Appointed by Haley Barbour Spouse Kathy Randolph Role Justice | Name Michael Randolph Preceded by Edwin Pittman Political party Republican Party | |
Alma mater Rollins College
University of Mississippi,
Oxford
Naval Justice School Education University of Mississippi School of Law, Rollins College, Naval Justice School | ||
The Hon. Michael K. Randolph (born 1946) is a Presiding Justice on the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He represents District 2 Place 3.
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Early years
Randolph is the son of a construction worker who had a third-grade education.
He served as an air traffic controller in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division and was honorably discharged in 1967.
In 1972, he graduated from Rollins College, and two years later, he earned a Juris doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law. While in law school, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve, attending the Naval Justice School, and serving as an attorney with the Judge Advocate General Corps. He received an honorable discharge in 1975.
Career
From 1975 until 2004, Randolph practiced law in Biloxi, Mississippi and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On April 23, 2004, Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Randolph to the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve the unexpired term of former Chief Justice Edwin L. Pittman. In November 2004, Randolph was elected to the Supreme Court for an eight-year term that began January 1, 2005.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Randolph to serve on the National Coal Council. Randolph has also served on the board of directors for William Carey College, and he was past president of the South Central Mississippi Bar Association.
Personal life
Justice Randolph is married to Kathy Webb Randolph. He has three children and four grandchildren. He is a member of Temple Baptist Church.