Jan 29, 2015: Daily Journal: School employees to get day in court
This trial, which should last three days, is scheduled to start Feb. 8, 2016, in federal court in Oxford before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills.
This trial, which should last three days, is scheduled to start Feb. 8, 2016, in federal court in Oxford before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills.
Dec 29, 2012: Itawamba Times: County board hires Mills as county prosecutor
He said he’s looking forward to serving Itawamba County from the same office as his father, Chief Judge Michael P. Mills, who founded his law office with O’Neal in the early 1990s.
He said he’s looking forward to serving Itawamba County from the same office as his father, Chief Judge Michael P. Mills, who founded his law office with O’Neal in the early 1990s.
Michael Paul Mills (born 1956) is a United States federal judge. Mills was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He received an A.A. from Itawamba Community College in 1976; a B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1978; a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1980; and an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001. From 1980 to 1995 he held a private practice in Mississippi.
He was a Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 1995, and served as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001. On September 4, 2001, Mills was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi vacated by Neal B. Biggers. Mills was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 11, 2001, and received his commission on October 16, 2001. He became chief judge in 2007, and served in that capacity until 2014, when he was succeeded by Sharion Aycock.
He was a Representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1984 to 1995, and served as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001. On September 4, 2001, Mills was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi vacated by Neal B. Biggers. Mills was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 11, 2001, and received his commission on October 16, 2001. He became chief judge in 2007, and served in that capacity until 2014, when he was succeeded by Sharion Aycock.