Scott Colom

Scott Winston Colom (born December 24, 1982) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississippi. He is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Early life and education Colom is a native of Columbus, Mississippi. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Millsaps College in 2005 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2009. Career From 2009 to 2011, Colom worked as a staff lawyer at the Mississippi Center for Justice. From 2011 to 2016, he operated the Colom Law Firm. In 2011, Colom, then aged 28, was appointed the youngest and first black justice court judge in Lowndes County history. From 2012 to 2013, Colom served as a municipal court judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi, and interim justice court judge in Lowndes County, Mississippi. From 2013 to 2016, he served as the part-time city prosecutor of Columbus, Mississippi. He was the first Black city prosecutor for Columbus. Colom was elected district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississippi in 2015, defeating a nearly 30-year incumbent, Forrest Allgood. Colom was sworn in on January 4, 2016. He was the first Black elected district attorney for the 16th Circuit and the first Black elected district attorney to a majority-white voting district in the history of Mississippi. He ran unopposed in 2019 and was re-elected. He ran for reelection in 2023 and was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Notable cases