Law clerk joins Cape prosecutor

Southeast Missourian

JACKSON, Mo. -- There's a new face in the prosecutor's office.

Felicia J. Ford, 27, began work Tuesday as a law clerk for Morley Swingle, Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney.

A 1992 graduate of Central High School, Ford received her Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School on Jan. 19.

She is the daughter of Freddie and Angela Ford of Cape Girardeau. Her father was a Cape Girardeau police officer who retired in 2000 after 19 years with the department.

"I am very pleased to have Felicia Ford joining our staff," Swingle said. "She is a delightful person who comes highly recommended by her law professors."

Swingle, who has extensively researched the history of the prosecutor's office, said that when Ford passes the bar examination she will also achieve a bit of history.

"When Felicia gets her law license and her promotion to assistant prosecuting attorney, she will become the first African-American prosecutor in the history of Cape Girardeau County.