[Release]Tougaloo Honors Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie T. Green
Tougaloo College has honored Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie T.
Green with the Meritorious Leadership Award.
LeRoy G. Walker, Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Tougaloo College, presented the citation during commencement ceremonies on
the campus May 13.
Walker in making the presentation said of Judge Green: Your
life represents the convergence of personal conviction and professional
excellence and reminds us that gender is no barrier to achievement when
belief, passion and hard work are applied to lifeӹs challenges. You have
made the pursuit and attainment of justice your lifes work, enriching
countless lives in Hinds County and your native state, and inspiring many
others by adhering to an admirable sense of duty and obligation in your
professional and personal life.ٲ
The Tougaloo College Meritorious Leadership Award was
established in 1991 by the faculty and approved by the Board of Trustees to
honor individuals who have made important contributions in social service,
education, business, religion and the arts. Nominations are made by the
Tougaloo College faculty.
Tougaloo College President Beverly W. Hogan said, Tougaloo
College was pleased to present to Judge Green the Meritorious Leadership
Award. Tomie has been one of those stellar individuals who have been true
to her principles and her values and led her life in an exemplary manner in
serving humanity, whether it was in the Legislature, the classroom, in law
practice and in the judgeӹs seat.
Judge Green has served on the Hinds Count Circuit Court bench
since January 1999. She served in the Mississippi House of Representatives
1992-1998. She was an assistant district attorney from June 1987 to
September 1988 in the 7th Circuit District, which at the time included
Hinds and Yazoo counties. She worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge
Henry T. Wingate from December 1985 to May 1987.
Judge Green previously worked as a health educator and counselor
at the Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center from June 1975 to May 1977.
From June 1977 to July 1978, she was a social worker for Hudspeth
Retardation Center and program coordinator for the Mississippi Department of
Mental Health Division of Mental Retardation.
Judge Green earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tougaloo
College in December 1972. She worked as alumni affairs director in the
Office of Development and Public Relations at Tougaloo College from May 1973
to June 1975. She earned a Master of Science degree from Jackson State
University in December 1975. She earned her law degree from Mississippi
College School of Law in December 1983 while working as an assistant
professor and director of testing at Tougaloo College.
Additional biographical information about Judge Green is
available on the web site of the Hinds County Circuit Court at
http://www.co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/circuit/grenresume.html
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Comments:
YAAAAAAY!!!! 
By the time I made it to the campus, the program was over, so I missed all that. Rats.
I wonder if her daughter was there. It would have been nice to talk to her again because we were at Tougaloo together. She was a year ahead of me.
Like me, Green skipped her senior year to go to Tougaloo. Another notable individual who did the same thing is Dr. Jerry Ward, who was my English instructor.
Posted by L.W. on 05/25 at 12:21 PM | #
Judge Tomie Green was educated in the Jackson Public Schools. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Tougaloo College. She earned a Master of Science degree, summa cum laude, from Jackson State University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Mississippi College School of Law. Judge Green’s post-graduate studies and training includes the study of advanced trial advocacy skills and techniques through the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the National College of Advocacy. In April 1999, Judge Green completed her studies for general jurisdiction judicial certification at the National Judicial College located at the University of Nevada at Reno. on January 4, 1999, Judge Green took the oath of office to become the first woman elected to the Hinds County Circuit Court bench. After taking the bench, she increased the accessibility and efficiency of the court by shifting judicial operations to the Hinds County Detention facility in Raymond, Mississippi twice monthly. Through the tireless efforts of Judge Green and her staff, a backload of some 1800 civil and criminal cases was trimmed her docket by more than 70%. She maintains and active and productive docket and has been unopposed for two consecutive terms.
With the assistance of the Hinds County Bar Association, testking 642-973 Judge Green retrofitted her courtroom to include 21st century technology saving funds for taxpayers, attorneys and litigants. Juror can view practically all evidence simultaneously with the attorneys, the witnesses and the court. Additionally, videos, audio tapes and documents may be viewed, observed and copied as exhibits to accompany testimony.
Judge Green has served two terms on the Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Rules, and the Supreme Court’s Committee on Media and the Courts. On July 1, 2003, media coverage in the Mississippi courtrooms became a reality. The first locally televised case in Mississippi originated in Judge Green’s courtroom. On November 10, 2003, Judge Green gave COURT TV and local ABC, NBC and CBS networks permission to televise a multi-million dollar negligence case being tried before the court. testking SY0-201 It was the first time that Court TV or local networks had broadcasted full coverage of a case in the State of Mississippi. Full media coverage by local networks and Court TV broadcast a second trial before Judge Green (this time criminal) in November of 2006.
Judge Green practiced law for 15 years before taking the bench. She serves as an adjunct law professor at the Mississippi College School of Law, where she has taught law students the procedures for successful litigation and trial court practice. Formerly, Judge Green was a partner in the law firm of Walker, Walker & Green of Jackson, testking MB2-633 Mississippi. A seasoned litigator, she has served as an assistant district attorney for Hinds and Yazoo City and as a judicial clerk for federal judge Henry T. Wingate. Judge Green has tried numerous cases before juries across the State of Mississippi.
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