Robert P. Chamberlin
Robert Porter Chamberlin is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Early life and education
Chamberlin was born on April 6, 1965. Chamberlin received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi in 1987 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1990. He was admitted to the bar in 1990.Career
From 1991 to 1999, Chamberlin was a municipal judge for Hernando, Mississippi. He was a municipal prosecutor for Horn Lake, Mississippi, in 1992.State senate service
Chamberlin was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1999, and served Senate District 1 of DeSoto County for five years.State district court service
Chamberlin served a judge on the 17th Circuit District. He was appointed to this position by Governor Haley Barbour on November 24, 2004.Supreme Court of Mississippi
Chamberlin won a runoff election on November 29, 2016, when he received around 55% of the vote for District 3, Place 1. The seat was originally held by then-Justice Ann Hannaford Lamar.He took the oath of office on January 3, 2017, at the Mississippi Supreme Court.