[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 150 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12760-S12761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Nomination of Sharion Aycock

  I further recommend Sharion Aycock for the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Again, a fine academic 
record, with 27 years of law practice, with her bachelor's degree from 
Mississippi State University and a member of two honor societies, and 
Co-Editor in Chief of the Mississippi College Law Review. She has been 
a judge on the First Circuit Court for the District of Mississippi for 
the last 4 years, was the board attorney for the town of Tremont, and 
prosecuting attorney for Itawamba County. Judge Aycock brings 
substantial qualifications and the American Bar Association rated her 
unanimously ``well qualified.''
  Judge Sharion Aycock was nominated to be a U.S. District Court Judge 
for the Northern District of Mississippi on March 19, 2007. A hearing 
was held on her nomination on July 19, 2007. Her nomination was 
reported favorably by the Judiciary Committee on September 6, 2007. If 
confirmed, she will be the first woman to be appointed to the Federal 
district court in Mississippi.
  Judge Aycock received her B.A. from Mississippi State University in 
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where she was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi 
Honor Societies. She received her J.D. from Mississippi College School 
of Law in 1980 and served as Co-Editor in Chief of the Mississippi 
College Law Review.
  Upon graduation from law school, Judge Aycock joined the A.T. 
Cleveland Law Office as an associate, where she worked from 1980 until 
1983.
  In 1984, Judge Aycock opened her own practice in Fulton County and 
represented a wide range of clients, including some of the largest and 
most successful businesses in the county.
  Between 1987 and 1989, she formed a small partnership with three 
other attorneys and practiced under the firm name of Soper, Russell, 
Richardson and Dent, P.A.; however, they did not share office space, 
and she remained in her original office. In 1990, they dissolved the 
partnership, and Judge Aycock resumed her former sole practice.
  While working as a sole practitioner, Judge Aycock represented a 
variety of government entities on a part-time basis.
  She served as the board attorney for her hometown, Tremont, MS, from 
1980 until 2002 and for the city of Fulton from 1998 to 2002. She was 
elected to serve as the prosecuting attorney for Itawamba County in 
1984 and served until 1992.
  Judge Aycock also served as the attorney for the Board of Supervisors 
for Itawamba County from 1993 to 2002, the board attorney for the 
Itawamba County School District from 1984 to 1999, and the attorney for 
the Board of Commissioners for the Mantachie Natural Gas District from 
1986 to 2002.
  In 2002, Judge Aycock was elected as Circuit Court Judge for the 
First Circuit Court District of Mississippi. She ran unopposed and was 
reelected in 2006. Her term is set to expire in 2010.
  The American Bar Association Standing Committee has rated Judge 
Aycock unanimously ``well qualified.''