--- title: "Sharion Aycock | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharion-aycock" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Sharion Aycock U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi - State: Mississippi - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Mississippi, 2007-present - Judge, Mississippi Circuit Court, First Judicial District, 2003-2007 - In 2003, Aycock became the first woman elected as a circuit judge for the First Circuit Court of Mississippi, covering multiple counties - Began her legal career in private practice in Mississippi from 1980 to 2003, including work at the A. T. Cleveland Law Office and her own firm, Sharion H. Richardson, P.A. - Her career reflects a significant milestone in Mississippi’s legal history as the first female federal district judge and the first female chief judge in the Northern District of Mississippi ### Education - Mississippi College School of Law in, graduating second in her class and serving as co-editor-in-chief of the Mississippi College Law Review — J.D. (1980) - Bachelor of Arts in economics with a minor in political science from Mississippi State University in 1977 ### Additional information - She assumed senior status on April 15, 2025 - Aycock held the role of chief judge from June 2, 2014, to June 11, 2021, becoming the first woman to hold that position in Mississippi. - She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 2008, was named Mississippi State University’s Woman of the Year in 2008, and recognized as Mississippi Trailblazer of the Year - received her commission on October 22, 2007. - On March 19, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated her to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to fill the seat vacated by Glen H. Davidson. - Date of birth: 1955-01-01 - representing local governments and organizations. - Aycock has been recognized for her trailblazing role in Mississippi’s judiciary. - Birth place: Tupelo, MS ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392641) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392641) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392641) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/143/sharion-aycock/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/143/sharion-aycock/) - [Wikidata: Sharion Aycock](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7489746) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharion-aycock", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharion-aycock", "name": "Sharion Aycock | KnowJudges", "description": "Sharion Aycock, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.