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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 599-0319
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DECEMBER 17, 2001 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Judge John L. Weimer
was sworn-in today as Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court,
Sixth District, at an induction ceremony at Nicholls State
University, Talbot Auditorium, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The
oath of office was administered by Daniel A. Clavelle, his
brother-in-law and former law partner. Louisiana Supreme Court
Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. and Weimer's predecessor
Retired Sixth District Justice Harry T. Lemmon provided remarks
welcoming Weimer to the Supreme Court bench.
Justice Weimer, 47,
was born in Thibodaux and graduated from Thibodaux High School.
He received a B.S. degree in 1976 from Nicholls State University,
graduating with academic honors, and his Juris Doctor degree
from Louisiana State University in 1980. Prior to his election
to the Supreme Court, Justice Weimer served as Judge of the
17 th Judicial District Court 1995-1998, and Judge of the
1 st Circuit Court of Appeal, District 1, Division B from
1998 to the present.
For fifteen years,
1980-1995, Justice Weimer was an attorney in the private practice
of law. He was also both an Adjunct Professor of Law and a
Professor of Law at Nicholls State University during the years
from 1982-1997.
Justice Weimer is a
member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Lafourche
Parish Bar Association, the Rotary Club, the Thibodaux Volunteer
Fire Department, the Nicholls State University Alumni Board
and former Volunteer Legal Counsel, the Thibodaux Chamber
of Commerce, the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, and
the Assumption Chamber of Commerce. He has served as a Delegate
to the Louisiana State Bar Association, as the 1997 Regional
Co-Chairman of the Citizens' Summit of Justice Reform, and
he established and was the Coordinator of the Lafourche Parish
Student Government Day Program.
Justice Weimer has been the recipient of numerous awards
and honors including: the Crimefighter's Outstanding Jurist
Award; the Nicholls State University 50 th Anniversary Golden
Graduate Award; Who's Who Among American Teachers, and the
Nicholls State University Presidential Award for Teaching
Excellence. In 2000 Justice Weimer was recognized for the
significant assistance he provided in establishing the Lafourche
Parish Drug Treatment Court.
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