Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Nils R. Douglas - In Memoriam

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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Nils R. Douglas" src="/in_memoriam/images/douglas_nils.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Nils R. Douglas</strong>, 73, died Thursday, December 25, 2003. After his graduation from Dillard University in 1950, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1959. He took his first judicial oath of office in July 1974 as Commissioner for the Magistrate Section of Orleans Criminal District Court where he served until his retirement in 1986.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/PFC_01.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero Jr.</strong>, 87, died Thursday, December 20, 2018.&nbsp; He attended St. Aloysius High School and Loyola University. He earned his law degree in 1954, graduating first in his class and serving as president of the Student Editorial Board of the&nbsp;<em>Loyola Law Review</em>. Prior to his 1972 election to the bench, Calogero worked as a law clerk at Civil District Court in Orleans Parish and practiced law with the law firm of Landrieu, Calogero &amp; Kronlage. Chief Justice Calogero was the longest-serving justice in the history of the Louisiana Supreme Court, serving for 36 years, from January 10, 1973 to December 31, 2008. He served as Chief Justice for 18 years, from April 1, 1990 until his retirement on December 31, 2008. Calogero was the recipient of numerous accolades and awards, such as the Louisiana Bar Foundation&rsquo;s 1991 Distinguished Jurist Award; an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Loyola University School of Law; induction as an honorary member of LSU Law Center&rsquo;s Order of the Coif and Hall of Fame; the Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the distinguished Medal of Honor Award from the Mayor of New Orleans; and in 2007, the American Judicature Society, a national nonpartisan organization dedicated to the effective administration of justice, awarded Chief Justice Calogero the Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence. He continued to receive honors after his retirement in 2008, including the dedication in his honor of an issue of&nbsp;<em>the Louisiana Bar Journal</em>, and Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Counsel&rsquo;s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Louisiana Bar Foundation instituted the Calogero Justice Award, which is awarded annually to recognize a significant contribution to the Louisiana justice system. He also received the&nbsp;<em>Integritas Vitae</em>&nbsp;Award, Loyola University&rsquo;s highest honor, which is given to individuals who possess a high moral character in a lifetime of service, and the ACLU&rsquo;s Ben Smith Award for his commitment to the advancement of civil liberties in Louisiana.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th JDC Judge Lewis S. Doherty, III" src="/in_memoriam/images/Doherty_Lewis_S_III.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th JDC Judge Lewis S. Doherty, III</strong>, 91, died December 31, 2017. He earned his BA and LL.B. degrees from Louisiana State University. Following admission to the bar in 1951, Doherty was in the private practice of law in Baton Rouge. He served on Baton Rouge City Council from 1953 to 1956. Doherty was elected to Baton Rouge City Court in 1961. He was elected to the 19th JDC in 1966 and served there until his retirement at the end of 1983. In retirement Doherty served appointments&nbsp;<em>ad hoc</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>pro temp</em>&nbsp;in 24 different parishes for many courts including the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Philip C. Ciaccio" src="/in_memoriam/images/Ciaccio_Philip.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Philip C. Ciaccio</strong>, 88, died Friday, November 13, 2015. He received his BS and JD degrees from Tulane University in 1946 and 1950. Ciaccio served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1953. He practiced law from 1953 until his election to the bench in 1982. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1962 to 1966 and on the New Orleans City Council, District E, from 1966-1982. Ciaccio served on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal from 1982 until his retirement in 1997. In retirement, Judge Ciaccio often took on&nbsp;<em>ad hoc</em>&nbsp;cases, including some with the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Edward A. Dufresne, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/dufresne_edward.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Edward A. Dufresne</strong>, Jr., 72, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010. He earned his BBA in Accounting from Loyola University in 1960 and his JD from Loyola University School of Law in 1963. He practiced law in St. Charles Parish from 1963-1978. He was elected Clerk of Court for St. Charles Parish in 1963 and was re-elected three times before taking the bench of the 29th JDC on January 1, 1979. He then was elected to serve on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, beginning May 1, 1982, and held that seat until his recent passing. He served as administrator of the 29th Judicial District Indigent Defender Board, and as President of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association as well as the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association. He was Chairman of the Charter Commission in preparing the Home Rule Charter for St. Charles Parish and of the Judges Supplemental Compensation Board. He was a member of numerous civic and professional organizations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 1st Parish Court of Jefferson Judge Bruce Naccari" src="/in_memoriam/images/Naccari_J_Bruce_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 1st Parish Court of Jefferson Judge Bruce Naccari</strong>, 58, died Saturday, December 20, 2008. He earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola University in 1971 and his juris doctorate from Loyola University Law School in 1979. He was elected to the 1st Parish Court bench in 1984 and served there for 11 years until his resignation from the bench in 1995.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 9th JDC Judge William P. “Budgy” Polk" src="/in_memoriam/images/polk_william.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 9th JDC Judge William P. &ldquo;Budgy&rdquo; Polk</strong>, 77, died Friday, November 21, 2003 in Lecompte. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University in 1950 and his juris doctor degree from LSU Law School in 1956. He was in the private practice of law for 25 years before taking the bench in 1982. He served as judge of the 9th JDC until his retirement in 1996. He served in the United States Navy during both World War II and the Korean War. From 1964 until 1968 he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He recently received the Causidicus Award from his peers for outstanding service in the legal community.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Judge Patricia H. Minaldi" src="/in_memoriam/images/Minaldi_Patricia.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Patricia H. Minaldi</strong>, 60, died Saturday, December 1, 2018.&nbsp; She earned her BA degree&nbsp;<em>cum laude</em>&nbsp;from Wesleyan University in Middleton, CT and her JD degree from Tulane University. She began her legal career as an assistant district attorney in New Orleans and Calcasieu Parishes.&nbsp; In 1996 she was elected to the 14th JDC, and in 2003 she was appointed by President George W. Bush as federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana, where she served until her retirement in 2017.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil  District Court, Division A, Judge Thomas A. Early, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Early_Thomas_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil  District Court, Division A, Judge Thomas A. Early, Jr</strong>. 87, died Tuesday,  October 30, 2018.&nbsp; He earned his B.A.  degree from Georgetown University in 1954 and his JD from Loyola University in  1959 and studied for one year at the University of Texas Law. Between earning  his undergraduate degree and JD degree he served in the U. S. Army as First  Lieutenant in the 42nd Army Infantry Battalion from 1954 &ndash;  1956.&nbsp; He also served in the Louisiana  State House of Representatives from 1964-1969.&nbsp;  He was appointed to the Orleans Parish Civil District Court in 1969 and  won an additional term in 1977.&nbsp; He was  reelected without opposition in 1983 and 1990. </p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th JDC Judge Robert H. “Bob” Hester" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hester_Bob_H.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th JDC Judge Robert H. &ldquo;Bob&rdquo; Hester</strong>, 72, died December 3, 2017. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s and juris doctor degrees from Louisiana State University in 1967 and 1971. Prior to his election to the bench, Hester served as Legal Investigator, Special Prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney, and Chief Deputy District Attorney in the East Baton Rouge District Attorney&rsquo;s Office. During that time he also maintained a civil law practice. He was elected to the 19th JDC in 1985 and served there until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 16th JDC Judge Robert M. Fleming" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fleming_Robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th JDC Judge Robert M. Fleming</strong>, 90, died Friday, October 16, 2015. He briefly attended the University of Southern Louisiana before serving as a pilot and lieutenant in the Army Air Corps in World War II. After the war, he earned his LLB degree from Tulane University in 1948. He practiced law until his election to the 16th JDC in 1968. He served there until his retirement in 1994. Fleming served on the Judiciary Commission from 1985-1989, and was its Chairman. He was a member of the advisory committee for the Louisiana Judges Benchbook series, and was on the executive committee of the Louisiana District Judges Association where he served as president from 1989-1990. Fleming was named by the Louisiana Bar Foundation as Distinguished Jurist of the Year in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 15th JDC Judge Hugh Ellis Brunson" src="/in_memoriam/images/Brunson_Hugh.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 15th JDC Judge Hugh Ellis Brunson</strong>, 83, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010. He was a 1949 graduate of Louisiana State University and in 1951 earned his JD from LSU Law School. He also graduated from the United States Air Force&rsquo;s Air Command and Staff School. A decorated veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, he served as Research Specialist with Louisiana Legislative Council, Funding Director of the Indigent Defender Program for Acadia Parish, and as Assistant District Attorney for the 15th Judicial District. In 1976 he took his oath of office as judge of the 15th JDC, where he served until his retirement in 1996. He served as President of the Louisiana District Judges Association and on the Executive Committee of that group. He was a member of the American Judges Association and the National Council of State Trial Judges. He served on the Louisiana Law Institute, the Judicial Ethics Committee, the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Judicial College, the Governor&rsquo;s Drug Prevention Program, the Children&rsquo;s Code, The Louisiana Supreme Court Time and Standards Committee, and the Science and Technology Committee of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Shreveport City Court Judge Garner Rowe Miller" src="/in_memoriam/images/Miller_Garner_Rowe.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Shreveport City Court Judge Garner Rowe Miller</strong>, 81, died Thursday, December 11, 2008.&nbsp;After serving in the armed forces during WWII, he received his BA Degree from Rice University and his Law Degree from LSU. Following graduation, he practiced law in Baton Rouge and Shreveport until 1960 when he became Assistant District Attorney for Caddo Parish. He served in this position until his appointment to City Court Judge on November 18, 1968 by Governor John McKeithen. Garner served as Judge Division "A" of the Shreveport City Court from 1968 to 1990 when he retired.&nbsp; He was a member of the Shreveport Bar Association, the American Bar Association and American Legion<strong>.</strong></p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Retired Sulphur City Court Judge Ellis Woody Thompson</strong>, 81, died Friday, November 14, 2003. After attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School. After starting a law practice in Sulphur, he became the Ward 4 judge for 30 years from 1954 until 1984. After his retirement from the Ward 4 Court, he served as district judge pro tempore for the 14th JDC and Family Courts and the 15th JDC. He was a World War II Air Force veteran.</p>
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<img alt="Retired Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court Judge Thomas P. McGee" src="/in_memoriam/images/McGee_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court Judge Thomas P. McGee</strong>, 84, died Wednesday, September 5, 2018.&nbsp; He attended Loyola University before receiving his juris doctor degree from Tulane in 1956.&nbsp; He served as an assistant district attorney in Jefferson Parish prior to his 1974 election to the bench.&nbsp; During his judicial tenure, he served as president of the Louisiana Juvenile Court Judges Association and in 1986 was named &ldquo;Judge of the Year&rdquo; by the National Child Support Enforcement Association.&nbsp; He retired from the bench in 1996 and moved to Florida where he served as the fire commissioner for District 2, South Walton Fire District.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Lafayette City Court Judge Kaliste J. Saloom, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Saloom_Kaliste.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Lafayette City Court Judge Kaliste J. Saloom, Jr.</strong>, 99, died Saturday, December 2, 2017. He earned his BA degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1939 and his JD degree from Tulane University in 1942. He served in the Army during WWII as a member of the Counterintelligence Corps. He entered private practice upon returning to Lafayette and in 1949 he became the City Attorney. In 1953, Saloom began his 40 year tenure as Lafayette City Court Judge, retiring in 1993. During his tenure, he served as president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges and the Louisiana City Judges Association. He also served on the Judicial Council of the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Judicial College.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Richard J. Garvey" src="/in_memoriam/images/Garvey_Richard.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Richard J. Garvey</strong>, 89, died Saturday, October 10, 2015. He served as an aviation radioman third class in the United States Navy during World War II. He earned his BBA and JD degrees from Loyola University in 1950 and 1952. He was elected to Orleans Civil District Court in 1966 and served there until his retirement in 1996. He served as Chief Judge of Civil District Court, and as President of the District Judges Association and the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 21st JDC Judge Joseph E. " anzalone="" eddie"="" joe="" jr."="" src="/in_memoriam/images/Anzalone_Joseph_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 21st JDC Judge Joseph E. "Joe Eddie" Anzalone Jr.</strong>, 75, died Friday, October 1, 2010. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana College in 1957 and his LL.B. from Loyola University in 1964, where he was elected to Alpha Sigma Nu, National Jesuit Honor Society in 1963. From 1963-1964 he served as law clerk to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Luther Hall. In 1974 he was a Delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention. He began service on the bench in 1985 and retired in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 13th JDC Judge Preston Aucoin" src="/in_memoriam/images/aucoin_preston_02.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 13th JDC Judge Preston Aucoin</strong>, 76, died Thursday, October 30, 2008. He first attended the former SLI (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) but left after two semesters to enlist in the U.S. Air Force, where he served for four years during the Korean War, with about half of that time overseas. He then resumed his studies at SLI and later earned his Juris Doctor degree from LSU Law School in 1959. He began the practice of law upon graduation, serving as a sole practitioner until his election to the bench in 1990. Before becoming a judge, he served as city attorney and city prosecutor for the City of Ville Platte. He retired from the 13th JDC in 2002.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge Andrew G. Bucaro" src="/in_memoriam/images/bucaro_andrew.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge Andrew G. Bucaro</strong>, 80, died Wednesday, October 29, 2003 in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his juris doctor degree from Tulane Law School. He served as a Lieutenant (j.g.) in the Navy during World War II. He was appointed to the Municipal Court bench in 1955 where he served until his retirement in 1977. He was elected and re-elected to that seat, facing no opposition for any of his reelection campaigns.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Joan Bernard Armstrong" src="/in_memoriam/images/Armstrong_Joan_Bernard.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Joan Bernard Armstrong</strong>, 77, died Saturday, June 9, 2018.&nbsp; She earned her BA degree from Xavier University and her JD from Loyola University in 1967, becoming the College of Law&rsquo;s first female African-American graduate. She was appointed by Governor Edwin Edwards to the Orleans Juvenile Court bench in 1974, becoming the state&rsquo;s first African-American female judge.&nbsp; After 10 years on the Juvenile Court bench, Armstrong was elected unopposed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. &nbsp;She became the court&rsquo;s chief judge in 2003 and served there until her retirement in 2011.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 6th JDC Judge Charles Ray Brackin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Brackin_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 6th JDC Judge Charles Ray Brackin</strong>, 88, died Thursday, November 23, 2017.&nbsp; He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (presently University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1949 and his JD from Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law in 1968.&nbsp; After serving in the United States Air Force, he began practicing law in Gonzales and later in Lake Providence.&nbsp; He was elected to the 6th JDC, Division A in 1984, was reelected in 1985 and in 1991 was reelected without opposition where he served until his retirement in 1999.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd JDC Judge Robert Young Butler" src="/in_memoriam/images/Butler_Robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd JDC Judge Robert Young Butler</strong>, 80, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016.<br />He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1958 and his juris doctor degree from LSU in 1964. He began his practice of law in Shreveport, LA before moving to Arcadia, LA. He served for several years as Assistant District Attorney for Bienville, Claiborne, and Jackson Parishes. In 1979, he was elected as Judge, and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2000.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st JDC Judge John Richard Ballard" src="/in_memoriam/images/Ballard_John.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st JDC Judge John Richard Ballard</strong>, 76, died Saturday, October 10, 2015. He earned his BA and JD degrees from LSU in 1961 and 1964. After law school he served two years in the Army with a tour in Vietnam. He returned to Louisiana to practice law in Shreveport from 1966 until 1972 when he was elected as Judge for Shreveport City Court. In 1976 he was elected to the 1st JDC where he served until his retirement in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 3rd JDC Judge James M. Dozier, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Dozier_James_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 3rd JDC Judge James M. Dozier, Jr.</strong>, 78, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010. He earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1953 and his JD from LSU Law School in 1956, where he was a member of LSU Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He took his first judicial oath of office in 1980 as judge on the 3rd JDC and served until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 15th JDC Judge Suetta “Sue” Fontenot" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fontenot_Sue.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 15th JDC Judge Suetta &ldquo;Sue&rdquo; Fontenot</strong>, 62, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008. A 1967 graduate of the current University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she earned her juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1971. Engaged in the private practice of law for seven years, Fontenot also served as attorney for the Department of Agriculture. She took her oath of office for the 15th JDC in January 1979 and served there until her resignation in March of 1987.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge William H. Byrnes, III" src="/in_memoriam/images/byrnes_william.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge William H. Byrnes, III</strong>, 61, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003 in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1965 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University Law School in 1968. He was in the private practice of law from 1968 until his election to the bench. He served in the Louisiana Legislature as Representative for District 92, Orleans Parish from 1975 until 1981. During his tenure in office, he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee from 1979 until 1981. He first took the bench in 1982 and was reelected twice without opposition as judge of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, where he served until his death. He had recently been elected vice chairman of the Conference of Court of Appeal Judges.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Former 15th JDC Judge Richard Putnam Sr.</strong>, 89, died Monday, December 16, 2002 in Abbeville, Louisiana. Putnam, who was a member of the federal bench for more than 40 years, served as Senior U.S. District Judge since 1975. He served as a state court judge from 1954 until his appointment to the federal bench in 1961.</p>
