Clarion-Ledger Report: Two Qualified for Election for Judge Barnett's Seat, None for Judge Yerger's Seat
The Clarion-Ledger ran this article on Monday about the upcoming elections to fill the seats of retiring Judge Yerger (Hinds County Circuit) and Barnett (Hinds County County). The article was largely a repeat from an October article that quoted Ashley Ogden and Jeff Weill stating that they would probably run for Judge Yerger’s seat. I wrote about and Ogden v. Weill race here.
On the County Court side, Jackson attorneys Trent Walker and Melvin Priester have qualified for Judge Barnett’s seat. Walker is a Brandon native and Jackson State graduate who lives in South Jackson. He has extensive experience on both the plaintiff and defense side in civil litigation as well as in the criminal defense arena. He recently obtained an acquittal in a murder trial in North Mississippi that sounded a little like the trial in My Cousin Vinnie. He currently works for Schwartz and Associates in Jackson.
Priester is a special circuit court judge and practices law in Jackson.
The Ledger article does not identify the date of the election or the deadline for qualifying for the races. I believe—and I am not certain about this—that the qualifying deadline is in May and the non-partisan elections are in November.
