Selene Dunn Maddox, Esq.

Hon. Selene D. Maddox is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi in Aberdeen, appointed in 2018. Previously, she was a solo practitioner with Maddox Law Office in Tupelo, where her practice focused on consumer debtor and small business debtor bankruptcy. She also served as a chapter 7 bankruptcy panel trustee in the Northern District of Mississippi from 2004-2018. Judge Maddox served as vice president of the Lee County Bar Association from 1998-99 and as president from 1999-2000. She was appointed by the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve on the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education June 30, 1999 and completed her seventh consecutive term on July 31, 2018, having served as Vice-Chairman 2007-2008; 2010-2011; 2014-2015, and as Chairman 2008-2009; 2015-2016. She also served on the Mississippi Bar’s Ethics Committee from 2005-08, and she served two one-year terms as president of the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference for 2005 and 2006, and on its Board of Directors from 2003-07. Judge Maddox had assisted with drafting new local rules for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and served on the Advisory Committee on Local Rules for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. She was inducted as a Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow in 2007 and subsequently served as a trustee on the Mississippi Bar Foundation Board of Trustees from 2011-13 and 2022-2024. Judge Maddox is a frequent speaker for professional insolvency organizations and is an active member of many professional organizations. Judge Maddox received her B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and her J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in1987.