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Chancellor Rhea H. Sheldon

Married to Jason E. Sheldon

Two children



EXPERIENCE


  • Purvis Attendance Center Grades 1-12; 1993 Graduate of Purvis High School
  • University of Southern Mississippi (B.A. History, with honors, 1997)
  • University of Mississippi, School of Law (JD 2002)


CAREER


  • Private practice 2003-2016
  • Supreme Court of Mississippi (Judicial Law Clerk 2002-2003)



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


  • Co-Chair, Families First Pilot Program (Pearl River County)
  • Appointed to the Fiscal Committee for the AOC
  • University of Mississippi, School of Law, Moot Court Board Quarterfinalist 200; Judicial Relations Director 2001-2002; Executive Committee 2001-2002; Most Valuable Member 2001-2002
  • University of Mississippi, School of Law Honor Council Member 2000-2002; Honor Council Chairperson 2001-2002
  • University of Mississippi, School of Law, Law School Student Body Election Commissioner 2000-2001
  • Admitted to the Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida Bar Associations
  • Hinds County Bar Association; Co-Chairperson on the Women in the Profession Committee and Social Committees 2007-2008
  • 2007 Recipient of Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 50 Leading Business Women
  • Mississippi Bar Ethics Committee Member 2014-2016