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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 310-2590
| APRIL
11, 2006 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Seven Louisiana judges and one mediator were recently recognized
by Lawdragon, a national publication which featured 500 leading
judges in America.
According to the quarterly magazine, “Our guide to the
500 best public and private judges in the United States includes
federal and state judges at every level. In capturing excellence,
it is a snapshot of the men and women who reflect the very
best of the public and private bench.”
State court judges included in the 500 were: Louisiana Supreme
Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.; Louisiana Supreme
Court Justice John Weimer; Orleans Criminal Court Chief Judge
Calvin Johnson; and Orleans Juvenile Court Judges Ernestine
Gray and Mark Doherty. Federal judges named in the guide were
U.S. District Court Judges Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. and Sarah
S. Vance, both of whom are based in New Orleans. Additionally
John W. Perry of Baton Rouge was named in the guide as a leading
mediator in the private sector realm of alternative dispute
resolution.
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