to be updated.
State judge misconduct
Judge Lee is presiding in a case where a county court judge in Mississippi is being sued over making false claims to authorities. Judge Houston Patton is being sued by Mississippi Attorneys Keith Shelton and James Jennings, Jr. because the judge falsely claimed the two attorneys tried to bribe him over a complaint filed against the judge to the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance. No trial date in the case has been set.[2]
See also
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Dan Russell, Jr. |
Southern District of Mississippi 1984–2006 Seat #1T |
Succeeded by: Daniel Jordan |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Louis Guirola • Henry Wingate • Keith Starrett • Daniel Jordan • Halil Ozerden • Carlton W. Reeves | ||
| Senior judges |
William Barbour • David Bramlette • Walter Gex • Tom Lee • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Linda Anderson • Michael Parker • Robert Walker • John Roper • Keith Ball • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George Adams • Samuel Jameson Gholson • Robert Andrews Hill • Charles Pickering • Henry Clay Niles • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Dan Russell • Sidney Mize • James Summer • William Cox • Walter Nixon • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Henry Wingate • William Barbour • Tom Lee • Dan Russell • Sidney Mize • William Cox • Walter Nixon • | ||
- Notable case article with tense issues
- Southern District of Mississippi, Seat 1T
- Judge on senior status, Southern District of Mississippi
- U. of Mississippi Law Alumni
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1984
- Mississippi College Alumni
- Army veteran
- Senior federal judge
- Former chief judge, Southern District of Mississippi
