Michael Taylor (Mississippi)

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Michael Taylor

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Mississippi 14th Circuit Court District

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Mississippi

Law

University of Mississippi, 1987

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Michael Taylor is a judge for the Fourteenth Judicial District of Mississippi. He was appointed by Governor Haley Barbour on February 3, 2005. He was re-elected on November 4, 2014, for a term that begins in 2015 and will expire in 2018.

Elections

2014

See also: Mississippi judicial elections, 2014
Taylor ran for re-election to the Fourteenth Judicial District.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.  

2010

Taylor was re-elected to the Fourteenth Judicial District after running unopposed.

Main article: Mississippi judicial elections, 2010

Education

Taylor received a B.A. from the University of Mississippi, going on to earn his J.D. there in 1987. He was admitted to the bar that same year.

Career

Prior to his judicial appointment in 2005, Taylor engaged in private practice for 15 years in Brookhaven, Mississippi and served for 10 years as a youth court referee in Lincoln County. He also gained experience as a law clerk to Michael Sullivan of the Mississippi Supreme Court shortly after graduation.

See also

• Lincoln County, Mississippi
• Mississippi Circuit Courts

External links

• State of Mississippi Judiciary, "Circuit Courts"

Footnotes

Mississippi courts

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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