James E Graves Jr.

Judge

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

2011 - Current

Presiding justice

Mississippi Supreme Court

2009 - 2011

Justice

Mississippi Supreme Court

2001 - 2011

Judge

Mississippi Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial District

1991 - 2001

Adjunct professor

Jackson State University

1980 - 1997

Director

Division of Child Support Enforcement, Mississippi Department of Human Services

1990 - 1991

Special assistant attorney general

State of Mississippi

1986 - 1990

Private practice

Jackson, Mississippi

1983 - 1986

Staff attorney

Central Mississippi Legal Services, Jackson, Mississippi

1980 - 1983

Syracuse University

M.P.A. (1981)

Syracuse University College of Law

J.D. (1980)

Millsaps College

B.A. (1975)