Carlton Reeves Nominated for Southern District U.S. District Judge
It took a year and a half, but President Obama finally nominated Jackson attorney Carlton Reeves to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. The nomination has been expected from the day that Obama won the 2008 presidential election.
Here is Reeves’ profile at his firm’s web site. 
Reeves is a Yazoo City native and is a graduate of Jackson State and the University of Virginia School of Law. He clerked on the Mississippi Supreme Court for Judge Rueben Anderson, was the Chief of the Civil Division of the Southern District U.S. Attorney’s Office and has been in private practice with Phelps Dunbar and his current firm of Pigott Reeves Johnson.
Here are my prior posts on Reeves.
Reeves is very popular in the Jackson Bar and the expectation among lawyers is that he will be a fair and popular judge. Reeves will join Bush appointees Judge Dan Jordan and Judge Sul Ozerden as young Southern District judges who will likely be on the bench for thirty or more years.
This is a great nomination for Mississippi and for the citizens of Yazoo City. I've known Carlton all of my life and he has always been fair,smart and humble,with great emphasis on humble.
Carlton is a great inspiration for the children and parents who still have hope that our children can get a great education at an HBC, like Jackson State and go on to great rewards in their career.
Carlton knew he was lawyer when he was a young man, growing up in Yazoo City, all he had to do was walk in the path God had for him and look what happened.
We Love You Carlton,
you are the bomb!
Barbara Gainwell
The President has made an outstanding decision to nominate Carlton Reeves to the federal bench. I grew up down the street from Carlton and he was a big brother to the younger kids on the block. He was always organizing games for us and making sure the bigger guys did not leave us out. Even then, Carlton had a great sense of fairness about him. We are all proud of Carlton's accomplishments and great example for the kids in our hometown of Yazoo City and across the state of Mississippi.
Congratulations Carlton and may God continue to smile on you.
Marcus Dilworth, Jr, Tomasinia, and family