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<img alt="Orleans Civil District Court Judge Clare Jupiter" src="/in_memoriam/images/Jupiter_Clare.JPG" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Orleans Civil District Court Judge Clare Jupiter</strong>, 65, died Friday, May 18, 2018. She earned her BA degree at Yale University in 1974 and her JD degree from Duke University in 1978.&nbsp; She was the first female partner in Bryan, Jupiter, Lewis and Blanson, (previously named Jefferson, Bryan, Gray and Jupiter).&nbsp; She was the first female and African-American to serve as outside general counsel to the Orleans Parish School Board.&nbsp; She also served on the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, the Committee on Rules and Professional Conduct and the Practice Assistance Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association.&nbsp; Jupiter was elected to Orleans Civil District Court in 2011 and was re-elected without opposition in 2014.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 37th JDC Judge Ronald L. Lewellyan" src="/in_memoriam/images/Lewellyan_Ronald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 37th JDC Judge Ronald L. Lewellyan</strong>, 71, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017. He earned his BA degree in pre-law from Northeastern Louisiana University in 1970 and his JD degree from Louisiana State University in 1971. He was a partner in the firm of Burns and Lewellyan in Columbia from 1972-1975 and in the firm of McKeithen, Burns, and Lewellyan from 1976 to 1977. He served as Administrative Assistant District Attorney for the 28th JDC from 1973 to 1976. In 1978, at the age of 31, he was elected to the 37th JDC becoming the state&rsquo;s youngest district court judge. He served there until his retirement in 2002. In retirement Lewellyan served as an&nbsp;<em>ad hoc</em>&nbsp;judge on assignments for the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 28th JDC Judge John Phillip “J.P.” Mauffray, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Mauffray_JP.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 28th JDC Judge John Phillip &ldquo;J.P.&rdquo; Mauffray, Jr.</strong>, 73, died Friday, December 2, 2016. In 1960 he was appointed Colonel as an Aide de Camp of Governor Jimmie Davis. He earned his BS degree from Tulane University in 1965 and his JD degree from LSU, where he was on the Moot Court Board in 1973. In 1994, he was elected as Judge, 28th JDC. He served in that capacity until his retirement in 2008.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William Albright Culpepper" src="/in_memoriam/images/Culpepper_William_Albright.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William Albright Culpepper</strong>, 99, died Sunday, October 4, 2015. He earned his BA and LLB degrees from Tulane University in 1937 and 1939. He served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII in the South Pacific. During his three years of active duty, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1959 with the rank of Brigadier General. Culpepper practiced law in Alexandria from 1945 until 1954 when he was elected to the 9th JDC bench. In 1960, he was elected to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal and served there until his retirement in 1982. He served as Chairman of the Judiciary Commission from 1970-1974 and he served on the Louisiana Supreme Court ad hoc from October 1973 to January 1974.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Charles Grisbaum Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Grisbaum_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Charles Grisbaum Jr.</strong>, 77, died Saturday, September 6, 2014. Judge Grisbaum earned both his bachelor&rsquo;s and LLB degrees from Loyola University in 1959 and 1961, respectively. He was a member of Loyola&rsquo;s National Moot Court Team. From 1965-1982, Judge Grisbaum was a partner in the firm of Grisbaum and Klepper. He became a member of the state House of Representatives in 1972 where he served as Chairman of the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee and was Floor Leader for the Governor from 1980-1982. In 1982, Judge Grisbaum was elected to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, becoming chief judge in 1999. He served on the 5th Circuit until his retirement in 2001.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Andrew “Moo Moo” Sciambra" src="/in_memoriam/images/Sciambra_Andrew_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Andrew &ldquo;Moo Moo&rdquo; Sciambra</strong>, 75, died Tuesday, July 27, 2010. He retired as Commissioner in 1998 after serving 20 years in that capacity. A graduate of Louisiana State University and Loyola Law School, Sciambra was an Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish under DA Jim Garrison, assisting in the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As a child, Sciambra began training as a boxer and was a three-time Golden Gloves champion in the light-welterweight division while in college.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Michael G. Sullivan" src="/in_memoriam/images/Sullivan_Michael_G_web%20.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Michael G. Sullivan</strong>, 68, died Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Judge Sullivan earned his BA from Spring Hill College in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army as a Thai translator/advisor in N.E. Thailand from 1966-69. Following his graduation from Loyola University School of Law in 1973 he was in the general practice of law until 1983 and was first elected to the bench as a judge of the City Court of Lafayette in October of that year. He was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991. He was elected to serve on the Third Circuit Court of Appeal beginning in 1995. He was a member of the Judicial Administration Division Traffic Court Committee and the Committee of Ethics and Judicial Responsibility of The American Bar Association. He also served as vice president of the Louisiana City Judges Association</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Retired DeRidder City Court Judge William E. Hall, Jr.</strong> died Friday, July 4, 2008.</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Mack E. Barham" src="/in_memoriam/images/barham_mack.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Mack E. Barham</strong>, 82, died Monday, November 27, 2006. He attended Louisiana State University and the University of Colorado, and received his LL.B. degree from LSU Law School in 1946, where he served as chief justice of the Honor Court. Elected as judge of Bastrop City Court in 1948, he served until 1962 when he took office after his election to the Fourth Judicial District Court bench. He served by assignment on the Second Circuit Court of Appeal and was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court from the Fourth Supreme Court District, serving from 1968 until his retirement in 1975. He served as Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law and as a reporter for the Louisiana State Law Institute. He was a member of a number of civic and professional organizations including the Louisiana Juvenile Court Judges Association, the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Judicial Council of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the American, Louisiana and New Orleans Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society, the Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute and National Appellate Judges Conference. He was a graduate of the Trial Judges College at the University of Colorado, a faculty member of the American Academy of Judicial Education and a visiting professor at LSU Law School and was the author of a number of law review articles and other publications.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="24th JDC Commissioner Craig J. Cimo" src="/in_memoriam/images/cimo_craig.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>24th JDC Commissioner Craig J. Cimo</strong>, 61, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005. He earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola University in 1967, graduating with cum laude honors, and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1967, also graduating cum laude and earning the Dean&rsquo;s Award. He was in the private practice of law from 1967 until 1999 and was appointed Domestic Commissioner for the 24th JDC in November, 1999 and took his oath in February, 2000. Prior to serving as commissioner, he was an assistant parish attorney for Jefferson Parish, 1976-1996, served as city magistrate, City of Harahan, 1991-1994, also sitting ad hoc in 1995 and 1997, was commissioned as a reserve police officer in Harahan in 1983 and served as legal advisor to the Harahan Police Department on a pro bono basis. He also served as a volunteer instructor for the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education&rsquo;s Teen Camp on Violence Prevention at Loyola Law School. He was a member of national legal fraternity Phi Alpha Delta, the American, Louisiana State and Jefferson Parish Bar Associations and the American Jurisprudence Society.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Remy Chiasson" src="/in_memoriam/images/chiasson_remy.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Remy Chiasson</strong>, 74, died Thursday, October 16, 2003. After attending Nicholls State University, he earned his undergraduate and LLB degrees from Louisiana State University in 1955. He was in the private practice of law from 1955 to 1963 and served as City Attorney for the City of Thibodaux for six years and was an Assistant District Attorney. He was first elected judge in the 17th JDC in 1963 and served there until taking the bench at the First Circuit in 1976. He served on the First Circuit until his retirement in 1982.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 7th JDC Judge W.C. Falkenheiner" src="/in_memoriam/images/falkenheiner_w_c.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>R</strong><strong>etired 7th JDC Judge W.C. Falkenheiner</strong>&nbsp;died Tuesday, December 7, 2002.&nbsp; He enterd Louisiana State University in 1940 and was called to active duty with his R.O.T.C. class in 1943 and served in the U.S. Army until released in March of 1946.&nbsp; While in the Army, he served in Europe and was awarded three campaign ribbons, the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medals.&nbsp; After his release from the Army, he reentered LSU, receiving his undergraduate degree in 1947 and his L.L.B. degree in 1948.&nbsp; He was in the private practice of law from 1948 until his recall to active duty U.S. Army during the Korean War, 1950-1952, where he served as a Captain.&nbsp; He served eight years on the Board of Commissioners, 5th Louisiana Levee District, 1958-1966, and was elected District Attorney in 1966 for the Seventh Judicial District, Catahoula and Concordia Parishes.&nbsp; Reelected in 1972, he served there until his election to the 7th JDC bench, where he took his first oath of office in 1979.&nbsp; Reelected to that seat in 1984, he served there until his retirement in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Jennings City Court Judge Bernard N. Marcantel" src="/in_memoriam/images/Marcantel_Bernard_N.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Jennings City Court Judge Bernard N. Marcantel</strong>, 94, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018. He graduated valedictorian of his high school class in Oberlin, Louisiana.&nbsp; He served in the United States Army during WWII.&nbsp; After his military service, Marcantel earned his BS degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1946.&nbsp; He earned his JD degree in 1949 from University of Chicago, where he served on the Law Review.&nbsp; He received a second JD degree from Tulane University in 1950.&nbsp; He served as District Attorney for the 31st judicial district from 1953 to 1978 and as Judge for the City Court of Jennings and Ward II from 1985 until his retirement in 1993.&nbsp; In retirement, Marcantel served as judge&nbsp;<em>pro temp</em>&nbsp;for several judicial districts and the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge C. Lenton Sartain, Jr." src="/in_memoriam%2Fimages%2FSartain_Lenton.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge C. Lenton Sartain, Jr.</strong>, 97, died Wednesday, November 15, 2017.&nbsp; He earned his B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1942 and enlisted in the US Army 82nd Airborne Division's 319 Gilder Field Artillery Battalion. He participated in most major campaigns of World War II including North Africa, the Invasion of Italy, Normandy on D-Day, Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, and helped liberate a concentration camp. He earned several medals for his bravery and leadership, including the Silver Star. In 1948 he received his JD from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and was recalled to active duty in 1951 during the Korean conflict as an airborne artillery instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In 1952 he returned to Baton Rouge to practice law. He was elected judge of the Family Court for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1960-66 and was elected to the Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit from 1966-1978, He retired in 1978 but continued to hear cases Ad Hoc and remained active in the community.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Clarence Elburn McManus" src="/in_memoriam/images/McManus_Clarence.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Clarence Elburn McManus</strong>, 82, died Thursday, September 22, 2016. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s and juris doctor degrees from Tulane University in 1958 and 1961. He began his career in a private civil practice while serving as Assistant District Attorney in Jefferson Parish. He was elected unopposed to the 24th JDC in 1982 and became Chief Judge in 1990. In 2000 he was elected to the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal where he served until his retirement in 2012.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 21st JDC Judge Brent Dufreche" src="/in_memoriam/images/Dufreche_Brent.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 21st JDC Judge Brent Dufreche</strong>, 96, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015. He earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from LSU. A WWII veteran of the 338 Field Artillery Battalion, 88th Infantry Division, Dufreche was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic service in a combat zone. He also served during the Korean Conflict as an Artillery Instructor at Fort Sill, OK. After law school, Dufreche opened a practice in Ponchatoula and served as Ponchatoula City Attorney. He served as Hammond City Judge from 1973-1979 and as Assistant District Attorney in 1966. He was elected to the 21st JDC in 1980 and served as judge until his retirement in 1997.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge C. Hearn Taylor" src="/in_memoriam/images/Taylor_C_Hearn.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge C. Hearn Taylor</strong>, 65, died Thursday August 21, 2014. Judge Taylor earned his BA degree in 1975 from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and received the Earl Warren Legal Scholarship from the NAACP to attend Southern University&rsquo;s law school where he earned his JD degree in 1978. During school, Taylor served as chairman of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association&rsquo;s Law Student Division. Early in his career he worked for the U.S. Justice Department and was honored on the Senate floor for his involvement in defusing a hostage situation in a federal courthouse. He was elected as Orleans Parish Juvenile Judge in 1991 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2008. Judge Taylor was a board member of the City Park Improvement Association, Each One Save One, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Orleans, and the NO/AIDS Task Force. He was a member of the Louis B. Martinet Legal Society, Jack and Jill of America, 100 Black Men, and the National, American and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Judge Taylor was recognized as an outstanding alumnus by Southern University Law Center, he received the American Bar Association&rsquo;s Silver Key Award, the Lawman of the Year Award from Kiwanis International&rsquo;s Big Easy chapter and the Alliance for Good Government&rsquo;s Heber Hoover Eddington Award. He also twice received the Outstanding Jurist Award from Citizens and Victims Against Crime of Greater New Orleans.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 18th JDC Judge Ian W. Claiborne" src="/in_memoriam/images/Claiborne_Ian_W_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 18th JDC Judge Ian W. Claiborne</strong>, 86, died Monday, October 17, 2011. After service as a U.S. Army combat infantryman in the European Theater during World War II, Judge Claiborne earned his BA in 1950 from Louisiana State University and his LL.B. (now JD) from LSU School of Law in 1952. After graduation from law school, he practiced law in New Roads and Port Allen. He was also an assistant to the secretary of the Louisiana Senate, 1957-1973, until he was sworn in as judge on the 18th JDC bench, where he served from 1973-1996. In addition to his membership in the American, Louisiana State, and 18th and 19th district bar associations, Judge Claiborne was a member of the National Conference of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, the American Judicature Society, and was a graduate of the National College of the State Judiciary. He was also involved in a number of civic organizations including the Pointe Coupee Parish Historical Society and West Baton Rouge Historical Association; and the American Legion in both Port Allen and New Roads, where he was a former Adjutant.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Retired Alexandria City Court Judge George M. Foote</strong>, 90, died Monday, June 21, 2010. He earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University and his law degree from Tulane University. Following graduation from law school, he served as an assistant district attorney for three years before becoming Alexandria city judge in 1955. A Marine Corps veteran who served in World War II, he was very involved in a number of civic and community organizations. He is the father of retired 9th JDC Judge Ross Foote and father-in-law of past LSBA president and Judge Elizabeth Erny Foote.</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 26th JDC Judge Dewey E. Burchett, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Burchett_Dewey_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 26th JDC Judge Dewey E. Burchett, Jr.</strong>, 70, died Friday, November 20, 2009. A 1961 graduate of Louisiana State University, Judge Burchett served as a flight instructor with the rank of Captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1962-1967 before earning his JD from LSU Law School in 1970. He was in the practice of law from then until his election to the bench in 1988, where he served until 2008. He also served as city attorney for Bossier City and was a member of a number of civic groups.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 25th JDC Judge Preston Hufft" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hufft,%20Preston%20N..jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 25th JDC Judge Preston Hufft</strong>, 84, died Monday, June 30, 2008. In 1946 he received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and in 1949 he received his juris doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law. He served as Assistant Counsel for the Department of Highways and Assistant City Attorney and as Assistant District Attorney for the 25th Judicial District Court before his election to the bench in that district in 1972. He served there until his retirement in 1984. He was a past president of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Judges Association and served in leadership capacities in a number of community and civic organizations. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Army National Guard, Hufft achieved the rank of Colonel and earned the Purple Heart.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Preston L. Savoy" src="/in_memoriam/images/Savoy_Preston.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Preston L. Savoy</strong>, 98, died Sunday, October 15, 2006.&nbsp; He was an undergraduate at Tulane before graduating from Loyola Law School in 1933.&nbsp; He began his practice of law in Vermilion Parish in 1933 and in 1937 moved to Lake Charles where he was in general practice until 1941 when he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for the 14th Judicial District.&nbsp; In 1948 he was appointed judge in that same district and re-elected without opposition on two occasions.&nbsp; He served there until he was elected to the 3rd Circuit without opposition, taking his oath in 1960.&nbsp; He served on the circuit court bench until his retirement in 1973.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<strong>Former Baton Rouge City Court Judge Heyward J. Jeffers, Jr.</strong>, 82, died Friday, July 1, 2005.&nbsp; He was a former City Court judge and city prosecutor.&nbsp; A veteran of World War II, he retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel. He was also a longtime criminal defense attorney.<br />
