Sharion Aycock

Sharion Aycock (born 1955) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. She is the first female federal district court judge in Mississippi.^[1]

Aycock was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. She received a B.A. in economics from Mississippi State University with a minor in political science in 1977.^[1] She received a J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law in 1980, where she graduated second in the class and served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi College Law Review.^[1] She became a member of the Mississippi Bar in 1980.^[2]

Aycock was in private practice in Mississippi from 1980 to 2003 with two firms and as a solo practitioner.^[2] Judge Aycock served as the Itawamba County Prosecuting Attorney from 1984 to 1992.^[1] She was a circuit court judge on the First Circuit Court District of Mississippi from 2003 to 2007.

Aycock was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 19, 2007, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi vacated by Glen H. Davidson. She was unanimously^[1] confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4, 2007, and received her commission on October 22, 2007.

Aycock is a native of Tremont, Mississippi.^[1] She is married to William R. "Randy" Aycock, and has one son.^[1]

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Sources

• Sharion Aycock at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.