The Hon. Sumeka C. Thomas is a referee for the Chickasaw County Youth Court in Mississippi. She joined the bench in 2019.
Thomas has also presided as a municipal judge for the City of Okolona and managed her own private practice, the Law Office of Sumeka C. Thomas, in Okolona, where she specializes in domestic relations and criminal defense matters. In addition to her practice, she has served as one of the Public Defenders in Chickawaw County for fifteen years and as a Youth Court Public Defender and a Guardian ad Litem.
Thomas received a B.A. in history from the University of Mississippi in 2003. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2005. Thomas was admitted to practice in Mississippi (2006) and Tennessee (2006).
She was vice president of the Okolona Chamber of Commerce and president of the Upsilon Pi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.