Trent Favre

The Honorable Trent Favre

Board Director, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Judge Favre was appointed by Governor Bryant in 2017 to serve as Hancock County’s first County Court Judge. He was elected to his first term in 2018 and is now serving his second term.  He presides over youth court matters and a county court docket.  Prior to his appointment, he practiced 19 years in civil litigation as well has healthcare and governmental law.

Judge Favre graduated from Millsaps College in 1996 and The University of Mississippi School of Law in 1999, where he was a member of the Mississippi Law Journal and Moot Court Board.  He graduated from Hancock Leadership (2009), Leadership Mississippi (2010), and Gulf Coast Business Counsel Master’s Program (2011), and served as a board member for United Way of South Mississippi, Hancock Chamber and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Chairman).  He has been recognized as Hancock County’s Top 10 Outstanding Citizens (2011), The Sun Herald Top 10 Under 40 (2013) and Mississippi Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 (2013).

In 2019, he was named Mississippi’s Champion for Children (judicial branch) and the Child Welfare and Child Advocacy Committee (The Mississippi Bar) Reunification Hero.  While on the bench, he has served on Mississippi’s Court Improvement Team, Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, and Mississippi Children’s Justice Commission.  In 2020, he was presented The Mississippi Bar’s prestigious Judicial Excellence Award.  In 2021, he received the Community Hope Award presented by Canopy and he was selected to serve on CASA’s National Judicial Leadership Council.  Also, in 2021, he created Hancock County’s first Family Treatment Court.  In 2023, he was named a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation and as Hancock County Excel by 5’s Champion for Children.   He currently serves on the Child Welfare Advisory Committee of the Children’s Foundation of Mississippi, the Board of Excel by 5, and the Diversity Committee of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ).  In 2025, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the NCJFCJ and appointed by the Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve on the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council.  He is also a certified practitioner in TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention), which has been foundational to his trauma-informed judicial practice.

He is married to Shannon and has two children, Katie and Sam.