Prentiss Harrell

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Prentiss Harrell

Mississippi 15th Circuit Court District

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

William Carey College, 1979

Law

Mississippi College School of Law, 1986

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

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Prentiss Harrell is a judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Mississippi. He was first elected to the court in 2007. He was re-elected after running unopposed on November 4, 2014, for a term that begins in 2015 and will expire in 2018.

Elections

2014

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

2010

Harrell defeated Joseph L. Turney in the general election for the Fifteenth Judicial District, winning 73% of the vote.

Main article: Mississippi judicial elections, 2010

Education

Harrell earned an undergraduate degree from William Carey College in 1979. He went on to receive his J.D. from the Mississippi College School of Law in 1986.

Career

• 2007-2018: Judge, Fifteenth Judicial District
• 1996-2007: County attorney, Lamar County
• 1987-2007: Business law attorney in private practice

See also

• Lamar County, Mississippi
• Mississippi Circuit Courts

External links

• The Marion County Informer, "Judge responds to opponent's allegations," May 10, 2010

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