�һ�ֱ�� alumna Debra M. Brown to become �һ�ֱ��’s first Black female chief federal judge

Chief Judge Debra M. Brown (Submitted photo)

STARKVILLE, Miss.—�һ�ֱ�� State alumna and U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown is set to become the Magnolia State’s first Black female chief federal judge.

A ceremony will be held Friday at the U.S. Courthouse in Greenville where Brown will receive the gavel and become the new Chief Judge of the Northern District of �һ�ֱ��. She succeeds District Judge Sharion Aycock, also an �һ�ֱ�� alumna, in the role of chief judge.

Brown has served as a district judge since being nominated by former president Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2013. She is a 1987 graduate of �һ�ֱ��’s College of Architecture, Art and Design. Brown worked professionally as an architect before pursuing law school and graduating from the University of �һ�ֱ�� School of Law in 1997.

Prior to being appointed as a judge, Brown practiced law at Wise Carter Child & Carraway and Phelps Dunbar law firms in Jackson. She has served as president of the �һ�ֱ�� Women Lawyers Association. Among her professional accolades, she was the 2004 recipient of the Jackson Young Lawyers Outstanding Service Award and named as one of �һ�ֱ��’s Leading Businesswomen in 2008 by the �һ�ֱ�� Business journal. In 2014, she was recognized as the �һ�ֱ�� College of Architecture, Art and Design’s Alumna of the Year.

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�һ�ֱ�� alumna Debra M. Brown to become �һ�ֱ��’s first Black female chief federal judge

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