David M. Ishee

Professional career

• Associate Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, serving District 2, Place 1 since his appointment on September 18, 2017 by Governor Phil Bryant
• Judge, Court of Appeals of Mississippi, 2004-present
• Municipal Court Judge: Appointed in 1993 for Pascagoula (youngest in the state), later for Gulfport in 1999
• Official site: Mississippi Judiciary – Justice David M. Ishee State of Mississippi Judiciary
• He also served as board attorney for the Gulf Coast Regional Wastewater Authority and later joined Franke, Rainey & Salloum, PLLC for medical malpractice and insurance defense work

Education

Additional information

• His term ends in 2028, and he has stated he will run again once a new map is adopted
• Practitioner, 2003-2003
• Born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1963, Ishee obtained a B.S. in History from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1985 and a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law after studying at the University of London
• Date of birth: 1963
• After law school, Ishee practiced for nearly 14 years in the Lang & Ishee firm in Pascagoula
• handling civil, criminal, and domestic relations cases, and serving as lead counsel in multiple Mississippi Supreme Court appeals.
• Ishee has chaired the Criminal Section of the Model Jury Instructions Revision Committee, held the role of adjunct professor in torts and personal injury law, and held leadership roles in the Jackson County Bar Association.
• He is admitted to all Mississippi state and federal courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit State of Mississippi Judiciary
• Birth place: Gulfport