CEOLA JAMES - CANDIDATE FOR MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate – Mississippi College School of Law
- Seven-Time (7) Former Judge
- Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge
- Ninth District Chancery Court Judge – (Warren, Sharkey, Issaquena, Washington, Humphreys and Sunflower Counties – was seated in Greenville, Mississippi)
- Special Master Judge in Warren County, Mississippi
- Justice Court Judge in Warren County, Mississippi
- Twice appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve as a Special Chancery Judge in Scott and Rankin Counties
- Served as a special appointed City Court Judge in Port Gibson, Mississippi
- Practiced both civil and criminal law as a solo practitioner
- Licensed to practice in the Mississippi Supreme Court, U, S. District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Have litigated cases in all of these courts
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Lifetime member of Mount Heroden Baprist Church
- Member of Mount Heroden Baptist Church Board of Trustees
- Member of Pi Delta Phi an honorary French Society
- Lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
SPECIAL HONORS
- Teacher of the Year Award
- Trophy for poem “Immortal Faith”
- Nominated as “Outstanding Young Woman of the Year Award” by Mary Libby Payne, Former Dean of Mississippi College
- Received a plaque as a Ninth District Chancellor for being dedicated, compassionate and having a true love for children.
SPECIAL RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
- Author of book, “Nine Days of Moody Weather,” a book of poetic expressions (2018)
- Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Horizons University in Paris France with a Master's Degree in French. Thesis: “International Law and the Deterrence of Criminal Activities in France and in Other Countries.” The classes were taught in French and the thesis was written in French. (2023)