JANS – Judge Carlton W. Reeves of Jackson has been honored as the Mississippi Bar’s Judicial Excellence Award recipient for 2025.
The Bar’s Board of Commissioners established the Judicial Excellence Award to recognize judges who exceed the call of their judicial office. Recipients are considered to exemplify judicial excellence and the possession of high ideals, character, and integrity.
Judge Reeves assumed office as a U.S. District Judge in 2010 after nomination by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. In 2022, President Joe Biden nominated him to chair the U.S. Sentencing Commission and he was also confirmed to that position…