Louisiana Supreme Court Justices
1813-Present
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Jeffrey P. Victory (1946-2024)
Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court January 1,
1995 - December 31, 2014
JUSTICE JEFFREY P. VICTORY, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on
January 29, 1946, is the son of Thomas Edward and Esther
Horton Victory. He graduated from Byrd High School in 1963 as
a member of the National Honor Society. He entered Centenary
College on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with
a B.A. degree in History and Government. In the Fall of 1967,
he entered Tulane University School of Law on a Regional
Scholarship, where he served on the Law Review. While in law
school, he joined the Special Forces, Airborne, Louisiana
National Guard. After finishing Tulane Law School in 1971, he
practiced with the prestigious law firm of Tucker Jeter and
Jackson in Shreveport, Louisiana.
In 1981, Justice Victory was elected to the First Judicial
District Court, and in 1990, he was elected to the Second
Circuit Court of Appeal for a term beginning January 1, 1991.
He served there until he was elected as an Associate Justice
of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a term beginning on January
1, 1995.
Justice Victory was a charter member of the Louisiana
Sentencing Commission and has been a director of the Louisiana
Judicial College for many years, currently serving as
chairperson of the Board. He is a member of the National
Lawyers Association and the American, Louisiana State, and
Shreveport Bar Associations.
Justice Victory is married to Dr. Nancy Clark Victory and has
four children.
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