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Justice
Jeannette Theriot Knoll
Associate Justice
JUSTICE JEANNETTE
THERIOT KNOLL, one of ten children, was born in Baton Rouge
and immediately took up residence in Gueydan, Louisiana. Justice
Knoll subsequently graduated from St. James Major High School
in New Orleans and received a B.A. degree, in 1966, in political
science with a minor in history from Loyola University and
her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law
in 1969. She received a Master of Laws degree in the judicial
process from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville,
Virginia in 1996.
The winner of a Metropolitan
Opera Association and New Orleans Opera Guild Scholarship
at the age of 18 to study voice under the direction of Maestro
Adler of the Metropolitan Opera Company and at Mannes College
of Music, she studied in New York, she attended Loyola University
Music School on a voice scholarship and was a guest soloist
with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony and the New Orleans
Summer Pops.
Justice Knoll took
office on the Louisiana Supreme Court on January 1, 1997.
Prior to her election to the Supreme Court from the Third
Supreme Court District, Justice Knoll served as a judge of
the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit. She was elected to the
third Circuit in 1982 and was reelected in 1993.
From 1972 to 1982,
she served as first assistant district attorney for the Twelfth
Judicial District Court, Avoyelles Parish and at one time
served as a criminal defense attorney for indigents in Avoyelles
Parish. She also served as gratuitous attorney and advisor
for the United States Selective Service, Local Board No. 5,
Marksville, Louisiana.
Justice Knoll is an
Instructor for the Louisiana Judicial College and Served as
chair of Continuing Legal Education for Louisiana Court of
Appeal Judges. She is past president of the Business and Professional
Women's Club. In 1995 and 2002, she received the Outstanding
Judicial Award from the Victims and Citizens Against Crime,
Inc. In 2000, she was inducted into the Louisiana Political
Hall of Fame and named the Louisiana Crimefighters' Outstanding
Jurist of the Year. She is director of the Arts and
Humanities Council of Avoyelles, Inc. and is a former chair
of the March of Dimes.
Justice Knoll is a
member of the visiting committees of Loyola University School
of Law and of Loyola Music School; of LSUA Criminal Justice
Advisory Committee; Loyola University Alumni Association Board
of Directors (College of Arts and Sciences); American Legion
Auxiliary - Prevost Johnson #130; Louisiana Cattleman's Association;
and, Marksville Chamber of Commerce. She is a former member
of the State Board of Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
and Criminal Justice; Marksville Chamber of Commerce. She
is a former member of the State Board of Louisiana Commission
on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Marksville Jaycee
Jaynes; Phi Phi Phi, social sorority; and, the conflicts committee
of the Louisiana State law Institute.
Justice Knoll is married to Jerold
Edward Knoll, district attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District,
Avoyelles Parish and they are the parents of five sons: Triston
Kane; Eddie, Jr.; Edmond "Sonny" Humphries; Blake
Theriot; and Jonathon Paul.
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