Jim M. Greenlee

Jim M. Greenlee (born January 13, 1952) is an American attorney who served as a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals from 2016 to 2024. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi from 2001 to 2010.

Biography and career

Greenlee graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Engineering in 1974 before joining the United States Navy. He served active duty for four years and continued service in the Naval Reserve, retiring in 1997 at the rank of Captain. During his naval service, he was commanding officer of a Reserve Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Unit.

Greenlee earned his JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and entered private practice in North Mississippi. He was hired as Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Mississippi in 1987, working in the Civil Division, where he became the lead civil fraud attorney trying bankruptcy, tort, employment rights, eminent domain and white collar criminal cases. In 2001, he was nominated to be United States Attorney by President George W. Bush and was confirmed by the United States Senate, serving until January 31, 2010. After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, he joined the law firm Holcomb Dunbar in Oxford, practicing white collar and criminal law, governmental enforcement defense and litigates in federal and state courts. In 2024 Governor Tate Reeves appointed John. D. Weddle to replace Greenlee who retired.