James L. Robertson (Mississippi judge)

{{infobox officeholder

|name=James L. Robertson

|office=Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi

|term_start=1983

|term_end=1992

|predecessor=Robert Perkins Sugg

|successor=James L. Roberts Jr.

|birth_name=James Lawton Robertson

|birth_date={{birth date|1940|7|30}}

|birth_place=Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2023|12|10|1940|7|30}}

|death_place=

|education=University of Mississippi (BA)
Harvard Law School

|profession=Judge

}}

James Lawton Robertson (July 30, 1940 – December 10, 2023) was an American judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1983 to 1992.Leslie Southwick, [https://dc.law.mc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1410&context=lawreview Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996], 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).

Biography

Robertson was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and grew up in Greenville, Mississippi. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi in 1962 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1965.

Robertson wrote Heroes, Rascals, and the Law.{{Cite journal|url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/pod_converlaw/6|title=Episode 06: James L. Robertson|first1=Christopher|last1=Green|first2=Michèle|last2=Alexandre|first3=James|last3=Robertson|date=January 1, 2018|journal=Conversations About the Law Podcast}} He taught at the University of Mississippi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Contributors/R/Robertson-James-L|title=James L. Robertson | University Press of Mississippi|website=www.upress.state.ms.us}} He was appointed to the state supreme court by Mississippi governor William Winter.{{Cite web|url=https://courts.ms.gov/news/2015/10+13+15Robretson+portriat.php|title=State of Mississippi Judiciary|website=courts.ms.gov}}

Robertson died December 10, 2023, at the age of 83.{{Cite web |url=https://www.supertalk.fm/former-mississippi-supreme-court-justice-james-robertson-passes-away-at-age-83/ |title=Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James Robertson passes away at age 83 |website=Super Talk |first1=Caleb |last1=Salers |date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 15, 2023}}