Gov. Reeves appoints Oxford attorney Amanda Tollison to state Supreme Court
By Taylor Vance | Originally published by Mississippi Today
Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday appointed Amanda Jones Tollison, a private-practice attorney in Oxford, to a vacant seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Tollison is currently a partner with the law firm Butler Snow, where she has practiced since 2012. Before this, she served as legal counsel to Governor Haley Barbour from 2008 to 2012. In that role she advised Barbour on legal, legislative, and policy matters, including judicial appointments, elections, budget issues, and disaster recovery efforts.
“Amanda has distinguished herself throughout her career as an excellent attorney, respected leader in The Mississippi Bar, and dedicated public servant,” Reeves said in a statement.
Tollison earned her law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law and an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University. She has served as president of The Mississippi Bar, as a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners and as a trustee and fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.
“I am deeply grateful to Gov. Reeves for this appointment and humbled by his trust in me to fulfill the duties of a justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court,” Tollison said in a statement.
Tollison’s term will begin on September 1, 2026, and continue until a special election fills the seat.
She replaces James Maxwell, also from Oxford, who left his seat on the state Supreme Court after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a federal judge in northern Mississippi. The appointment now fills all vacancies on the nine-member court.
When Tollison is sworn in, she will become the third woman on the court, serving alongside current justices Jenifer Branning from Philadelphia and Celeste Wilson of DeSoto County. This is the largest number of women who have served on the state’s highest court at the same time.
She is also the wife of current 3rd Circuit Court Judge and former state Sen. Gray Tollison.
This article was originally published by Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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