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# Randy G. Pierce

Mississippi Supreme Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
- State: Mississippi
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2008-present
- “Bubba” Pierce is a retired Mississippi jurist best known for serving as an Associate Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 2008 until his retirement on February 1, 2016
- Chancery Court Judge — Served on the Sixteenth Chancery Court District (Jackson, George, and Greene counties)

### Education

- University of Southern Mississippi — B.A.
- B.S. in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi, later becoming a Certified Public Accountant.
- University of Mississippi School of Law, where he held the role of president of the law school student body — J.D.

### Additional information

- He has received the Chief Justice Award from the Mississippi Supreme Court in 2020 and is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, American Bar Association, and multiple professional accounting societies
- Pierce is also a novelist, author of Pain Unforgiven (2011), Magnolia Mud (2014), and The Peter Bay (2016).
- Elected to the court in 2008.
- Practitioner, 2007-2007
- Pierce grew up in Greene County, Mississippi, graduating from Leakesville High School in 1982.
- Date of birth: 1964-09-12
- Randy G.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic media coverage

Scope: statewide

Mississippi allows electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings in appellate and trial courts of record, subject to the rules and presiding judge control.

Evidence excerpt: Electronic media coverage of public judicial proceedings shall be allowed in the appellate and trial courts of record in this state subject to the conditions below.

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### presiding judge discretion

Scope: statewide

The presiding Mississippi justice or judge may limit or terminate electronic coverage when necessary to protect rights, witnesses, dignity of the court, or orderly proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: The presiding justice or judge has the discretion to limit or terminate electronic coverage at any time during the proceedings

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### advance notice for media

Scope: statewide

Mississippi media representatives must provide advance notice for electronic or photographic coverage under the court rules.

Evidence excerpt: Rule 5 ... requires that media representatives give at least 48 hours

[Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4894/randy-g-pierce/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4894/randy-g-pierce/)
- [Mississippi Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4894/randy-g-pierce/)
- [Mississippi Rules for Electronic and Photographic Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msrulesofcourt/rules_electronicphotographic_coverage.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4894/randy-g-pierce/)
- [Randy G. Pierce honored with 2020 Chief Justice Award - State of Mississippi Judiciary News](https://courts.ms.gov/news/2020/07.17.20Pierce%20Chief%20Justice%20Award.php)
- [Randy Pierce - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Randy_Pierce)
- [Wikidata: Randy G. Pierce](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16210080)

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