MS HR72

Commends Judge Patricia D. Wise for her 34-year legal and judicial career spanning from 1984 to her retirement in December 2018

Recognizes her service as Chancellor of the Fifth Chancery Court District of Hinds County beginning in 1989, following five years in private law practice

Honors her role as the first female president of the Magnolia Bar Association and her appointments by the Mississippi Supreme Court to the Complaint Tribunal and as former chair of the Mississippi Judicial Performance Commission

Acknowledges her educational background from the University of Mississippi, including degrees in special education, communicative disorders, and law, as well as her work as an adjunct professor at Hinds Community College and Mississippi College

Recognizes her extensive community involvement including service with the NAACP, Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, American Heart Association, and various civic organizations