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<div><img alt="Retired 15th JDC Judge Carrol L. Spell" src="/in_memoriam/images/spell_carrol.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 15th JDC Judge Carrol L. Spell</strong>, 77, died Saturday, September 20, 2003. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1948 and his LLB and juris doctor degrees from LSU Law School in 1952 and 1968 respectively. He was in the private practice of law for nearly 10 years prior to his election to the bench in 1962. He was re-elected to his second term in office in 1966, where he served until his retirement in 1980. He also served as Attorney for the Inheritance Tax Collector, Vermilion Parish, from 1953 to 1956.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 12th JDC Judge Michael J. Johnson" src="/in_memoriam/images/johnson_michael.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 12th JDC Judge Michael J. Johnson</strong>, 54, died Monday, November 4, 2002.&nbsp; &nbsp; He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1970 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University School of Law in 1975.&nbsp; He became magistrate for Cottonport in 1979 and was appointed to sit as judge pro tempore&nbsp; in 1990. &nbsp; He was later elected to the 12th JDC bench, where he served from 1991-1997.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Walter J. Rothschild" src="/in_memoriam/images/Rothschild_Walter.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Walter J. Rothschild</strong>, 81, died Thursday, April 26, 2018. He earned his BA degree from LSUNO in 1965 and his JD degree from Loyola University in 1973.&nbsp; Prior to his election to the bench, he served as an assistant district attorney in both Orleans and Jefferson parishes, and as an assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was elected to the 24th JDC in 1995, and to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal in 2000. He served until his retirement in 2012. In retirement he continued to serve through&nbsp;<em>ad hoc</em>&nbsp;appointments, which included an appointment to the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Rayne City Court Judge Denald A. “Denny” Beslin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Beslin_Denald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Rayne City Court Judge Denald A. &ldquo;Denny&rdquo; Beslin</strong>, 88, died Sunday, October 29, 2017. He earned his B.A. in 1951 from Southwestern Louisiana Institute and his JD in 1952 from Loyola University, where he was a member of the Law Review. He practiced law in Rayne for 60 years. He served as Judge of the Rayne City Court from 1965 until his retirement in 1996. During his tenure he served as president of the Louisiana City Judges Association and the Louisiana Juvenile Judges Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Franklin City Court Judge Charles R. Prevost, Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Prevost_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Franklin City Court Judge Charles R. Prevost, Sr.</strong>, 89, died Sunday, October 16, 2016. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1948 and his LLB dgree from Tulane University in 1951. Over Prevost&rsquo;s 40 years in the practice of law, he served as Franklin City Attorney and as the first judge of Franklin City Court where he served for nearly 30 years.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 34th JDC Judge Richard H. Gauthier" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gauthier_Richard.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 34th JDC Judge Richard H. Gauthier</strong>, 82, died Sunday, July 26, 2015. He attended Notre Dame University from 1950-1952 and graduated from LSU where he received his law degree in 1956. Gauthier served two years active duty in the US Army where he was a Captain JAGC, USAR. He practiced law in Arabi for 10 years before his appointment and subsequent election to the 25th JDC in 1966. In 1979, the 25th JDC split into two districts creating the 34th JDC, where Gauthier served as Chief Judge until his retirement in 1984. An active member of the judiciary, he served as president of the Louisiana District Judges Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 12th JDC Judge James N. Lee" src="/in_memoriam/images/Lee_James.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 12th JDC Judge James N. Lee</strong>, 90, died Sunday, August 3, 2014. Judge Lee graduated from Louisiana College in 1943 and went on to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon returning home, he attended the Louisiana State University School of Law, earning his LLB degree in 1948, starting his law practice in Bunkie shortly afterwards. In 1961, after having worked with the legislature to establish Bunkie City Court, Judge Lee was elected that court&rsquo;s first judge. In 1979 Judge Lee was elected to the 12th JDC, where he served until his retirement in 1985. In 2011, the City Council and Mayor of Bunkie honored Judge Lee for his efforts in founding and serving on the city court by re-naming Pecan St. &ldquo;Judge Lee Oaks.&rdquo; Judge Lee was a member of the Bunkie Masonic Lodge, and was a Shriner. He also served on the board of the Avoyelles Trust and Savings Bank.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired New Orleans Municipal Court Judge Joseph R. Bossetta" src="/in_memoriam/images/Bossetta_Joseph_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired New Orleans Municipal Court Judge Joseph R. Bossetta</strong>, 84, died Thursday, September 15, 2011. After being admitted to the bar in 1950, Judge Bossetta practiced law with his father. He served in the state Legislature as an Administration Floor Leader under Governor Earl K. Long and served as Chief Assistant District Attorney in New Orleans for four years. He began as a judge on New Orleans Municipal Court in June, 1963, and served there until his retirement in December, 1986. A combat veteran of World War II, Bossetta served with the United States Marine Corps on the islands of Roi, Namur, Saipan, Tinain, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the initial occupation of Japan, retiring with the rank of major.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th JDC Commissioner Allen J. Bergeron, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Bergeron_Allen_J_Jr_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th JDC Commissioner Allen J. Bergeron, Jr.</strong>, 74, died Sunday, May 30, 2010. He earned his BA from LSU in 1959 and his JD from LSU School of Law in 1968. Commissioner Bergeron began his law practice in 1968 with a firm in Baton Rouge, where he remained until he was in private practice from 1974-1977. Additionally, he was also associated with the state Revenue Department during his legal career. In 1979 he was in full-time practice with the Public Defender&rsquo;s Office in Baton Rouge where he remained until he was designated as the Commissioner for the 19th JDC later that year. He retired in 2001.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Hammond City Court Judge John D. Kopfler" src="/in_memoriam/images/Kopfler_John_D_web%20.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Hammond City Court Judge John D. Kopfler</strong>, 80, died Sunday, November 15, 2009. He earned his undergraduate degree from LSU in 1953 and his law degree in 1956, after which he began in the practice of law. He was elected to the bench in 1979 and served until his retirement in 1996. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served as president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Louisiana City Court Judges Association. He was a member of the Louisiana Children&rsquo;s Code Project and served on numerous committees for the Louisiana Supreme Court and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Additionally, he taught in the criminal justice department at Southeastern Louisiana University.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 22nd JDC Chief Judge Thomas W. "Tom" Tanner" src="/in_memoriam/images/Tanner_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 22nd JDC Chief Judge Thomas W. "Tom" Tanner</strong>, 77, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Tanner earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and his LL.B. degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1958, where he served as vice president and president of the Law School and was a member of Gamma Eta Gamma legal fraternity. After graduation, he was in the practice of law in Slidell until his election to the bench in 1970. He served there until his retirement in 1988. A member of a number of civic and community organizations, he was the first president of the Slidell Chamber of Commerce. He was on the board of directors of the Louisiana Criminal Law Institute and a member of the Louisiana District Judges Association and served by appointment on several courts including the First Circuit Court of Appeal. He was a Korean War veteran, having served from 1951-1954, and was a 1st Lieutenant Infantry when released from active duty.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Edward G. Gillin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gillin_Edward_G.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Edward G. Gillin</strong>, 82, died Thursday, December 6, 2007. Gillin took the bench in 1970 as a juvenile court judge and served until his retirement in 1986. He was a graduate of Spring Hill College and Loyola University School of Law. Gillin served as an officer of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and of the Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Juvenile and Family Court Judges and was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He was a former Assistant District Attorney, Chief of the Juvenile Division, Orleans Parish District Attorney&rsquo;s Office; former faculty member, Tulane Evening Division; and a member of the American, Louisiana State and New Orleans Bar Associations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Minos D. Miller, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/miller_minos.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Minos D. Miller, Jr.</strong>, 85, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. He served as a combat pilot for the U.S. Navy during World War II where he earned a Purple Heart after he was shot down by enemy fire, spending 30 hours in the water and eventually captured and held in a prison camp. After being among the first Louisiana prisoners liberated and repatriated, he immediately began taking correspondence courses to continue his studies. In 1947, he received both his undergraduate and LL.B. degrees from Louisiana State University. Prior to his military service, he attended LSU and was a member of many honorary, scholastic and leadership organizations, including Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity, and Phi Eta Sigma scholastic fraternity. He was first elected to the bench of the newly-created 31st JDC in 1953 and was re-elected without opposition in 1954, 1960, and 1966, serving as the only judge for that district during that time and earning recognition for maintaining a current docket with no backlog of cases while serving a population of almost 60,000. In 1968, he was elected to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal where he served until his retirement in 1977. He was a past president of the Louisiana District Judges Association and served on the Louisiana Judicial Council. He worked on various projects of law revision conducted by the Louisiana Law Institute and in 1967 served as a faculty advisor for the National College of State Trial Judges at the University of Pennsylvania. He served by special appointment on the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1958 and also by special appointment on the First, Third and Fourth Circuits of the Courts of Appeal. He was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court as an interim judge with the First Circuit Court of Appeal in 1961-62. He was active in a number of civic, charitable, and community organizations including service as commander of the Jennings American Legion Post, vice-president of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and chairman of the Jeff Davis district of the Boy Scouts of America, earning the Silver Beaver, one of scouting&rsquo;s highest awards.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="9th JDC Judge B. Dexter Ryland" src="/in_memoriam/images/ryland_dexter.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>9th JDC Judge B. Dexter Ryland</strong>, 63, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 in Alexandria. Following study at Louisiana College and Louisiana State University, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from LSU Law Center in 1965 where he won the 1965 Moot Court competition. He was inducted into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame in 1987. Prior to his election to the bench, he served as assistant city attorney for Pineville and later as city attorney for Alexandria. He also served as assistant district attorney for Rapides Parish prior to his election to the bench in 1990. In September of 1996, he was nominated for outstanding jurist by the Alexandria Bar Association to the Louisiana Bar Foundation.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 21st JDC Judge Gordon E. Causey" src="/in_memoriam/images/causey_gordon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 21st JDC Judge Gordon E. Causey</strong>, 73, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 in Hammond. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern University in 1955 and his LLB degree from Loyola Law School in 1960. A U.S. Navy veteran, he served as city attorney of Hammond from 1961 to 1970 and as state representative from 1964 to 1968. He served as judge in the 21st JDC from 1970 until his retirement from the bench in 1987.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Abbeville City Court Judge Roger C. Sellers" src="/in_memoriam/images/sellers_roger.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Abbeville City Court Judge Roger C. Sellers</strong>, died Thursday, October 17, 2002.&nbsp; He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1956, where he was selected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, and earned his L.L.B. degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1965, where he was given the Best Brief Award in Moot Court Competition.&nbsp; He was a law clerk for Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Frank W. Summers from 1964-1965.&nbsp; He was in the private practice of law from 1966-1993.&nbsp; He then served as a sole practitioner beginning in 1994.&nbsp; He served as judge ad hoc for City Court of Abbeville in 1984 before he was elected to that post later that year.&nbsp; He was reelected without opposition in 1990 and served there until his retirement in 2001.&nbsp; He was also a member of many civic and service organizations.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 23rd JDC Judge Glynn A. Long" src="/in_memoriam/images/Long_Glynn_A.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 23rd JDC Judge Glynn A. Long</strong>, 90, died Thursday April 19, 2018. He graduated valedictorian of his high school class in Donaldsonville, LA.&nbsp; Long was a veteran of the United States Air Force who served in the Pacific Theatre during WWII.&nbsp; He earned his BS degree from University of Illinois and his JD degree from Louisiana State University.&nbsp; Prior to his 1991 election the 23rd JDC bench, Long was city attorney for the City of Donaldsonville and senior member of the firm Long and Long.&nbsp; He retired from the bench in 1996, and returned to private practice.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 14th JDC Judge James C. McInnis" src="/in_memoriam/images/McInnis_James.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 14th JDC Judge James C. McInnis</strong>, 77, died Friday, August 12, 2016. He earned his BA degree from McNeese State College in 1965 and his JD from Loyola University in 1968. He served as Assistant District Attorney for Calcasieu Parish for many years. In 1981, he was elected to the 14th JDC where he served until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="30th JDC Judge James Richard “Jim” Mitchell" src="/in_memoriam/images/Mitchell_James_R.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>30th JDC Judge James Richard &ldquo;Jim&rdquo; Mitchell</strong>, 69, died Friday, July 24, 2015. Valedictorian of Baker High School, he earned both his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from LSU. After serving in the U.S. Army as a captain in the Judge Advocate General&rsquo;s office, he started his private practice in Leesville in 1974. While in private practice, Mitchell served as president of the 30th Judicial District Bar Association and acting city judge and attorney for the Leesville housing Authority. He was elected to the 30th JDC in 2008, and was re-elected unopposed in 2014.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 26th JDC Judge Monty M. Wyche" src="/in_memoriam/images/Wyche_Monty.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 26th JDC Judge Monty M. Wyche</strong>, 87, died Monday, July 28, 2014. Judge Wyche was admitted to the Bar in 1950 after receiving his law degree from LSU. He engaged in general practice in Bossier Parish until his appointment as Second Assistant District Attorney, 26th JDC in 1959. He was appointed Judge, 26th JDC in 1969 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1988. Judge Wyche served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was a member and Past-President of the Benton Louisiana Lions Club and the American Legion.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge James C. Gulotta, Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Gulotta_James.jpeg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge James C. Gulotta, Sr.</strong>, 89, died Saturday, August 31, 2013. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and was awarded the Silver Star Medal. He earned his BA degree from Tulane University in 1947 and his LL.B. degree from Tulane University Law School in 1949. He was in the practice of law from 1949 until 1961, when he took office as judge of Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, serving there until 1970. In 1970 he joined the bench of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and served there until his retirement in 1988. He was Past President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Louisiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges, vice president of the International Association of Youth Magistrates, and the former chairman of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee Section of Criminal Law, American Bar Association. Judge Gulotta was the recipient of a number of awards including the LSBA&rsquo;s President&rsquo;s Award, the Louisiana Bar Foundation Distinguished Jurist Award and the Metropolitan Crime Commission Award in Recognition of Extraordinary Service to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st JDC Judge James E. “Jim/Buck” Clark" src="/in_memoriam/images/Clark_James_Jim_Buck.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st JDC Judge James E. &ldquo;Jim/Buck&rdquo; Clark</strong>&nbsp;died Sunday, December 23, 2012. He was a 1952 graduate of Louisiana Tech University and a 1957 graduate of LSU Law School, where he earned his LL.B degree. From graduation until taking his oath as judge, he practiced continuously and was a senior partner with the Shreveport firm of Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey &amp; King. In 1972 he was elected to the 1st JDC, and served there until his retirement in 1990, which included two terms as Chief Judge of that court. Judge Clark served as President of the Louisiana District Judges Association and was a delegate to the National Conference of State Trial Judges of the ABA. He was one of the original incorporators of the Caddo-Bossier Legal Aid Society, later serving as chairman of the board; and was an original board member and, later, chairman of the Caddo Parish Indigent Defender Program. He served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, from which he was discharged as a Captain.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Shreveport City Court Judge Randy E. Collins" src="/in_memoriam/images/Collins_Randy_E.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Shreveport City Court Judge Randy E. Collins</strong>, 55, died Saturday, July 23, 2011. He earned his B.A. degree cum laude from Grambling State University in 1978 and his JD from Southern University School of Law in 1981. He was in the practice of law in Shreveport for over 15 years before taking the bench as city court judge in 1998. Judge Collins was a member of a number of community and professional associations including the Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations, the Black Lawyers Association of Shreveport/Bossier, the Shreveport Bar Association Criminal Law Committee and the Louisiana City Judges Association. He also was a former member of the Louisiana State Bar Association&rsquo;s Minority Involvement Committee.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Ronald P. Loumiet" src="/in_memoriam/images/Loumiet_Ronald_P_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Ronald P. Loumiet</strong>, 76, died Thursday, May 20, 2010. Judge Loumiet attended Tulane University and earned his LLB from Loyola University in 1963. He practiced civil law exclusively for nine years, and from that time until his election to the bench in 1981 he was a prosecutor in Jefferson Parish. He was reelected without opposition in 1984 and 1990 and retired from the bench in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<span style="white-space:pre;"></span><br /><strong>Retired Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Shirley G. Wimberly, Jr.</strong>, 86, died Thursday, September 17, 2009. He was a decorated World War II veteran who served 1942-1945 in the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying 49 missions as a B-24 tail gunner. He earned his LLB from Tulane University in 1950. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1967 as base legal officer, trial defense counsel, trial prosecutor, trial judge, assistant staff judge advocate and staff judge advocate. From 1968-1974 he was an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish and from 1974-1981 he was an assistant district attorney in Jefferson Parish. He was elected to the Orleans Criminal Court Bench in 1982 and served until his retirement in 1993.<br />
