Circuit Courts hear felony criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits. Circuit Courts hear appeals from County, Justice and Municipal courts and from administrative boards and commissions such as the Workers’ Compensation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
There are 22 Circuit Court districts and 51 Circuit Court judges. The number of Circuit Judges per district ranges from one to four. Circuit Court judges are selected in non-partisan elections to serve four-year terms.
Trials are heard with a 12-member jury and usually one or two alternate jurors. A judge may preside without a jury if the dispute is a question of law rather than fact.
Circuit Court Judge
Judge Hunter Nowell
Staff Attorney
J. Landon Phillips, Jr.
P.O. Box 1377
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: 662-843-3346
Fax: 662-846-2930
judiciallawclerk11@gmail.com
Court Reporter
Courtney Taylor
P.O. Box 384
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: 662-843-3346
Fax: 662-846-2930
Court Administrator
Courtney L. Flore
P.O. Box 1377
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: 662-846-3346
Fax: 662-846-2930
Circuit Court Judge
Judge Linda F. Coleman
Court Administrator
Theresa Thigpen
P.O. Box 478
Cleveland, MS 38732
tthigpen@co.bolivar.ms.us
Staff Attorney
Brittany Dean
P.O. Box 478
Cleveland, MS 38732
Court Reporter
Mary L. Wright, CSR, RPR
P.O. Box 478
Cleveland, MS 38732
marywright_crr@yahoo.com
Senior Judge
Judge Charles E. Webster
Court Administrator
Teresa Ragland
P.O. Drawer 998
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Ph: 662- 624-3017
Fax: 662-624-2515
ctadmin@coahomacountyms.gov
Staff Attorney
Don Cumbest
P.O. Box 998
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Ph: 662-624-3039
Fax: 662-624-2515
email: lawclerk@clarksdale.com
Court Reporter
Amy Taylor, CSR, RPR
P.O. Box Drawer 998
Clarksdale, MS 38614
amyctaylor518@gmail.com
11th Circuit Drug Court
Angie Kent
Drug Court Coordinator
P.O. Box 478
Cleveland, MS 38732
Phone: 662-846-2944
Fax: 662-846-2930