Brown, Debra M., 1963-

Debra Marie Brown (born November 22, 1963) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. On May 16, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Brown to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, to the seat vacated by Judge W. Allen Pepper, Jr., who died on January 24, 2012. She was sworn in on December 18, 2013. Brown became the Chief Judge on June 11, 2021.