Chancellor Joseph Kilgore of Philadelphia was recently elected vice-chair of the Conference of Chancery Judges.
Conference officers were elected on April 27 during the Spring Trial and Appellate Judges Conference in Biloxi. Chancellor Jacqueline Mask of Tupelo was elected chair of the Conference of Chancery Judges, and Chancellor John A. Hatcher of Booneville was elected secretary-treasurer.
Judicial conferences meet in April and October for continuing education training, and periodically during other times of the year to discuss legal and judicial issues. They make recommendations on issues affecting their courts.
Judge Kilgore has served for almost six years as a chancellor of the Sixth Chancery District, which includes Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Kemper, Neshoba and Winston counties. He previously served as a special master in Chancery Court and as a Kemper County Youth Court referee. He served on the planning team for the Choctaw Healing to Wellness Drug Court. He was special prosecutor for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the Neshoba County Justice Court and Philadelphia Municipal Court. He served as Board Attorney for the Philadelphia Public School District and Philadelphia Utilities. He served as president of the Neshoba County Bar Association and vice-president of the Choctaw Bar Association.
