Dawn H. Beam

Dawn Henderson Beam (born May 15, 1964) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, she served on the court from 2016 to 2025.

Biography

Dawn Beam was born May 15, 1964, in Marks, Mississippi. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in business from the University of Mississippi and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. She was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1989.

State court service 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.

Advocacy

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.

Currently, Dawn Beam is retired Supreme Court Justice Judge and has re-opened her law firm, Beam law Firm, in her home town of Sumrall, MS.