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CONTACT PERSON: VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
(504) 310-2590
| DECEMBER 3, 2012 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Walter J. Rothschild, upon his retirement December 31, 2012, has been assigned by order of the Louisiana Supreme Court as judge pro tempore to the 24th Judicial District Court, Division D, to fill the vacancy created by the election of Judge Robert M. Murphy to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. He will serve for the period of January 1, 2013 through June 1, 2013, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner. Judge Rothschild served as a judge of the 24th Judicial District Court from 1995 until 2001 when he was elected to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Also at the 24th Judicial District Court, retired judges Jo Ellen Grant and Carolyn Gill-Jefferson have been assigned as judge pro tempore to fill vacancies in Division J and Division N, respectively. Retired Judge Grant will fill the vacancy created in Division J by the election of Judge Stephen J. Windhorst to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Retired Judge Gill-Jefferson will fill the vacancy created in Division N by the election of Judge Hans J. Liljeberg to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Both judges will serve for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 1, 2013, or until the vacancy is filled, whichever occurs sooner.
Retired Judge Grant served as a judge of the 24th Judicial District Court from 1990 until her retirement in 2008. Retired Judge Gill-Jefferson served as a judge of Orleans Civil District Court from 1994 until her retirement in 2006.
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