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<div><img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Revius Ortique Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Ortique_Revius.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Revius Ortique Jr.</strong>, 84, died Sunday, June 22, 2008. He served as an Army officer for four years during World War II after which he earned his undergraduate degree from Dillard University in 1947, a master&rsquo;s degree from Indiana University in 1949 and his juris doctor degree from Southern University Law School in 1956. He also was the recipient of a number of honorary degrees including Honorary Doctor degrees from Campbell College (Jackson, MS), Ithaca College (New York, NY), University of Indiana, Morris Brown University in Atlanta, Loyola University (New Orleans), and Southern University Law School. In 1958 he was elected president of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans where he served for five terms. In 1959, he was elected president of the National Bar Association where he served two terms, and served as president of the Community Relations Council in New Orleans for three terms. He also served as president of the Southwest Bar Association, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, the (New Orleans) Metropolitan Area Committee and the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society. He also was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Civil Justice Foundation, chairman of the Louisiana Caucus of Black Judges and was a member of the LSBA&rsquo;s Legal Aid Committee. He received the LSBA&rsquo;s Pro Bono Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986. In 1978, he was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve on the Orleans Parish Civil District Court bench and was elected to that same court in 1979, becoming the first African-American judge elected to that court. In 1984 he was reelected and two years later he became the first African-American chief judge of that court. In 1992, pursuant to Act 512 of 1992, he was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal for the purpose of serving on the Louisiana Supreme Court, becoming the first African-American to serve on the state&rsquo;s highest court, and served until his retirement in 1994. Four U.S. presidents appointed him to a total of five presidential commissions. He received the Gertrude Rush Award from the National Bar Association and in 2000 he was presented with the ABA Thurgood Marshall Award. Recently, Southern University Law Center named its annual Symposium on Law, Politics, Civil Rights and Justice in Justice Ortique&rsquo;s honor. In 1999, Ortique was named a United States Alternate Representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Clarence B. Giarrusso" src="/in_memoriam/images/Giarrusso_Clarence.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Clarence B. Giarrusso</strong>, 86, died Friday, November 2, 2007. Giarrusso served as a juvenile court judge from 1979-81 after working in different capacities on the New Orleans Police Department from 1949-78 including serving as head of the narcotics division and later as superintendent from 1970-78. A World War II veteran, he enlisted in the Marines as a teenager. After returning from service, he earned his high school diploma and later enrolled at Tulane University, earning a degree in Public Business Administration. He also earned a degree in Criminology and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th JDC Judge Frank J. Saia" src="/in_memoriam/images/saia_frank_james.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th JDC Judge Frank J. Saia</strong>, 61, died Monday, June 19, 2006. He earned his undergraduate degree from LSU in 1967 and his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1970. He served as Chief Public Defender for East Baton Rouge Parish and served as Assistant District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish. In 1983, he was elected to the 19th JDC and was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991 before his retirement in 1996. Following his retirement from the bench, he maintained a private practice until his passing.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William V. Redmann" src="/in_memoriam/images/redmann_william.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William V. Redmann</strong>, 77, died Monday, May 23, 2005. He earned both his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Loyola University, a master&rsquo;s degree in philosophy from Notre Dame University and pursued graduate work in law from Tulane University. He spent a year as trial attorney with the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., under its first honor graduate recruitment program. Admitted to practice law in 1953, he served three years as executive counsel to Gov. John McKeithen before being appointed to a newly-created 4th Circuit judgeship in 1968. In 1970, he was elected without opposition to a seat on the 4th Circuit for a full term. He was re-elected in 1982 and served until 1987 when he left the bench for health reasons. He also taught at Loyola Law School from 1957 until his appointment to the 4th Circuit bench, and again taught in the late 1980s. He was a member of the Louisiana State, New Orleans and American Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society and the Institute of Judicial Administration. In January of 2005 he received the St. Ives Award from the Loyola Law Alumni Association, presented annually to the Loyola School of Law graduate who has volunteered services to the law school or university.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 15th JDC Judge Allen M. Babineaux" src="/in_memoriam/images/babineaux_allen.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 15th JDC Judge Allen M. Babineaux</strong>, 79, died Monday, August 23, 2004 in Lafayette. He graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1947, Loyola University School of Law in 1950 and National College of State Judiciary, University of Nevada in 1973. A World War II veteran who served in the South Pacific, he served as a representative in the Louisiana State Legislature for Lafayette Parish from 1956 to 1960. He was in the private practice of law until 1972 when he was elected to the 15th JDC, where he served until his retirement in 1996. He was a member of the 15th Judicial District Judges Association, Louisiana State Judges Association, American Judges Association and the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Extremely active in promoting the Acadian culture, he was the original director and member of the executive committee Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), 1985 CODOFIL delegate at the council meeting in Quebec City of the Secretariat Permanent des Peuples Francophones, and represented Louisiana at the First North American French Conference held in Montreal in 1968. He was the recipient of many honors and awards including Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Doctor in Jure (honoris causa), University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and was honorary president for Congr&egrave;s Mondial Acadien - Louisiane 1999.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 26th JDC Judge Enos C. McClendon, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/mcclendon_enos.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 26th JDC Judge Enos C. McClendon, Jr.</strong>, 85, died Monday, June 16, 2003 in Minden. He earned his undergraduate and L.L.B. degrees from Tulane University and was in the practice of law from 1940 to 1960 except for four years of service in the U.S. Army. He was elected to the bench in 1960 and retired in 1978. He was the son of the late Judge Enos C. McClendon.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="4th JDC Judge Michael S. Ingram" src="/in_memoriam/images/ingram_michael.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>4th JDC Judge Michael S. Ingram</strong>, 64, died Saturday, June 22, 2002 in Monroe, Louisiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from The University of the South in 1959 and his Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1962. He was in the private practice of law for twenty-two years and served as Assistant District Attorney for Ouachita Parish prior to his election to the bench. He took his first judicial oath of office on January 1, 1985 for Division F of the 4th JDC where he served until his death.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Ernest V. Richards, IV" src="/in_memoriam/images/Richards_Ernest_V_IV.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Ernest V. Richards, IV</strong>, 81, died Saturday, March 31, 2018.&nbsp; He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston in 1957 and his JD from Tulane University in 1961. He was elected to the 24th JDC in 1986 and served there until his retirement in 1996.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Fred C. Sexton, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Sexton_Fred.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Fred C. Sexton, Jr.</strong>, 78, died Sunday, July 9, 2017. He earned his BA and JD degrees from Tulane University in 1961 and 1962. Following law school he entered the U.S. Army where he served as 1st Lieutenant. After his active duty concluded, Sexton joined the Army Reserves, obtaining the rank of Captain. He entered private practice in Shreveport in 1964. Sexton served as a Caddo Parish assistant district attorney from 1968 until his election to the 1st JDC in 1974. He was elected to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1982 and served there until his retirement in 1996. In retirement Judge Sexton served by appointment on many courts throughout the state including the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William Norris, III" src="/in_memoriam/images/Norris_William.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge William Norris, III</strong>, 79, died Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He earned his BA degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1959 and his JD degree from Tulane University, where he served as student body president, in 1962. Norris served as West Monroe City Attorney from 1966 to 1972. He also served two terms on the Ouachita Parish School Board during that time, sitting as President from 1969-71. He was elected to West Monroe City Court in 1972. In 1974 he was was appointed to the 4th JDC, where he was elected without opposition in 1975. In 1981 he was elected to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, where he served until his retirement in 2002.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Yada Tranace Magee" src="/in_memoriam/images/Magee_Yada_Tranace.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Yada Tranace Magee</strong>, 60, died Sunday, May 24, 2015. She earned her BA degree from UNO in 1976, and her JD degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1979. Magee was the first African American female to serve as a New Orleans Assistant City Attorney in the litigation division. She was in the private practice of law from 1982 until her election to the Civil District Court bench in 1986 where she served as Chief Judge for two years before retiring in 2008. She served as Recording Secretary of the National Bar Association&rsquo;s Louisiana Judicial Council from 1997 to 2007, and as Chair from 2009-2011.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="27th Judicial District Court Judge Donald W. Hebert" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hebert_Donald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>27th Judicial District Court Judge Donald W. Hebert</strong>, 65, died Wednesday, July 9, 2014. After four years of service in the United States Navy, Judge Hebert earned his BA in 1966 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and his JD from LSU Law School in 1977. After graduation from law school, he practiced law in St. Landry parish until his election to the 27th JDC bench in 1999. Judge Hebert was a founding member of Parents Against Drug Dealers (P.A.D.D), and was involved in a number of civic organizations including the St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency, the United Giver&rsquo;s Fund, the St. Landry Parish Heart Association, the St. Landry Parish Scholarship Committee, The St. Landry Parish Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Floyd W. Newlin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Newlin_Floyd_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Floyd W. Newlin</strong>, 95, died Saturday, August 24, 2013. He was elected to Division F of the 24th JDC in 1966 and served there until his retirement in 1987. He was a graduate of the College of Law of Tulane University, where he earned his LL.B. degree, and also attended Harvard Law School. He served 1942-1946 in the U.S. Army where he attained the rank of First Lieutenant. Judge Newlin was in the practice of law in Jefferson Parish and served as an Assistant District Attorney prior to his election to the bench.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Joseph I. Giarrusso Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Giarrusso_Joseph_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Commissioner Joseph I. Giarrusso Jr.</strong>, 60, died Wednesday, September 12, 2012. He served as a magistrate commissioner from 1992 until his retirement in December, 2006. A magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, he earned his JD degree from Tulane University and a Master of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University. Giarrusso helped to create the first dedicated Domestic Violence Section of Criminal District Court as a specialized court. He also served as an assistant district attorney, assistant United States attorney and was appointed the first director of central staff for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. In 1990, Commissioner Giarrusso was a co-recipient of the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer&rsquo;s Capital Defense Advocacy Award and had testified before the House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights concerning habeas corpus reform. Additionally, he previously served as chair of the New Orleans Bar Association Criminal Law Committee. He published numerous articles in law journals and participated as a guest lecturer at the FBI Academy. He was a sustaining member of Phi Beta Kappa.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 19th JDC Judge Ralph E. Tyson" src="/in_memoriam/images/Tyson_Ralph_E.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 19th JDC Judge Ralph E. Tyson</strong>, 63, died Monday, July 18, 2011. He received his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University in 1970 and his JD from LSU Law School in 1973. He was employed as Special Counsel and Assistant Attorney General in the Louisiana Department of Justice; Assistant District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish; and, for over nine years, was the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Baton Rouge. During that time, he was also engaged in the private practice of law for over 15 years. In 1988, Judge Tyson was elected to a vacant seat in Baton Rouge City Court where he presided for over five years. In 1993, he was elected without opposition to the bench at the 19th JDC, where he served until his resignation in 1998, necessitated by his appointment to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, where he presided as Chief Judge from 2005 until his death. During his time on the City Court bench, Judge Tyson was elected to serve as treasurer of the Louisiana City Judges Association and later as secretary of that organization.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 9th JDC Judge Alfred A. Mansour" src="/in_memoriam/images/Mansour_Alfred_A_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 9th JDC Judge Alfred A. Mansour</strong>, 85, died Thursday, May 20, 2010. A combat infantry veteran of World War II, Mansour graduated from Loyola Law School in 1951 and began the full-time practice of law that same year. He was elected to the bench of the 9th JDC in 1978 and served there from 1979 until his retirement in 1995. He served as president of the Alexandria Bar Association in 1970 and was vice chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He later served as president of the Louisiana District Judges&rsquo; Association and completed the Civil Mediation Course at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. In 1994, he was presented with the LSBA&rsquo;s Distinguished Jurist Award.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Former 20th JDC Judge John Richard Rarick</strong>, 85, died Monday, September 14, 2009. A World War II veteran who was captured at the Battle of the Bulge and later escaped a prisoner of war camp, Rarick earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He graduated from LSU, earned his law degree from Tulane University in 1949, and was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association for over 60 years. From 1961-1966 he served as a judge in the 20th JDC before being elected to Congress as a U.S. Representative for the 6th District, where he served until 1975. In 1980 he was the American Independent Party nominee for United States president.</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 14th JDC Judge Alcide J. “Al” Gray" src="/in_memoriam/images/gray_alcide.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 14th JDC Judge Alcide J. &ldquo;Al&rdquo; Gray</strong>, 60, died Saturday, June 21, 2008. He earned his undergraduate degree from McNeese State University and his Juris Doctor degree from Southern University School of Law. He served as Assistant District Attorney, Head of Child Support for the 14th Judicial District Court, 1977-1979 and as Indigent Defense Attorney, 14th Judicial District Court, 1979-1988. He served as judge&nbsp;<em>ad hoc</em>&nbsp;at Lake Charles City Court, 1984-1985 and as an instructor in Family Law at McNeese State University 1988-1990 and 1991-1992 prior to his election to the 14th JDC bench in 1993. Additionally, he was involved in a number of professional and civic organizations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Adrian G. Duplantier" src="/in_memoriam/images/Duplantier_Adrian.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Adrian G. Duplantier</strong>, 78, died Wednesday, August 15, 2007. In 1949 at the age of 20, he earned his juris doctor degree, finishing first in his class at Loyola University Law School and serving as editor of the Loyola Law Review. He taught at Loyola and became a Civil Court clerk until he turned 21, when he was of age to take the Bar Exam. He was in the private practice of law until serving as First Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish from 1954-1956. Duplantier served as state Senator from 1960-1974. He was appointed as a judge at Orleans Civil District Court in 1974 and was reelected to that position later in 1974 and again in 1976. In 1978, President Carter appointed him as U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he served until his death. