[2] After graduation he entered private law practice with his late father-in-law, Elmo Lang of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
[2] He also served for two years as adjunct professor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, teaching torts and personal injury law.
In April 2004, Ishee was appointed Senior Municipal Court Judge for the City of Gulfport.
He was appointed by the chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court to chair the Criminal Section of the Model Jury Instructions Revision Committee, which revised the Criminal Model Jury Instructions for the Circuit Courts of Mississippi.
[2] Ishee was appointed to the Mississippi Supreme Court by Governor Phil Bryant to replace former Justice Jess H. Dickinson.