Judge Lewis became a Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Circuit District of the State of Mississippi, July 1, 2001. 

Just prior to being appointed Judge, he began a General Practice Law Firm, Caldwell & Lewis, in Marks(Quitman County) Mississippi, after his return from active duty training in the military, May 1968 to June 30, 2001.  Judge Lewis was the Attorney for Quitman County's School District from 1969 to 1986 and then 1996 to 2001, Municipal Court Judge, for the City of Marks, 1969-1978, Quitman County's Prosecutor, 1970-2001, Attorney for Mayor and the Board of Aldermen in Sledge, MS, 1969-1985, Attorney for Marks-Quitman County Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment, March 1981-June 30, 2001, Attorney and Secretary for Marks, Sledge Bayou, Deep Bayou, Lost Lake, Little Oppossum, Bush Outlet and Squirrel Lake Drainage Districts.

Judge Lewis was in the Mississippi Army National Guard for 6 years Company C, 223rd Engineering Battalion(Construction).

He attends First Baptist Church in Marks, Mississippi where he is a Deacon and Sunday School Teacher.

Other Activities, Professional and Civic Affairs:

Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi and all lower courts; United States District Court - Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Commissioner - Mississippi State Bar - 11th Circuit District, 1978-1981, and Chairman of Elections Committee, 1979-1980

Director of Citizens Bank & Trust Company 1981-Present and Secretary 1989-2001

Former Director: Delta State University Foundation, 1998-2001; The Mississippi Prosecutors Association; and Mississippi Children's Home Society

Mississippi State Bar, American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, and Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation

Amercian Judges Association and American Inns of Court - William C. Keady Chapter