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Nu National Honorary Scholastic Fraternity, Honorary Member of Order of the Coif at Louisiana State University Law School and was named outstanding alumnus of Loyola University&rsquo;s Law School in 1985, where taught for 40 years, and was given an honorary doctorate. He was given the Brennan Award for his work on the bench by the University of Virginia, where he earned a master&rsquo;s degree in law. The Federal Judges Association also honored his service to the law by giving Duplantier the first award of an annual tribute that will be known as the Adrian.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 6th JDC Judge Alwine Mulhearn Smith Ragland" src="/in_memoriam/images/ragland_alwine.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 6th JDC Judge Alwine Mulhearn Smith Ragland</strong>, 92, died Sunday, April 30, 2006. She earned her undergraduate degree from Principia College in 1932 and her law degree from Tulane Law School in 1935. After practicing law from 1935 to 1974, she was elected to the 6th JDC bench in 1974 becoming the first female elected as a judge in Tallulah Parish. She was reelected to that seat in 1978 and 1984. She served on the 6th JDC bench for 16 years, leaving her seat in 1990. A member of the American and Louisiana State Bar Associations, the National Association of Women Judges, and the National College of Probate Judges, she also served as President of the Sixth Judicial District Bar Association. She served as Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and was a member of the American Judicature Society, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Edward J. Stoulig, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/stoulig_edward.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Edward J. Stoulig, Jr.</strong>, 88, died Friday, April 29, 2005. He graduated from St. Stanislaus College and earned his LLB from Loyola University in 1939. He was in the practice of law from 1940-1960 before taking the bench as judge of the 24th JDC from 1960-1970. In 1970, he was elected to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal where he served until his retirement in 1979. One of the first full-time lawyers in Kenner, Louisiana, he was appointed city attorney for Kenner in 1948, where he served until 1960. A World War II veteran, he was a member of a number of civic and service groups.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Slidell City Court Judge Gary J. Dragon" src="/in_memoriam/images/dragon_gary.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Slidell City Court Judge Gary J. Dragon</strong>, 57, died Monday, May 3, 2004. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1968 and his Juris Doctor degree from LSU Law School in 1971. He served as Assistant District Attorney with the 22nd Judicial District and was assigned to City Court of Slidell eight years prior to election. He was elected to City Court of Slidell in 1999 and served there through 2004.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd JDC Judge Leon H. Whitten" src="/in_memoriam/images/whitten_leon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd JDC Judge Leon H. Whitten</strong>, 65, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 in Jonesboro. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and his Juris Doctor degree from LSU Law School in 1962. A former member of the Jackson Parish School Board, he served as District Attorney of the Second Judicial District from 1972 to 1982 until his election to the bench. He served as judge of the 2nd JDC from 1982 to 2000. He was appointed as Court Administrator for the 2nd JDC following his retirement from the bench. He was a graduate of the National College of District Attorneys and National Judicial College.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th JDC Judge Benjamin I. Berry" src="/in_memoriam/images/berry_benjamin.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th JDC Judge Benjamin I. Berry</strong>, 87, died June 5, 2002 in Monroe, Louisiana. Judge Berry obtained his pre-law education at Louisiana Tech University, earned his L.L.B. from Louisiana State University in 1936, and received his Juris Doctor degree from LSU School of Law in 1968. He was in the practice of law in Winnsboro, Louisiana from 1936 until September 1971 when he was appointed judge of Division A of the 5th JDC. He was subsequently elected to the judgeship in 1972 where he served until his retirement in October of 1984.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 16th JDC Judge Michael J. 'Mickey' McNulty, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/mcnulty_michael.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th JDC Judge Michael J. &ldquo;Mickey&rdquo; McNulty, Jr.</strong>&nbsp;died Saturday, October 13, 2001 in New Orleans, La. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 1951 and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1954 where he was elected president of the Law School student body. He was in the private practice of law from 1954-1964 and served as Assistant District Attorney in the 16th Judicial District, St. Mary, St. Martin and Iberia parishes from 1957-1964. A Navy veteran of World War II, he was elected to the 16th JDC, Division F, in 1981 where he served until his retirement in on 12/31/96.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 21st JDC Judge Samuel T. Rowe" src="/in_memoriam/images/rowe_samuel.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Samuel T. Rowe</strong>, 69, 21st Judicial District Court, died on November 15, 2000. He was a 1969 graduate of Loyola University School of Law. His first judicial oath of office was May 15, 1978 as judge for Division C, 21st JDC, where he was reelected and served until his retirement in December of 1987.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 25th JDC Judge Anthony D. Ragusa, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Ragusa_Anthony.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 25th JDC Judge Anthony D. Ragusa, Jr.</strong>, 69, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018.&nbsp; He earned his bachelors and juris doctor degrees from Louisiana State University. Prior to his 1999 election to the 25th JDC bench, Ragusa practiced law for 26 years and served as an assistant district attorney for 14 years.&nbsp; He retired in 2008.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Ernest “Ernie” Gourrier Drake, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Drake_Ernest.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Ernest &ldquo;Ernie&rdquo; Gourrier Drake, Jr.</strong>, 69, died Wednesday, June 7, 2017. He earned his BS degree from Southeastern Louisiana Univserity in 1971 and his JD degree from Tulane University in 1974. He was elected to the 21st JDC in 1998. In 2013, he was elected to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals where he served until his retirement in 2016.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 33rd JDC Judge John P. Navarre" src="/in_memoriam/images/Navarre_John.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 33rd JDC Judge John P. Navarre</strong>, 88, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana College in Pineville in 1945 and his juris doctor degree from LSU in 1951. He served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 31st JDC from 1954 to 1960. In 1967 he was elected as Judge of Oakdale City Court, Ward 5. While serving there, Navarre was elected President of the Louisiana City Judge&rsquo;s Association. In 1991 he was elected to the 33rd JDC, and served there until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st JDC Judge Charles Rex Scott, II" src="/in_memoriam/images/Scott_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st JDC Judge Charles Rex Scott, II</strong>, 67, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern State University in 1968 and his law degree from LSU in 1971. Scott had a long career in public service, beginning as Assistant City Attorney for Shreveport. He was elected judge of Shreveport City Court in 1980, and served there until 1983, when he was elected to the 1st JDC where he served as Chief Judge. In 2008, Scott retired from the bench, and went on to become Caddo Parish District Attorney, a position he held until his death. An active member of the judiciary, throughout his career he served terms as president of the Second Circuit Judges&rsquo; Association, the Louisiana District Judges Association, the Louisiana District Attorney&rsquo;s Association, and the Harry V. Booth-Judge Henry A. Politz Chapter of the American Inns of Court. He was a member of the Drug and Violent Crime Policy Board, the Louisiana Judicial Council, and the Governor&rsquo;s Task Force on Child Support.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Luther F. Cole" src="/in_memoriam/images/Cole_Luther%20F_photo_b&amp;w_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Luther F. Cole</strong>, 87, died Friday, July 26, 2013. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving as an officer in World War II. His undergraduate studies took place at Louisiana Tech University and he earned his JD degree from LSU School of Law in 1950. He practiced law in Baton Rouge for sixteen years and served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 until his election to the bench. His first judicial oath of office was in 1966 after being unopposed for election to the bench of the 19th JDC, where he was reelected in 1972 and 1978. In 1979 he was elected for an unexpired term on the bench of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He was reelected for a full term in 1980. In 1986 he took his oath as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and was reelected without opposition in 1988 for a full term, serving until his retirement in 1992. Justice Cole represented the judiciary many times before Constitutional Convention and Legislative Committees, particularly as regards judicial tenure, compensation, retirement and budgetary matters. He drafted and was primarily responsible for the enactment of Act 518 of 1976, establishing a contributory retirement system for judges and court officers. Also, in 1987, as budget officer of the Supreme Court, he initiated a separate judicial appropriations bill providing for the financial needs of the court system. Justice Cole served as Chairman, Judicial Budgetary Control Board; President, Baton Rouge Bar Association; President, Louisiana District Judges Association; Chief Judge, 19th JDC; Chairman of various Supreme Court committees and Vice Chairman of the Judiciary Commission.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 18th JDC Judge Edward N. Engolio, Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Engolio_Edward_N_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 18th JDC Judge Edward N. Engolio, Sr.</strong>, 90, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012. He was a 1943 graduate of Louisiana State University and earned his JD degree from LSU Law School in 1948. He was a graduate of the National Judicial College and the University of Nevada Judicial Masters Course. Judge Engolio was a former City Attorney for the Cities of Plaquemines and White Castle and was Author of Articles of Incorporation, Louisiana District Court Judges Association, serving as a multiple term member of that body&rsquo;s Executive Board. Judge Engolio was the first Louisiana judge to successfully order and maintain women on juries in 1975 and started a model selection system for jurors. He served as First Chairman of the Board of Governors as well as Vice President of the LSU Law School. He was a World War II veteran, serving 1943-1946 in China, Burma, India, French Indo-China (North Vietnam), and serving 1946-1972 in the US Army Reserve, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He took his first oath as judge on the 18th JDC in 1969 and served there until his retirement in 1991.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 13th JDC Judge L.O. Fusilier" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fusilier_L_O.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 13th JDC Judge L.O. Fusilier</strong>, 84, died Saturday, April 23, 2011. He earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana State University in 1945 and his L.L.B. from LSU Law School in 1947. He entered the private practice of law in 1948 and was elected District Attorney of the 13th JDC in 1954, where he served 18 years. He was appointed a member of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeal in 1974 and served until his election to the bench in 1980. He retired from the bench in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Oakdale City Court Judge Perrell Fuselier" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fuselier_Perrell_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Oakdale City Court Judge Perrell Fuselier</strong>, 70, died Monday, May 3, 2010. He earned his BA from Louisiana State University in 1962 and his JD from Tulane School of Law in 1968, after which he entered into the practice of law. From 1969-1990 he served as Oakdale City Attorney and held office as president of the Louisiana City Attorneys Association. He served as judge of Oakdale City Court from 1991 until his retirement in 2007. He was a member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association, a member of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors and served as president of the Allen Parish Bar Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Henry L. Yelverton" src="/in_memoriam/images/Yelverton_Henry_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Henry L. Yelverton</strong>, 81, died Friday, July 31, 2009. He graduated from LSU in 1949 and, after service in the Air Force as an intelligence officer with the Strategic Air Command, entered LSU Law School in 1955 and earned his JD in 1957. He began his career in public service in 1961 when he became first assistant district attorney for the 14th Judicial District. In 1971, he was appointed to a district judgeship by Governor John McKeithen and was reelected to that post in 1972, serving until his election to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1982. He sat by appointment on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a member of the Louisiana Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, the ABA Appellate Judges Conference, the Louisiana Bar Foundation and the American Judicature Society. He was a founding member of the Criminal Benchbook Committee and for several years chaired the Uniform Rules Committee of the Louisiana Appellate Judges Conference. In 2002, Yelverton received the Distinguished Jurist award from the Louisiana Bar Foundation.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Gerald P. Fedoroff" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fedoroff_Gerald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Gerald P. Fedoroff</strong>, 77, died Thursday, June 12, 2008. In 1954 he earned his LL.M. degree from Loyola University School of Law where he was appointed to serve on the Loyola Law Review. After serving two years active duty as an officer in the United States Counter-Intelligence Corps, he served as law clerk with Orleans Civil District Court in 1956. In 1957, he was the law clerk for Louisiana Supreme Court Justice E. Howard McCaleb. From 1958 until 1970, he was in the private practice of law. He also served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of New Orleans. In October 1970, he was appointed to the Civil District Court bench and served there until his retirement in 2001, during which time he also served as chief judge. He was a member of a number of professional and civic organizations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st JDC Judge C.J. “Neal” Bolin, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/bolin_c_j_neal.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st JDC Judge C.J. &ldquo;Neal&rdquo; Bolin, Jr.</strong>&nbsp;died Monday, July 2, 2007. After receiving his LL.B. from Louisiana State University Law School in 1951, he was in the private practice of law for six years before serving as Assistant District Attorney of Caddo Parish for 11 years. Bolin was first elected to the 1st JDC in 1968 and was unopposed in his reelection bids until his retirement from the bench in 1990. While on the bench he twice served as chief judge. He was a member of a number of professional and civic organizations including the Shreveport and Louisiana Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society and was a past member of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 23rd JDC Judge Leon J. LeSueur" src="/in_memoriam/images/lesueur_leon_j.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 23rd JDC Judge Leon J. LeSueur</strong>, 83, died Sunday, April 30, 2006. After earning his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1943, he graduated from the U.S. Army Infantry Officers&rsquo; Candidate School, participated in the invasion of Normandy and was awarded the Purple Heart in 1944. He earned his LL.B. from LSU Law School in 1948. While at the university, he was a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Order of the Coif. He served as law clerk to the late Sam A. LeBlanc, Judge of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, and later Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and he also served as law clerk to the late Judge Morris A. Lottinger of the Court of Appeal, First Circuit. From 1948 to 1965 he was in the practice of law in Napoleonville before his election to the 23rd JDC bench in 1965. He was reelected without opposition in 1966, 1972, 1978 and 1984. He retired from the bench in 1990. At various times, he was appointed to seats on the 14th, 21st, and 29th JDC benches as well as the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit and East Baton Rouge Family Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Monroe City Court Judge Diehlmann “D.C.” Bernhardt" src="/in_memoriam/images/bernhardt_diehlmann_c.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Monroe City Court Judge Diehlmann &ldquo;D.C.&rdquo; Bernhardt</strong>, 75, died Wednesday, April 6, 2005. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1949 and his Juris Doctor degree from LSU Law School in 1951. Prior to his election to the bench, he was on active duty with the Army&rsquo;s Judge Advocate General&rsquo;s Corps, 1952-1954 and in the private practice of law as a sole practitioner from 1954 until his election to the bench in 1990. He served as judge on the Monroe City Court bench from 1991-1993 but retired from the bench halfway through his first term due to injuries resulting from an automobile accident. In 1986, he initiated the Indigent Defender&rsquo;s Office for the Fourth Judicial District and served as managing attorney of that office until taking the bench in 1991.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 6th JDC Judge Cliff C. Adams" src="/in_memoriam/images/adams_cliff.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 6th JDC Judge Cliff C. Adams</strong>, 92, died Monday, April 19, 2004. A World War II veteran, he served in the European theatre for 18 months and separated with the rank of Major. A graduate of Louisiana State University, he practiced law in Madison Parish from 1936 to 1963. He served as Alderman of the Village of Tallulah from 1946 to 1948, when he resigned to accept an appointment as Assistant District Attorney, which office was held until his election to the bench. He was first elected, without opposition, by a special election called to fill the unexpired term of the late Frank Voelker, and took office October 1, 1963. He was reelected in 1966 without opposition. He served in that judgeship until his retirement in 1984.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Patrick G. Quinlan" src="/in_memoriam/images/quinlan_patrick.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Patrick G. Quinlan</strong>, 54, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans in 1972 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1974. He was first elected to the bench in 1984 at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, was re-elected without opposition in 1990 and was re-elected again in 2002. Prior to his election to the bench, he was an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish and later was Chief Prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Division of the Attorney General&rsquo;s Office. He then became the Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Division of the Attorney General&rsquo;s Office.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas J. Kliebert" src="/in_memoriam/images/kliebert_thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas J. Kliebert</strong>, 76, died May 30, 2002. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 1946 and his LLB from Loyola University school of Law in 1953. A Navy veteran, serving 1943-1945, Judge Kliebert was a tax accountant and tax lawyer from 1947-1957 and was in the general practice of law from 1953-1980. He was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1980 where he served until his election to a new judgeship in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1982, where he served until his retirement in October 1995. Judge Kliebert also was named Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit in 1991.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired East Baton Rouge Family Court Judge Edward Donald Moseley" src="/in_memoriam/images/moseley_edward_donald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired East Baton Rouge Family Court Judge Edward Donald Moseley</strong>&nbsp;died Tuesday, September 18, 2001 in Baton Rouge. