Wilson graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree and then earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2004.
[3][4] After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and worked at Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C.[5] From 2009 to 2012, Wilson worked at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.
He then returned to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a counsel in the Jackson office, where he continued to work until receiving his judicial appointment.
[4] Wilson was appointed by Governor Bryant, effective July 1, 2015, to the Mississippi Court of Appeals Position 1 seat that covered District 3.
The seat was vacated by Larry Roberts, who retired earlier in the year and left a partial term expiring on January 1, 2017.