NELA is privileged to welcome The Honorable Carlton W. Reeves as our Keynote Speaker. Judge Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on April 28, 2010 and received his commission on December 20, 2010.
The second African American to serve as a federal judge in Mississippi, Judge Reeves is the author of a number of groundbreaking decisions, including Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant, which struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, and Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Currier, which struck down a state law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Judge Reeves is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School.