Carlton Wayne Reeves

Judge Carlton Wayne Reeves

Personal

Birthday:

1964

Birthplace:

Fort Hood, TX

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Reuben V. Anderson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1989-1990
Staff attorney, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1990-1991
Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi, 1991-1995, 2001-2010
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Mississippi, 1995-2001

Education

Name of School:

Jackson State University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1986

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1989

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi

Court Name:

Mississippi Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

12/20/2010