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University, his Juris Doctor Degree from Louisiana State University Law School where he served on the Law Review. He was in the private practice of law from 1947-1972 before taking his first oath of office in 1972 at Division K of the 19th JDC. He was then elected and served at East Baton Rouge Family Court in 1979 and reelected without opposition in 1985. He served there until his retirement in 1990. He served in the Navy from 1942-1945 and retired from the Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant Commander.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Fred W. Jones, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/jones_fred_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Fred W. Jones, Jr.</strong>, 75, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, died on October 22, 2000, just two days before his 76th birthday. His first judicial oath of office was December of 1954 at Ruston City Court, where he served three terms. He served at 3rd Judicial District Court until his election to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1980. He retired in December of 1990. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, where he served as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, IX Corps, in Central Korea.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge George C. Connolly, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Connolly_George_C_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge George C. Connolly, Jr.</strong>, 89, died Monday, March 26, 2018. He earned his A.B, LL.B, and BBA degrees from Loyola University in 1947, 1950, and 1952.&nbsp; He was appointed as Commissioner of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans by the court&rsquo;s judges in 1961, named judge&nbsp;<em>ad hoc&nbsp;</em>in 1968, and appointed judge, Division J, by Governor John J. McKeithen in 1970. &nbsp;He served there until his retirement in 1996. Connolly served in the Louisiana National Guard for 37 years, he was awarded the U.S. Army Commendation Medal, U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal, and the Selective Service Award while serving as director of selective service for the State of Louisiana.&nbsp;&nbsp; He coauthored&nbsp;<em>The History of the Courts in the Parish of Orleans</em>&nbsp;with Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Walter H. Hamlin.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Ville Platte City Court Judge Donald J. Launey Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Launey_Donald.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Ville Platte City Court Judge Donald J. Launey Jr.</strong>, 71, died Tuesday, May 23, 2017. He earned his BA degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1966 and his JD degree from Loyola University in 1972. He was past-president of the Evangeline Parish Bar Association and during law school he worked for the New Orleans City Attorney&rsquo;s Office. He was elected judge of Ville Platte City Court in 1991 and served there until his retirement in 2013.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 27th JDC Judge Robert Brinkman" src="/in_memoriam/images/Brinkman_Robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 27th JDC Judge Robert Brinkman</strong>, 82, died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1956 and his law degree from LSU in 1962. He joined the staff of the 27th JDC District Attorney&rsquo;s office in 1967, and became First Assistant District Attorney in 1973. He was elected to the Division D seat of the 27th JDC in 1983, and served there until his retirement in 1999.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Crowley City Court Judge T. Barrett Harrington" src="/in_memoriam/images/Harrington_T_Barrett.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Crowley City Court Judge T. Barrett Harrington</strong>, 79, died Tuesday, April 10, 2015. After graduating from LSU in 1957, Harrington was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Infantry where he served as a paratrooper. He returned to Louisiana receiving his JD degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1962. He then served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 15th JDC. In 1983, he was elected to Crowley City Court where he served until his retirement from the bench in 2008. He continued to practice law until 2010, served ad hoc in the 14th, 15th, and 31st JDCs. He served three terms on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, and was a founding director of the Indigent Defender Board for the 15th JDC.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th JDC Judge Eugene W. McGehee" src="/in_memoriam/images/McGehee_Eugene.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th JDC Judge Eugene W. McGehee,&nbsp;</strong>85, died Friday, April 11, 2014. He began as judge of Division I, 19th JDC in 1972 and served there until his retirement in 1978. Prior to being elected judge, McGehee served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, being elected in 1960, 1964, and 1968, each for a four-year term. He received both his BA degree and his LL.B. degree from LSU and was admitted to the bar in 1951. He was a retired colonel with the Louisiana National Guard and was inducted into the Hall of Honor by LSU&rsquo;s Cadets of the Old War Skule in 2001. Judge McGehee was also a recipient of the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 12th JDC Judge Benjamin C. “Clyde” Bennett, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Bennett_Benjamin_Clyde.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 12th JDC Judge Benjamin C. &ldquo;Clyde&rdquo; Bennett, Jr.</strong>, 88, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Judge Bennett started his practice of law in 1948 and for 13 years, from 1971-1984, he was Marksville City Court Judge. In 1986 he took office as judge for the 12th JDC where he served until his retirement in 1989. He later served, by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, as judge&nbsp;<em>pro tempore</em>&nbsp;in the 9th JDC.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 33rd JDC Judge Edward M. Mouser" src="/in_memoriam/images/Mouser_Edward_M_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 33rd JDC Judge Edward M. Mouser</strong>, 79, died Sunday, July 8, 2012. Judge Mouser received his LL.B. degree from Louisiana State University in 1959 and was in the practice of law in Allen Parish from 1959 until his election to the bench of the 33rd JDC in 1969. He retired in 1988. He was a member of Gamma Eta Gamma legal fraternity and served as a corporal in the United States Marine Corps from 1954-1956.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 32nd JDC Judge Paul R. Wimbish" src="/in_memoriam/images/Wimbish_Paul.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 32nd JDC Judge Paul R. Wimbish</strong>, 73, died Friday, April 8, 2011. After attending USL (now the University of Louisiana-Lafayette) and Tulane University, he earned his JD from LSU Law School in 1966 and was Chairman of his law school Moot Court Board. After law school he practiced law in Houma for 14 years before taking his oath in 1980 at the 32nd JDC. He served on the bench until his retirement in 2002<strong>.</strong></p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 9th JDC Judge Guy E. Humphries, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Humphries_Guy_E_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 9th JDC Judge Guy E. Humphries, Jr.</strong>, 86, died Saturday, March 20, 2010. Judge Humphries studied pre-law at Louisiana College and received his LL.B. from Louisiana State University in 1951, where he served as Vice President of the L.S.U. Law School his senior year and was a member of the winning team of his class&rsquo; moot court competition. He was in the practice of law for nine and a half years before his appointment and subsequent election to the bench in 1960, serving there until his retirement from that seat in 1981. During his time on the bench, he served as Chief Judge for the 9th JDC. A U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II, he was a 1970 graduate of National College of State Trial Judges, attended graduate judicial studies at the National Judicial College and spent six weeks in China studying the judicial system.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Former 10th JDC Judge Monty Doggett" src="/in_memoriam/images/Doggett_Monty_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Former 10th JDC Judge Monty Doggett</strong>, 57, died Sunday, March 15, 2009. He earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern State University in 1973 and his JD from Loyola University Law School in 1976. He was elected to the 10th JDC bench in 1996 and served until 2004. He taught Paralegal and Pre-Law courses at Northwestern State as an adjunct professor and served as a Natchitoches Parish Indigent Defender, 1983-1984, a City Court Indigent Defender, 1994-1996, and a Natchitoches Parish Juvenile Defender, 1994-1996. He served as judge ad hoc for the City Court of Natchitoches and was a member of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Association. He was a co-founder of the Natchitoches Parish Juvenile Teen Court Program and Natchitoches Truancy Court. Additionally, he was a member of the Natchitoches Parish Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar Assocation.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Caddo Juvenile Court Judge Gorman E. Taylor" src="/in_memoriam/images/Taylor_Gorman%20E.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Caddo Juvenile Court Judge Gorman E. Taylor</strong>, 83, died Friday, May 30, 2008. A 1950 graduate of Louisiana State University School of Law, he served as Legal Officer for Caddo Parish Juvenile Court for 11 years before his appointment to the Juvenile Court bench in February 1964, where he served until his retirement in 1994. He served on the Judicial Council of Louisiana and served on the Executive Committee of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the District Judges Association. He is past president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and was a member of a number of professional and civic organizations. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the 401st Fighter Squadron in the European Theater.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Monroe City Court Chief Judge Daryl Blue" src="/in_memoriam/images/blue_daryl.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Monroe City Court Chief Judge Daryl Blue</strong>, 56, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Houston, Texas. He was first elected to the Monroe City Court bench in 2002 and had recently been appointed as the court&rsquo;s chief administrative judge. He graduated from Southern University School of Law in 1979, serving on the Moot Court Board. He entered into the practice of law with the North Louisiana Legal Assistance Corporation in Ouachita Parish and served with the Indigent Defender Board. He also served as assistant prosecuting attorney for the City of Monroe. He earned his undergraduate and master&rsquo;s degrees from the University of Illinois in 1973 and 1976, respectively. He was involved in a number of area community and legal organizations and received the Volunteer Lawyers Pro Bono Award for donating the most free legal hours to the poor, elderly and disadvantaged.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th JDC Judge Robert T. Farr" src="/in_memoriam/images/farr_robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th JDC Judge Robert T. Farr</strong>, 83, died Friday, March 3, 2006. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1943 and his LL.B. degree from LSU Law School in 1949. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 - 1946 in the southwest Pacific area, the Philippine Islands and Japan. He was in the practice of law from 1949 - 1968, serving as law clerk at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1954-1955. He was appointed to the bench in 1968 where he served until his retirement in 1988. A member of the American Judicature Society and American, Louisiana State and Fourth Judicial District Bar Associations. He served on the House of Delegates and Board of Governors for the Louisiana State Bar Association and Secretary-Treasurer and on the Executive Committee of the Fourth Judicial District Bar Association. In 1999, the Louisiana State Bar Association honored him for his 50 years of membership.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 14th JDC Judge John A. Patin" src="/in_memoriam/images/patin_john.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 14th JDC Judge John A. Patin</strong>, 89, died Friday, March 25, 2005. First appointed as judge pro tempore for the 14th JDC in 1977, he was elected to the 14th JDC bench in 1980, where he served until his retirement in 1985. He also sat as judge pro tempore on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1992. Prior to his service on the bench, he studied pre-law at Southwest Louisiana Institute, served as secretary to Lt. Governor John B. Fournet, and attended law school at Louisiana State University, graduating with a LLB degree in 1936. He was later granted a juris doctor degree. While at LSU, he served as chief justice on the Honor Court. In 1936, he began the practice of law in Lake Charles. In 1936, he was appointed referee in bankruptcy (now bankruptcy judge) and then appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana from 1939-1945. He was later appointed to First Assistant at the Western District headquartered in Shreveport. He served as city attorney for the city of DeQuincy and continued in private practice from 1945-1980. He was a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association and Southwest Louisiana Bar Association as well as a number of civic and service groups.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Walter F. Marcus Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/marcus_walter.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Walter F. Marcus Jr.</strong>, 76, died Thursday, April 8, 2004 in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his LL.B. from Tulane University Law School. He was elected in 1962 and later reelected without opposition to the New Orleans City Council where he served until his election to Civil District Court in 1966. Elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1973, he served as an associate justice until his retirement in 2000. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, in which he served in the Infantry as a First Lieutenant. He was the recipient of many awards including the Distinguished Jurist Award for 1996. He was a graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges at the University of North Carolina. He was a member of numerous organizations including the New Orleans, Louisiana, and American Bar Associations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 25th JDC Judge August A. Nobile, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/nobile_august_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 25th JDC Judge August A. Nobile, Jr.</strong>, 85, died Wednesday, May 28, 2003. He earned his L.L.B. degree from Tulane University where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and was admitted to the bar in 1941. He practiced law for twenty years before being elected judge. He was elected to the bench in 1967 and served as judge until his retirement in 1978. He served as Assistant District Attorney, 25th Judicial District, from 1960 to 1966 and is a World War II and Korean War veteran. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Louisiana National Guard.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Second Parish Court Judge Calvin J. Hotard Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/hotard_calvin.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Second Parish Court Judge Calvin J. Hotard Jr.</strong>, 54, died Sunday, March 31, 2002 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1969 and his Juris Doctor degree from LSU School of Law in 1973. Prior to taking the bench of Division B, Jefferson Parish in 1990, he served as a New Orleans police officer, Assistant District Attorney in Jefferson Parish, and taught criminal justice at Our Lady of Holy Cross College and Nicholls State University.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Oliver Paul Schulingkamp" src="/in_memoriam/images/schulingkamp_oliver.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Oliver Paul Schulingkamp</strong>&nbsp;died May 12, 2001 in Metairie, La. Judge Schulingkamp earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and his juris doctor degree from the LSU School of Law, graduating with law review honors. He was an Orleans Parish assistant district attorney from 1952-1954, returning to private practice from 1954-1960. In 1960, he was appointed judge of Section F of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court and was subsequently elected to two terms as judge. He retired in 1981.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 14th JDC Judge W. Ellis Bond" src="/in_memoriam/images/bond_w_ellis.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 14th JDC Judge W. Ellis Bond,&nbsp;</strong>75, died on Wednesday, October 11, 2000. A Navy veteran of World War II, he passed the bar in 1955 and was in the general practice of law from 1955 until he took his first oath of office at the 14th JDC in 1979.&nbsp; He was reelected to that seat in 1984 and served there until his retirement in 1990.&nbsp; He was a member of the Louisiana State, Southwest Louisiana and American Bar Associations and served on a number of bar committees.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge John Larry Lolley" height="252" src="/in_memoriam/images/Lolley_John_Larry.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge John Larry Lolley</strong>, 71, died Sunday, February 18, 2018. He earned his BA degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1968 and his JD degree from Loyola University in 1971.&nbsp; He served as prosecuting attorney for the City of Monroe from 1973 until his election as judge of Monroe City Court in 1979. &nbsp;He was elected to the 4th JDC in 1997, and to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in 2003. He served there until his retirement from the bench in 2017. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve and in 1995 retired as a colonel after 27 years of service.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th JDC Judge John R. Joyce" src="/in_memoriam/images/Joyce_John.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th JDC Judge John R. Joyce</strong>, 74, died Friday, May 5, 2017. He served four years active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps before earning his JD degree from LSU Law in 1970. Joyce then practiced law in Monroe until his election to the 4th JDC in 1976. During his tenure at the 4th JDC, he served as president of the Louisiana District Judges&rsquo; Association. He ran unopposed in his subsequent elections, and retired after 20 years of service in 1996. After his retirement, Joyce practiced law in Monroe and served as&nbsp;<em>ad-hoc</em>&nbsp;judge.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Plaquemine City Court Judge Robert “Bobby” Freeman" src="/in_memoriam/images/Freeman_Robert_Bobby.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Plaquemine City Court Judge Robert &ldquo;Bobby&rdquo; Freeman</strong>, 82, died Sunday, May 14, 2016. He was senior vice president of Plaquemine High School where he won the boxing state championship in 1951. He attended LSU and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame for his boxing career as two time NCAA runner-up in his weight class. After attending LSU, he served as Special Agent of the United State Army Counter Intelligence Corps. He received his JD degree from Loyola University in 1965 and was elected to the House of Representatives to serve parts of Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes in 1968. Freeman was House floor leader in the early 1970&rsquo;s. In 1980, he was elected Lieutenant Governor. In 1990, he was elected judge of Plaquemine City Court where he served six years.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 16th JDC Judge James R. McClelland" src="/in_memoriam/images/McClelland_Jim.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th JDC Judge James R. McClelland</strong>, 68, died Sunday, March 15, 2015. Raised on a rice farm in Elton, LA; McClelland was valedictorian of his high school class. He continued to excel academically at LSU, where he earned a BS degree in 1969, an MBA degree in 1971, and his JD degree in 1975. He graduated with honors as a member of the Order of the Coif and was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. After being admitted to practice law in 1975, he practiced with the law firm of Aycock, Horne &amp; Coleman, of Franklin, LA, where he became a partner in 1978. He was the founder of the local Public Defender Board and served as a public defender from 1975-1981. He served as an Assistant District Attorney in the 16th JDC from 1981-2008. In 2009, he was elected to the 16th JDC, where he served as Judge of Division D until his retirement on March 1, 2015. As a Judge, McClelland presided over the St. Mary Parish Adult Drug Treatment &amp; DWI Court, and the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court for four years. McClelland served on the Governor&rsquo;s Advisory Board of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under Governor Foster. He was an active member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, where he served in the House of Delegates, Board of Governors and as Secretary. He was a charter member of the American Inns of Court &ndash; Inns on the Teche, where he served as President from 2010-2011, and received the Inns&rsquo; Professionalism Award in 2012. