TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 21, 2023

The Mount Pleasant Commission has appointed longtime Columbia attorney Kevin S. Latta as the city's new municipal judge. Latta was selected from 11 applicants for the vacant position and was sworn in by the Hon. Caleb Bayless, 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court judge, in a brief ceremony on Feb. 27. Latta previously served as both an assistant district attorney general and as an assistant public defender. Most recently the Cumberland School of Law grad has served as an associate attorney at the Columbia firm Parks, Bryant & Snyder PLLC, where he will maintain his private practice while serving in the part-time judicial position. “I am simultaneously humbled an honored by the faith the mayor and commissioners have placed in me, and I look forward to operating an open, fair and expedient city court which reflects the values of this wonderful community,” Latta said.