TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 10, 2023

Shelby County Criminal Judge A. Melissa Boyd was publicly reprimanded on May 8 by the Board of Judicial Conduct. According to the reprimand, Judge Boyd solicited resources and cash donations on Facebook to benefit a school, and the posts seeking those contributions from the public show her wearing her judicial robe. The board noted that judges “are expected to maintain the highest standards of conduct at all times and conflating judicial office to advance the private interests of others is prohibited.”