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Bar Foundation.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 25th JDC Judge Emile E. Martin, III" src="/in_memoriam/images/Martin_Emile_E_III.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 25th JDC Judge Emile E. Martin, III</strong>, 92, died Monday, February 17, 2014. Following his service with the Seabees in the South Pacific during World War II, he earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Louisiana State University and began the practice of law in Plaquemines Parish. In 1982 he took his oath as judge of Division B, 25th JDC, where he served until 1990 after which he resumed his law practice.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Retired Bastrop City Judge Frank Woodrow &ldquo;Woody&rdquo; Wilson</strong>, 89, died Monday, July 8, 2013. He was a World War II veteran, serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Prior to his service in the war, he attended what is now the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Following his discharge he earned his JD degree from LSU Law School, graduating in 1949. He returned to Bastrop where he established a successful law practice, which he maintained until his death. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1954-1962. He served as judge of Bastrop City Court for 24 years until his retirement in 1984.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 15th JDC Judge George Bradford “Bumpy” Ware Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Ware_George_Bradford_Bumpy_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 15th JDC Judge George Bradford &ldquo;Bumpy&rdquo; Ware Sr.</strong>, 81, died Sunday, June 10, 2012. After admission to the bar in 1965, Judge Ware practiced law in Rayne where he was city prosecutor for 11 years. In 1976 he took his first oath of office as judge for Division A, 15th JDC, serving there until his retirement in 1996. Judge Ware served in Korea during that conflict as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. Following his honorable discharge in 1954, he graduated from SLI (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and earned his JD degree from LSU Law School. He was a member of a number of professional and civic organizations including the Executive Committee of the Louisiana District Judges Association, for whom he also served as president; the Louisiana State and Acadia Parish Bar Associations; the American Judicature Society and in retirement was a member of the Louisiana Retired Judges Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Louis DeSonier" src="/in_memoriam/images/DeSonier_Louis_G_Jr_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Louis DeSonier</strong>, 90, died Saturday, March 13, 2010. After service in the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Judge DeSonier received his LL.B. in 1952 from Loyola University in New Orleans, later returning to earn his JD from the same university in 1968. In 1963 he was appointed Parish Attorney for the Parish of Jefferson and served in that capacity until his appointment in 1971 to fill an unexpired term on the 24th JDC. In the following year&rsquo;s election he ran for that same seat and was elected and served there until his retirement in 1981. He served as President of the Jefferson Bar Association and was a member of the American Bar Association and Louisiana State Bar Association where he served eight years in the House of Delegates and two terms on the Board of Governors.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 17th JDC Judge Bernard L. Knobloch" src="/in_memoriam/images/Knobloch_Bernard_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 17th JDC Judge Bernard L. Knobloch</strong>, 85, died Saturday, March 14, 2009. He graduated from Thibodaux College in 1939 and began pre-law studies at LSU. In 1942, after enrolling in law school, he resigned to train as an Army Air Force Cadet and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He served as a bombardier during World War II, flying 36 combat missions. After his discharge in 1945, he returned to LSU Law School and earned his L.L.B. in 1948 and entered into the practice of law with his father. In 1968, he was sworn in as First Assistant District Attorney for the 17th Judicial District where he worked until his election as judge in the 17th JDC in 1972. He was a 1975 graduate of the National College of State Judiciary and was appointed to the first Board of Governors of the Louisiana Judicial College. He also served as Chief Judge of the 17th JDC. Active in a number of civic and area organizations, he retired from the bench in 1987.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 40th JDC Chief Judge Thomas J. Malik" src="/in_memoriam/images/Malik_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 40th JDC Chief Judge Thomas J. Malik</strong>, 75, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008. He was first elected to the 29th JDC bench in 1972 and was reelected in 1975. He was later reelected to the newly created 40th JDC in 1985 where he served until his retirement in 1992. He entered George Washington University in 1951 and joined the U.S. Army in 1953, serving three years. He attended Southeastern Louisiana College and Tulane University and in 1960 he graduated from Loyola University Law School. In 2002 he earned his MBA. He was a former president of the 29th Judicial District Bar Association and served on the Melvin Beli Trial Faculty on three occasions. He was a founder of the Roscoe Pound Legal Society and was a member of the Louisiana, Illinois and New York Bar Associations. He was a graduate of the National Juvenile Judges College and was a four time graduate of the National Judicial College, University of Nevada.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Frank V. Zaccaria" src="/in_memoriam/images/zaccaria_v_frank.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Frank V. Zaccaria</strong>, 82, died Friday, May 11, 2007. He was appointed to the bench in 1966 by Governor John McKeithen before being elected to three additional terms to the 24th JDC, where he served as chief judge from 1976-1977. After his retirement in 1985, he continued his judicial service as an ad hoc judge in various courts from 1986 - 1998. His legal career began after serving in the Army during World War II, when he graduated in 1950 from Tulane Law School. He was in the private practice of law for 16 years before his appointment to the bench. An avid outdoorsman, he was a member of a number of professional, civic and cultural organization<strong>s.</strong></p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Oscar Ewing (O.E.) Price" src="/in_memoriam/images/price_o_e.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Oscar Ewing (O.E.) Price</strong>, 82, died Thursday, February 23, 2006. After attending Louisiana Tech University for three years, he spent three years in the Air Force during World War II serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1949 and opened a law practice in Bossier City. He was elected City Judge of Bossier City in 1954 and was elected to the 26th Judicial District Court bench in 1960. He served there until his election to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1969 where he was named chief judge in 1979, serving there until his retirement in 1985. He was a past Chairman of the Louisiana Conference of Court of Appeal Judges and was a member of the Louisiana State, Bossier Parish and Shreveport Bar Associations. In 1999, he was among the honorees recognized at a 50-year reunion of LSU Law School graduates. He was active in a number of civic and community organizations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge J. Burton Foret Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/foret_j_burton.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge J. Burton Foret Sr.</strong>, 75, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005. He served as a United States Marine 1947-1950, during the Korean Conflict in 1951, and again in 1952-1954. As a student at LSU he was President of the Junior Class of Law School, Speaker of the Student Senate, a member of the LSU Student Council and of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. He was elected the first City Judge of the newly-created City Court of Ville Platte, serving from 1967-1974 when he began service as judge of the 13th JDC. He was elected to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal in 1976 where he sat until his retirement in 1992. While on the bench, he served as President of the Council of Juvenile Court Judges, Treasurer of the Louisiana City Judges Association, was a member of the Judicial Council of the Louisiana Supreme Court, serving as a delegate of the Conference of Court of Appeal Judges, was elected State Chairman of the Louisiana Conference of National Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Institute, and was a member of the Board of Directors, Evangeline Council on Law Enforcement. He served as Vice President of the Institut International de Droit D&rsquo;Expression Francaise, an international organization of jurists, law professors and lawyers from 39 countries.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Jimmy M. Stoker" src="/in_memoriam/images/stoker_jimmy.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Jimmy M. Stoker</strong>, 82, died Wednesday, February 4, 2004.&nbsp; He earned his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from Louisiana State University and as an undergraduate he served as president of the student body, 1941-1942.&nbsp; He served in World War II as an infantry officer in the 94th Division in Europe and served as an infantry reserve officer until 1956.&nbsp; He then served in the Judge Advocate General Corps in the Army reserve and was promoted to colonel in 1967 and completed more than 29 years of service in 1971.&nbsp; He became a district court judge in Rapides Parish in 1973, a position he held for five years before he was elected to serve on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1979.&nbsp; He was reelected to that seat in 1986 and served there until his retirement in 1993.&nbsp; He was a member of the Alexandria, Louisiana and American bar associations and the Crossroads-American Inns of Court of Alexandria-Pineville.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Second Circuit Judge James E. Bolin" src="/in_memoriam/images/bolin_james.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Second Circuit Judge James E. Bolin</strong>, 87, died Monday, March 25, 2002 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1935 and his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1937. He was in the private practice of law from 1937-1942 and 1946-1952. He was elected to the House of Representatives for Webster Parish from 1940-1944. He served in the European Theatre or War for four years, receiving the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre and ETO Ribbon with four battle stars. In 1952 he was elected to the 26th JDC bench and reelected without opposition in 1954. He was subsequently elected to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, where he served from 1960-1978.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Slidell City Court Judge Gus A. Fritchie, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/fritchie_gus.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Slidell City Court Judge Gus A. Fritchie, Jr.</strong>&nbsp;died April 26, 2001 in Slidell, La. Judge Fritchie earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University and his juris doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law. He was in the private practice of law from 1953 until 1971 when he took over his father&rsquo;s position of judge at Slidell City Court, where he served until his retirement in 1989.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 19th JDC Judge Charles W. 'Bill' Roberts" src="/in_memoriam/images/roberts_charles_bill.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Charles W. &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Roberts</strong>, 72, 19th Judicial District Court, died on September 30, 2000, just 19 days after his 72nd birthday. He was a 1951 graduate of LSU Law School and he practiced law in Baton Rouge from 1952 until his death. He served as Secretary of the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 until 1979. In January of 1979 he was sworn in at 19th JDC where he served until his retirement in January of 1984.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired U.S. District Court Judge Peter Beer" src="/in_memoriam/images/Beer_Peter.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired U.S. District Court Judge Peter Beer</strong>, 89, died Friday, February 9, 2018. Following a brief service as an infantry corporal at the end of World War II, Judge Beer earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Tulane University. After graduation, he served as a first lieutenant and later a captain in the Air Force Judge Advocate General&rsquo;s Corps.&nbsp; He was awarded an Air Force Commendation Medal and a Bronze Star. &nbsp;After his active service Beer stayed on as a reservist, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.&nbsp; He served on the New Orleans City Council from 1970 to 1974.&nbsp; He was elected to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal in 1974. President Jimmy Carter appointed Beer to the U.S. District Court in 1979. He served in that capacity for 30 years, retiring at the end of 2009.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Abbeville City Court Judge Marcus A. Broussard Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/broussard_marcus.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Abbeville City Court Judge Marcus A. Broussard Jr.</strong>, 88, died Friday, March 3, 2017. Shortly after high school Broussard joined the Louisiana National Guard as a private. He quickly rose through the ranks receiving a commission as a Second Lieutenant Infantry Division in 1952 and promoted to Reserve Commissioned Officer of a First Lieutenant to the U.S. Army in April of 1956. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southwestern Louisiana University in 1951 and his law degree from Loyola University in 1955. In 1958, Broussard was appointed by the Governor to the newly-created Abbeville City Court. He served there until his retirement in 1984. In retirement, Judge Broussard sat&nbsp;<em>ad-hoc</em>&nbsp;in more than one fourth of Louisiana&rsquo;s district courts.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Nestor L. Currault, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Currault_Nestor.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Nestor L. Currault, Jr.</strong>, 90, died Saturday, March 26, 2016. A native of Westwego, he was Valedictorian of Westwego High School and received a full scholarship to Tulane University. The Second World War interrupted his undergraduate studies at Tulane and he instead attended the US Navy Hospital Corps School in preparation for being an enlisted Medical Corpsman. After completing his military service, Currault returned to Tulane receiving his BA and LLB degrees in 1945 and 1946. As a student he was a member of the Law School Moot Court Board, the Dean&rsquo;s honor student list and received the Juris Prudence Prize for Constitutional Law. He was appointed City Attorney for Westwego shortly after passing the bar. He was appointed as the 2nd Assistant District Attorney for Jefferson Parish in 1951. He served in that capacity until his appointment and subsequent election to the 24th JDC in 1971. In 1981, he was elected to the newly created 5th Circuit Court of Appeal where he remained until his retirement in 1987. During retirement Judge Currault continued to serve as a temporary judge in various courts and was appointed to serve as judge pro tempore on the Louisiana Supreme Court.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas F. Daley" src="/in_memoriam/images/Daley_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas F. Daley</strong>, 61, died Saturday, January 31, 2015. A New Jersey native and graduate of Rutgers College, Daley moved to New Orleans to attend Loyola University for law school. Shortly after graduation, Daley began a life of public service, working at an Assistant District Attorney for St. John the Baptist Parish from 1984-1989. He was elected to the 40th District Court in 1991, where he served twice as Chief Judge. In 1996, he was elected to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal, where he served until his election as St. John the Baptist Parish District Attorney in 2008. During his judicial career, Daley was the 2007 recipient of the Louisiana Bar Foundation&rsquo;s Distinguished Jurist Award. He was a member of the Louisiana Judicial College, and the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 34th JDC Judge Manuel “Manny” Fernandez" src="/in_memoriam/images/Fernandez_Manuel.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 34th JDC Judge Manuel &ldquo;Manny&rdquo; Fernandez,</strong>&nbsp;71, died Saturday, February 8, 2014. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in 1964 and his LLB degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1967. He was in the private practice of law from 1967 until his 2001 election to Division B, 34th JDC, St. Bernard Parish. From 1976-1988 he served in the Louisiana State Legislature as a member of the House of Representatives for District 104, serving on the Civil Law and Procedure Committee and the Louisiana Law Institute among others. He was named Legislator of the Year in 1986 by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. From 1988-1989 he served as Assistant Chief of Staff, Louisiana Governor&rsquo;s Office.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Pineville City Court Judge Jack Holt" src="/in_memoriam/images/Holt_Jack_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Pineville City Court Judge Jack Holt</strong>, 89, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Following his service in World War II as a B-24 bomber pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps, he graduated from Louisiana College and earned his JD degree with honors from Tulane Law School in 1951. He was elected Pineville&rsquo;s first City Court Judge in 1954 and served 20 years in that position until his retirement in 1974.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 27th JDC Judge Isom “I.J.” Guillory" src="/in_memoriam/images/Guillory_Isom_J_Jr_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 27th JDC Judge Isom &ldquo;I.J.&rdquo; Guillory</strong>, 94, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012. He received his BS degree in Law from Louisiana State University in 1940 and his LLB from LSU School of Law in 1968 and was a member of the Moot Court Advisory Board and Gamma Eta Gamma. He was inducted into the military in 1941 as a 2nd Lieutenant and spent 3 &frac12; years in the Pacific Theater, receiving 5 battle stars and the Bronze Star Medal. He was discharged from active service in 1946 and remained in the Reserves until 1953, when he was discharged with the rank of Captain. He practiced law in Eunice until he was elected judge of Division C, 27th JDC in 1972, where he served until his retirement in 1992. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 36th JDC Judge Herman I. “Buddy” Stewart" src="/in_memoriam/images/Stewart_Herman.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 36th JDC Judge Herman I. &ldquo;Buddy&rdquo; Stewart</strong>, 71, died Sunday, February 27, 2011. He earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University in 1961 and his JD from LSU Law School in 1964 where he was a member of the Law Review. From 1964-1965 he clerked for the late Judge J. Cleveland Fruge at the Third Circuit Court of Appeal. He then practiced law with the firm of Kay &amp; Stewart from 1965-1990 and continued thereafter as a solo practitioner. He served as City Attorney/City Prosecutor from 1970-1974 and attorney for the Industrial Development Board for DeRidder from 1972-1978. He also served as the attorney for the Housing Authority for the City of DeRidder. Elected to the bench in 1996, Judge Stewart served on Division B until his retirement in 2008<strong>.</strong></p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 10th JDC Judge Julian E. Bailes" src="/in_memoriam/images/Bailes_Julian_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 10th JDC Judge Julian E. Bailes</strong>, 95, died Monday, February 1, 2010. He attended Louisiana State Normal College (now Northwestern State University) and Louisiana State University School of Law before practicing law from 1937-1960. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II and was part of the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded and awarded two purple hearts. He was elected as City Judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. He was elected as a judge for the 10th JDC in 1960 and served there until his retirement in 1972.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Former Plaquemine City Court Judge Joseph Baist Dupont, Sr.