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Supreme Court Justices |
Justice
Chet D. Traylor
Associate Justice
JUSTICE CHET D.
TRAYLOR, elected from the Fourth Supreme Court District took
office on January 1, 1997. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Justice
Traylor graduated from Colombia High School and received a
B.A. degree in government from Northeast Louisiana State University
in 1969 and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University
School of Law in 1974. Justice Traylor served as a judge of
the Fifth Judicial District Court, Franklin, Richland, and
West Carroll Parishes, from 1985 until his election to the
Supreme Court.
Justice Traylor is
a former Louisiana State Trooper; Investigator for the Louisiana
Department of Justice Organized Crime and Racketering Unit
and was later the legal advisor to the Louisiana State Police
Narcotics, Detectives and Intelligence units. From 1975-82,
he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Franklin Parish.
Justice Traylor was
a founding board member of the Winnsboro Economic Development
Foundation and served as a board member of the Winnsboro's
Lion's Club and of the Franklin Parish Mental Health Association.
He was the first president of Winnsboro Ducks Unlimited and
the founder of John Adams Chapter of Greenwings. He is a life
member of the National Rifle Association and is a member of
the Rocky Mountain Conservation Fund.
Justice Traylor served
in the United States Army as a Military Police Investigator.
He entered as a Private and was honorably discharged two years
later as a Sergeant E-5. While attending Northeast Louisiana
State University, he was a Louisiana State Trooper, Troop
F.
Justice Traylor is
married to the former Peggy McDowell, and is the father of
Mary Therese, Leigh Ann, and Anna Marie Traylor and a member
of the Methodist Church.
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