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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 310-2588
| OCTOBER
14, 2004 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Ponchatoula
attorney Thomas B. Waterman has been appointed, by order of
the Louisiana Supreme Court, as judge pro tempore
of the 21 st Judicial District Court - Parishes of Livingston,
Tangipahoa, and St. Helena, Division "F," according to Justice
Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball.
Waterman will fill
the vacancy created by the election of Judge Jefferson D.
Hughes, III to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit. He will
serve from January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2005, or until
the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner.
Waterman received his
undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Louisiana State
University in 1971 and 1975, respectively. From 1975-1978,
he was an associate in the firm of Pittman & Matheny in
Hammond, Louisiana. Since 1979, Waterman has been engaged
in private practice in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. He is admitted
to practice before all Louisiana courts as well as the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
and the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Louisiana.
Waterman is a member
of numerous professional organizations including: the Louisiana
State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Florida
Parishes Bar Association, the Florida Parishes Inns of Court,
and the Louisiana Municipal Attorney Association. He is a
former member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and
has served as past-president of the 21 st Judicial District
Bar Association and the Tangipahoa Parish Indigent Defender
Board.
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