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Retired
Abbeville City Court Judge Roger C. Sellers,
died Thursday, October 17, 2002. He earned his
undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette in 1956, where he was selected to Who's
Who in American Colleges and Universities, and earned
his L.L.B. degree from Loyola University School of Law
in 1965, where he was given the Best Brief Award in
Moot Court Competition. He was a law clerk for
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Frank W. Summers from
1964-1965. He was in the private practice of law
from 1966-1993. He then served as a sole practitioner
beginning in 1994. He served as judge ad hoc for
City Court of Abbeville in 1984 before he was elected
to that post later that year. He was reelected
without opposition in 1990 and served there until his
retirement in 2001. He was also a member of many
civic and service organizations.
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