Debra M. Brown

Debra Brown
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Allen Pepper
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 52–53) Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.
Alma mater	Mississippi State University, Starkville University of Mississippi, Oxford

Debra Marie Brown (born 1963) is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Biography

Brown was born in 1963, in Yazoo City, Mississippi.^[1] She received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1987, from Mississippi State University. Prior to attending law school, she worked as an architect in the Washington, D.C. area. She received a Juris Doctor in 1997, from the University of Mississippi School of Law. After graduation, she worked at the law firm of Phelps Dunbar LLP for more than fourteen years. From 2012 to 2013, she was a shareholder at the law firm of Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A. in Jackson, Mississippi, where she handled a wide variety of commercial litigation matters before both federal and state courts. From 2003 to 2004, she served as President of the Mississippi Women Lawyers Association.^[2]

Federal judicial service

On May 16, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Brown to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, to the seat vacated by Judge W. Allen Pepper, Jr., who died on January 24, 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination to the full Senate on August 1st, 2013 by voice vote. Brown was confirmed as a district judge on November 4, 2013 by a vote of 90-0. She received her judicial commission on November 5, 2013,^[3] and was sworn in by Judge Michael P. Mills on December 18, 2013.^[4]

References

1. Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire
2. Nomination announcement from whitehouse.gov
3. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, 'Brown, Debra Marie'
4. "First black woman becomes Miss. US district judge". Associated Press. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

External links

• Debra M. Brown at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.