Gov. Bryant welcomes Justice Dawn Beam's to state supreme court

HATTIESBURG, Miss - Governor Phil Bryant welcomed Justice Dawn Beam to the Mississippi Supreme Court at Southern Miss Monday afternoon.

Justice Beam was appointed by Governor Bryant to the state Supreme Court to fill in the term of Jusitce Randy Pierce in Dec. 2015.

Beam has been a local chancery judge since 2010 and has served for Forrest, Marion, Pearl River, Perry and Lamar county.

Beam took office Feb 2016.