James D. Maxwell II


James D. Maxwell II is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Biography

Maxwell earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi. He practiced civil law in Jackson in the firm of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell before returning to Oxford to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2002.

Service on Mississippi Court of Appeals

He served as a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. He was initially appointed to the appeals court by Governor Haley Barbour on February 2, 2009, then elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.

Service on the Supreme Court of Mississippi

On December 23, 2015, Governor Phil Bryant announced his appointment of Maxwell to the Supreme Court.

Awards and recognition

He is a past president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar Association, the Lafayette County Bar Association, and Tri-County Young Lawyers. He has also served on the Board of Bar Commissioners, the Mississippi Bar Foundation, the Diversity in the Law Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association. He is a graduate of Mississippi Economic Council's Leadership Mississippi program and in 2007 was named "Top 40 Under 40" by the Mississippi Business Journal.

Personal life

Maxwell is married to his wife Mindy and they have two children, Trip and Mae Covington. They are members of First Baptist Church of Oxford.