Sharion Aycock

Who is Sharion Aycock?

Sharion Aycock 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.

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. 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. She became a member of the Mississippi Bar in 1980.

Aycock was in private practice in Mississippi from 1980 to 2003 with two firms and as a solo practitioner. Judge Aycock served as the Itawamba County Prosecuting Attorney from 1984 to 1992. 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 confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4, 2007, and received her commission on October 22, 2007.