Tom Lee (Mississippi)
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2006 - Present
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Tom Stewart Lee is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He joined the court in 1984 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
A native of Jackson, Michigan, Lee graduated from Mississippi College with his bachelor's degree in 1963 and from the University of Mississippi Law School with his J.D. in 1965.[1]
Military service
Lee served in the judge advocate general corps of the U.S. Army Reserve from 1965 to 1973. He attained the rank of captain.[1]
Professional career
- 2006 - Present: Senior judge
- 1996-2003: Chief judge
- 1984-2006: Judge
- 1982: Judge, Forest municipal court
- 1979-1982: Judge, Scott County youth court
- 1968-1971: Prosecutor, Scott County, Miss.
- 1965-1984: Private practice, Forest, Miss.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Mississippi
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Tom S. Lee |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 24 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 15, 1984
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 7, 1984
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 7, 1984
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| Confirmed: June 8, 1984
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Lee was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 15, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi vacated by Dan Russell, Jr. Hearings on Lee's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 7, 1984, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) the same day. Lee was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 8, 1984, and he received his commission on June 11, 1984. Lee served as the chief judge of the court from 1996 to 2003. He elected to take senior status beginning on April 8, 2006.[1][2] Lee was succeeded in this position by Daniel Jordan.
Noteworthy cases
Judge Patton misconduct case (2011)
Judge Lee was the presiding judge in a case where a county court judge in Mississippi was sued over making false claims to authorities. Judge Houston J. Patton was sued by Mississippi attorneys Keith Shelton and James Jennings Jr. because they believed the judge falsely claimed the two attorneys tried to bribe him over a complaint filed against the judge to the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance.[3] Lee dismissed the case and stated that Patton was in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Fifth Circuit Court reversed Lee's decision and stated that Patton qualified for immunity.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Tom Stewart Lee," accessed June 20, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 881 — Tom S. Lee — The Judiciary," accessed June 20, 2017
- ↑ Clarion Ledger "Lawsuit vs. judge proceeds," February 28, 2010
- ↑ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, "James E. Jennings Jr. et al. v. Houston Patton," June 17, 2011
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Dan Russell, Jr. |
Southern District of Mississippi 1984–2006 Seat #1T |
Succeeded by: Daniel Jordan
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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
