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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 310-2590
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7, 2005 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
By order of the
Louisiana Supreme Court, Len G. Ciaravella and 21st Judicial
District Court Judge Robert H. “Bob” Morrison
have been appointed to the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana,
for a four-year term commencing March 22, 2005 and April 2,
2005, respectively. The Judiciary Commission is a nine-member
constitutional body, empowered to review allegations of judicial
misconduct and to recommend to the Supreme Court that a judge
be sanctioned when misconduct is proven by clear and convincing
evidence.
Ciaravella, of Shreveport, was selected to serve on the Judiciary
Commission by the Louisiana District Judges Association to
succeed Donald L. Horton. She is the former Executive Director
of Volunteers for Youth Justice and is also a CASA (Court
Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer, a member of the Judicial
Advisory Committee on FINS (Families in Need of Services),
a member of the Ad Hoc Louisiana Commission on Juvenile Justice
2002, and a member of Community Coalition to Reduce Juvenile
Gun Violence. Ciaravella additionally served on the Board
of Directors for the American Heart Association, the Parenting
Coalition, the Mental Health Association and the Young Women’s
Christian Association. In 2003 she was certified as Civil
and Family Mediator.
Judge Morrison was selected by the Supreme Court of Louisiana
to succeed Judge Robin M. Giarrusso. He was elected to the
21st Judicial Court bench in 1988 and is the Chief Judge.
From 1998-1999 Morrison served as president of the Louisiana
District Judges Association and he currently serves as the
Legislative Chair of the association. He also serves as Chair
of the Committee to Evaluate Requests for New Trial Court
Judgeships and he is a member of the Louisiana Budgetary Control
Board and the Judges Supplemental Compensation Fund Committee.
The Judiciary Commission was created by the Louisiana Constitution,
and as such, it is not a
Board or Commission subject to a particular branch of government.
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