Felicia C. Adams

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Felicia C. Adams

| image = Felicia C. Adams.jpg

| caption =

| office = United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi

| president = Barack Obama
Donald Trump

| term_start = July 3, 2011

| term_end = March 10, 2017

| predecessor = Jim M. Greenlee

| successor = William C. Lamar

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|5|12}}

| birth_place =

| party = Democratic

| education = Jackson State University (BA)
University of Mississippi (JD)

}}

Felicia C. Adams (born May 12, 1960) is an American attorney who served as United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi from 2011 to 2017.{{cite web|author=Patsy R. Brumfield |url=http://djournal.com/news/obama-nominates-adams-for-next-northern-district-u-s-attorney/ |title=Obama nominates Adams for next Northern District U.S. attorney |publisher=Djournal.com |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2017-04-05}}{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/meet-us-attorney |title=Meet the U.S. Attorney |publisher=Justice.gov |accessdate=2017-04-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208190946/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/meet-us-attorney |archivedate=2017-02-08 }}

Education

Adams graduated in 1981 from Jackson State University, and in 1984 from the University of Mississippi School of Law.{{cite web | title = President Obama Nominates Felicia C. Adams to Serve as U.S. Attorney | publisher = The White House, Office of the Press Secretary | date = March 2, 2011 | url = https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/02/president-obama-nominates-felicia-c-adams-serve-us-attorney}}

Career

From 1984 to 1985, Adams was a law clerk for Odell Horton of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Adams worked as legal counsel in the Mississippi's governor’s office from 1988 to 1989, and was an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1989 to 2000. In 2000, Adams was appointed assistant United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. From 2011 to 2017, Adams served as United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.