Alma mater

University of Mississippi

47 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
John Henry Rogers	A.B.	Judge	1868
Edwin Ruthven Holmes		Judge	1899
William Harold Cox	B.S.	Judge	1924
Dan Monroe Russell Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1935
Frank Hampton McFadden	B.A.	Judge	1950
Charles Willis Pickering Sr.	B.A.	Judge	1959
E. Grady Jolly	B.A.	Judge	1959
Glen H. Davidson	B.A.	Judge	1962
Walter J. Gex III	B.A.	Judge	1962
W. Allen Pepper Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1963
James Dale Todd	M.C.S.	Judge	1968
Dennis J. Keough		Judge	1974
Michael P. Mills	B.A.	Judge	1978
Daniel Porter Jordan III	B.B.A.	Judge	1987
Robert Porter Chamberlin	B.A.	Judge	1987
Cory Todd Wilson	B.B.A.	Judge	1992
Cory Todd Wilson	Business Administration, summa cum laude	Judge	1992
James Donald Maxwell II	B.B.A.	Judge	1997
Kristi Haskins Johnson	B.A.	Judge	2003
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves	B.A.	Judge	2003
Taylor Brantley McNeel	B.B.A.	Judge	2005
Albert Hall Whitfield		Justice	–
Charles Easley		Justice	–
Curtis Ivy Jr.		U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
Donna M. Barnes		Judge	–
Eugene L. Fair Jr.		Judge	–
James D. Maxwell II		Judge	–
James Garrott Holmes		Justice	–
James Plemon Coleman		Justice	–
John W. Kyle		Justice	–
Joseph Ruble Griffin		Justice	–
Josiah D. Coleman		Presiding Justice	–
Julian P. Alexander		Justice	–
Kenny Griffis		Judge	–
Larry E. Roberts		Judge	–
Lee Davis Hall		Justice	–
Leslie D. King		Presiding Justice	–
Michael P. Mills		Justice	–
Millard F. Caldwell		Justice	–
Samuel Heidelberg Terral		Justice	–
Thomas H. Woods		Justice	–
Thomas Ringland Stockdale		Justice	–
Tiffany E. Organ-Bowles		Judge	–
Vernon H. Broom		Justice	–
Virginia C. Carlton		Judge	–
William H. Inzer		Justice	–
William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr.		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-09-30. Verify against the primary source before relying.