Dawn Beam | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi | |
Assumed office January 1, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Phil Bryant |
Preceded by | Randy G. Pierce |
Personal details | |
Born | Marks,Mississippi,U.S. | May 15,1964
Spouse | Stephen Beam |
Children | 5 |
Education | University of Mississippi (BA,JD) |
Dawn Henderson Beam (born May 15,1964) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Dawn Beam was born May 15,1964,in Marks,Mississippi. [1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of Mississippi and a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. She was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1989. [2]
Previously,Beam was a judge for the 10th Chancery District in Mississippi. She was re-elected on November 4,2014,for a term that began in 2015 and would have expired in 2018. [1]
On December 28,2015,Governor Phil Bryant appointed Beam to fill the remaining 10-month term of Justice Randy G. Pierce,who resigned on February 1,2016. [3]
In her early career,she worked extensively in child support enforcement. Her work as a chancellor and as a county prosecutor included protection of abused and neglected children. After her appointment to the Supreme Court,she continued work for the protection of children as co-chair of the Commission on Children's Justice and ReNewMS. She spearheaded efforts to organize Rescue 100 programs to train more foster parents. [2]
Beam makes her home in Sumrall. She is a member of Sumrall United Methodist Church in Lamar County. She is married to Dr. Stephen Beam. They have five children. [2]
As of 2016,her sister is serving a prison sentence for multiple federal counts of fraud,mail fraud and money laundering after admitting to swindling veterans and the elderly out of more than $2 million. [4]
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