</strong>, 69, died Thursday, March 5, 2009. A graduate of Southeastern University and Loyola Law School, he was a former city attorney of Plaquemine and the first city judge of Plaquemine, where he served from 1973 until 1984.</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 13th JDC Judge Joseph E. Coreil" src="/in_memoriam/images/Coreil_Joseph%20E..jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 13th JDC Judge Joseph E. Coreil</strong>, 89, died Thursday April 17, 2008. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and attended Louisiana State University. He was admitted to the bar in 1960. He served as a State Representative from May, 1964 until May 1, 1974 when he was appointed judge of the City Court of Ville Platte. He was elected unopposed to the 13th JDC to fill an unexpired term and assumed office in January, 1977. He was reelected in 1979 and 1984, serving until his retirement in 1990. He served for many years on the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court and on the Council of the Louisiana Law Institute.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Paul P. Garofalo" src="/in_memoriam/images/garofalo_p_paul.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Paul P. Garofalo</strong>, 91, died Tuesday, March 6, 2007 in Sugar Land, Texas. He was originally elected to the Orleans Municipal Court bench in 1948 and served there for approximately 15 years, winning re-election twice without opposition. In 1963, he was elected to Division G of Orleans Parish Civil District Court and served there until his retirement in 1978. He received his LL.B. from Loyola University in 1938 and was in the general practice of law until joining the Coast Guard in 1942, where he saw combat duty in the Pacific during World War II. After his discharge in 1946 as Lieutenant Senior Grade, he returned to the states and served as Hearing and Examining Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, Merchant Marine Unit, both in New York and New Orleans, later resuming his practice of law in New Orleans in 1946.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><strong>Former 35th JDC Judge Billy Lutes</strong> died, Friday, February 3, 2006.</span></p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Wallace A. Edwards" src="/in_memoriam/images/edwards_wallace.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Wallace A. Edwards</strong>, 67, died Saturday, February 19, 2005.&nbsp; He earned his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 1959 and graduated with his juris doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1961 and served as President of his law class.&nbsp; He was elected as district judge of the 22nd JDC in 1966 at the age of 28, where he served until his election to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.&nbsp; He served as an appellate court judge from 1976 until his retirement in 1994.&nbsp; He was a graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges, completed the graduate course on evidence from the University of Nevada, and also completed the Appellate Judges Seminar at the School of Law of New York University.&nbsp; He was a member of the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society; and served on the Board of Directors, Louisiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges.&nbsp; He served as 2nd Vice-President, 1st Vice-President and President of the Louisiana District Judges Association.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 15th JDC Judge Lucien C. Bertrand Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/bertrand_lucien_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 15th JDC Judge Lucien C. Bertrand Jr.</strong>, 82, died Thursday, January 22, 2004. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1945 and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School in 1949. He took his first judicial oath of office on January 1, 1967 in the 15th JDC and was reelected without opposition until his retirement in 1992. Prior to his election to the bench, he was in the practice of law for seventeen years. He served four years with the Naval Air Corps during World War II and was commissioned U.S. Naval Aviator during that time.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/dixon_john.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John A. Dixon, Jr.</strong>, 82, died Saturday, February 22, 2003 in Shreveport, Louisiana. A World War II veteran and prisoner of war, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School in 1947. He was in the private practice of law and served as Assistant District Attorney in Shreveport prior to his election to the district court bench in 1957. After his election to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in 1968, he was unopposed in his election to the Supreme Court bench in 1971. He became Chief Justice in 1980 and served in that position until his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1990. In 1981, he was named the Outstanding Alumnus Award of the Tulane Law School and was recognized by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana with the Benjamin E. Smith Award, its highest honor, for a lifetime of defending civil rights and liberties.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="16th JDC Judge Carl J. Williams" src="/in_memoriam/images/williams_carl.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>16th JDC Judge Carl J. Williams</strong>&nbsp;died Saturday, January 19, 2002 in Breaux Bridge, La. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in 1982 and his Juris Doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in 1987. Prior to his election to the bench in 1993, he was in the private practice of law and also previously he served as a law clerk to 16th JDC Judge Paul deMahy.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 10th JDC Judge Richard B. Williams" src="/in_memoriam/images/williams_richard.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Richard B. Williams</strong>, 91, 10th Judicial District Court, died on April 4, 2001, just over a month after his 91st birthday. He earned his undergraduate degree at Northwestern State University in 1930, his LLB degree at Tulane University School of Law in 1933 and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1969. He was a 1967 graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges. He was in the private practice of law from 1933 until 1966 which was interrupted from August 1942 until December 1945 for service in the Navy during World War II, where he achieved the rank of Commander. He took his first oath of office at the 10th JDC on October 1, 1966 and served there until his retirement on October 1, 1980. He was assigned to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal from 1969-1970 and again in 1973.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Robert Katz" src="/in_memoriam/images/katz_robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Judge Robert Katz</strong>, 55, 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, died on April 25, 2000. He died one day before the anniversary of his swearing-in. He spent nearly nine years as a public defender, an insurance company counsel and a member of small law firms before running for Civil District Court. He won election three times without opposition, and from 1988 to 1990, he was chief judge.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th JDC Judge Joseph Marcel Tiemann" src="/in_memoriam/images/Tiemann_M_Joseph.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th JDC Judge Joseph Marcel Tiemann</strong>, 89, died Friday, July 25, 2024. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Notre Dame Seminary in 1958 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law in 1974. From 1972-1982, he served as a Louisiana State Senator. He additionally served for four years as a deputy assessor in Jefferson Parish.  In 1982, he was elected 24th Judicial District Court judge and was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991.  He served until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Vidalia City Court Senior Judge George C. Murray" src="/in_memoriam/images/Murray_George.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Vidalia City Court Senior Judge George C. Murray, Jr.</strong>, 81, died Friday, July 19, 2024. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1965 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1971. He served as a Captain in the US Army Quartermaster Corps. He worked as a partner of Calhoun, Murray &amp; McLemore law firm.  He was appointed city attorney for the town of Vidalia and served as a president of the Louisiana City Attorney&rsquo;s Association.  Retired Judge Murray additionally served on the Louisiana Judges&rsquo; Legislative Committee.  He was elected Vidalia City Court judge in 1978 and served until his retirement in 2016. He served as a member and as president of the Central Louisiana Juvenile Detention Facility Authority. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Richard J. Ganucheau" src="/in_memoriam/images/Ganucheau_Richard_J.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court Judge Richard J. Ganucheau</strong>, 86, died Thursday, February 22, 2024. Judge Ganucheau earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 1964 and his juris doctor degree from Tulane University Law School in 1965. He served in the Louisiana National Guard during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Judge Ganucheau worked in private practice from 1965 to 1979 and served as Clerk of Orleans Civil District Court from 1974 to 1979. In 1980, Judge Ganucheau was elected Orleans Civil District Court judge; he was reelected in 1985 and 1990 and served as chief judge in 1990 and 1991. Judge Ganucheau served as a president of the Orleans Trial Judges Association and the 4th and 5th Circuit Judges Association; he was a member of the Committee for Jury Use and Management of the Louisiana Supreme Court and of the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Louisiana Judicial College. After retiring from the bench in 2002, the Louisiana Supreme Court appointed him to complete a statewide class action case involving major cigarette manufacturing companies; litigation concluded in 2004. Also, by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Judge Ganucheau administered the establishment and supervision of the Smoking Cessation Trust, which delivered medical services to help more than 100 thousand Louisiana residents quit smoking.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 10th Judicial District Judge John B. Whitaker" src="/in_memoriam/images/Whitaker_John_B.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 10th Judicial District Judge John B. Whitaker</strong>, 84, died Tuesday, February 13, 2024. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Northwestern State University in 1963 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1968. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1957-1960 and worked as a Caddo Parish school teacher from 1963-1964. He worked in private practice from 1968-1980. In 1980, Judge Whitaker was elected 10th Judicial District Court judge. He was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991 and served until his retirement in 1999.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge Eddie L. Sapir" src="/in_memoriam/images/Sapir_Eddie_L.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge Eddie L. Sapir</strong>, 86, died Tuesday, February 6, 2024. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Alabama in 1958 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1962. He served two years in the Louisiana House of Representatives before his election to the New Orleans City Council in 1967, where he served until 1974. In 1975, he was elected New Orleans Municipal Court judge and was reelected without opposition in 1982 and 1990. After retiring from the court in 1994, he was reelected to the New Orleans City Council, where he served until 2006.&nbsp;</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Richard Harmon Drew, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Drew_Harmon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Richard Harmon Drew</strong>, Jr., 77, died December 17, 2023. He received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1968 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1971. He served as an assistant district attorney from 1975-1985.  Judge Drew previously served on a concerned citizen&rsquo;s task force representing seven North Louisiana parishes charged with constructing a juvenile detention center and he drafted legislation which passed the Louisiana Legislature in 1986, founding the Northwest Louisiana Juvenile Detention Center Authority.  He was elected Minden City Court judge and served from 1985-1988.  During his tenure on the city court bench, Judge Drew instituted night court sessions and innovative juvenile programs in Webster Parish. In 1988 he was elected without opposition to the 26th Judicial District Court and was reelected without opposition in 1990, serving until 1998. In 1999 he was elected to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal and served until his retirement in 2017.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 16th Judicial District Court Judge William D. Hunter" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hunter_William_D.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th Judicial District Court Judge William D. Hunter</strong>, 85, died Monday, July 24, 2023. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1959 and his LL.B degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1962. From 1963-1964, he worked as a law clerk at the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. From 1964-1977, he was in the private practice of law with Lippman, Hunter &amp; Rawls, and Hunter &amp; Plattsmeier from 1978-1994.  He was elected 16th Judicial District Court judge in 1995 and served until his retirement in 2008. Judge Hunter was a member the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association; member and Past President of the St. Mary Parish Bar Association; Chairman of the Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals; Chairman of the Task Force of Louisiana Drug Court Issues; National Co-Chairman on Study and Implementation of Drug Court Laws in the U.S.; and received the 1998 National Association of Drug Court Professionals Leadership Award.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Tammy Stewart" src="/in_memoriam/images/Stewart_Tammy.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Tammy Stewart</strong>, 53, died Monday, July 24, 2023. She earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southern University at New Orleans in 1993 and her juris doctor degree from the Ohio State University College of Law in 1996.  While in law school, she worked as a mediator through the City Attorney's Office diversionary program and served as a board member of the Public Interest Law Foundation. She also volunteered as a summer intern in the family law unit of the New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation (NOLAC).  Following law school, she served as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish in addition to maintaining a law practice.  She previously served by appointment as a judge pro tempore at First City Court in New Orleans and as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Supreme Court for the Revision of the Code of Judicial Conduct. She was elected Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Section B judge in 2009, was reelected without opposition in 2014 and 2020. She was a member of the National Association of Women Judges as well as the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.  </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Jimmy N. Dimos" src="/in_memoriam/images/Dimos_Jimmy_N.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Jimmy N. Dimos</strong>, 84, died Thursday, May 18, 2023. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1960 and his juris doctor degree from Tulane University Law School in 1963. In 1964 he joined the McKeithen, Mouser and McKinley law firm. From 1971-1972, he was the executive director of the Miss Louisiana Pageant. From 1976-1999, he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, and from 1988-1992, he served as Speaker of the House during Governor Buddy Roemer&rsquo;s administration. He served on the 4th JDC bench from 1999 until his retirement in 2006.  In 2017, Judge Dimos was inducted in the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Judicial Hall of Fame. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired First Judicial District Court Judge Gayle Hamilton" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hamilton_Gayle_K.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired First Judicial District Court Judge Gayle Hamilton</strong>, 97, died Saturday, April 8, 2023. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southern Methodist University in 1949 and upon completion of classes at George Washington University and Centenary College, he passed the Bar Exam in 1955.  From 1943-1946, during World War II, he served in the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the West Coast of the United States and the Far East. In 1945, he was sent to Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal as a member of the First Marine Division which helped to invade Okinawa. From 1945-1946 he served as a Marine Guard at the old United States Embassy in Beijing, China. From 1949-1952 he was a Treaty Affairs Analyst at the U.S. Department of State.  After returning to Shreveport, he worked as an oil scout and landman with Pan American Production Company while studying law at night under Attorney Horace Holder and other attorneys.  In 1976, after practicing law for 20 years, he was elected First Judicial Court judge.  He served as a chief judge at the First JDC and was reelected without opposition in 1979, 1985, and 1991.  He retired in 1993.   </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th Judicial District Court Judge William H. Brown" src="/in_memoriam/images/Brown_William_H.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th Judicial District Court Judge William H. Brown</strong>, 88, died Monday, March 17, 2023. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1958 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1962. While in law school he worked as a teacher and coached football at Catholic High School.&nbsp; He was a commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. Army and served on active and reserve duty in the Oklahoma National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve, and Louisiana Special Forces from 1958-1964. He worked in private practice at the firm of Howell &amp; Brown until his election to the Baton Rouge City Court in 1977.&nbsp; He served on the city court until his election to the 19th JDC bench in 1979 where he served as chief judge.&nbsp; After his retirement in 1996, he worked as a Gaming Control Officer until 2011.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 10th Judicial District Court Judge Peyton W. Cunningham" src="/in_memoriam/images/Cunningham_Peyton.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 10th Judicial District Court Judge Peyton W. Cunningham, Jr.</strong>, 89, died Thursday, February 23, 2023. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the Louisiana State University in 1955 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1960. He worked as a partner at Cunningham &amp; Cunningham Attorneys at Law for 12 years and served as a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates in 1968. Judge Cunningham worked as Secretary-Treasurer of the 10th Judicial District Bar Association and of the Natchitoches Parish Law Library Commission.&nbsp; He was elected to the 10th JDC in 1972 where he served until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 18th Judicial District Court Judge Sharah R. Harris" src="/in_memoriam/images/Harris_Sharah_R.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 18th Judicial District Court Judge Sharah R. Harris</strong>, 63, died Wednesday, November 2, 2022.&nbsp; She earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Grambling State University in 1980 and her juris doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in 1983.&nbsp; She was a practicing attorney prior to and after her term on the bench.&nbsp; She was elected to the 18th Judicial District Court bench and served from 1997-2002.&nbsp; </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Natchitoches City Court Judge Fred Sconyers Gahagan" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gahagan_Fred_S.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Natchitoches City Court Judge Fred Sconyers Gahagan</strong>, 71, died Monday, October 24, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1973 and his juris doctor degree at Louisiana State University Law Center in 1976. After law school, he practiced law at Gahagan &amp; Gahagan Law Firm.&nbsp; In 1985, he was elected Natchitoches City Court judge and served until his retirement in 2021.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 16th Judicial District Judge Gerard B. Wattigny" src="/in_memoriam/images/Wattigny_Gerard_B.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th Judicial District Judge Gerard B. Wattigny</strong>, 80, died September 25, 2022.  Judge Wattigny earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1963 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1967. He practiced with the firm of Armentor and Wattigny for 28 years before his election to the 16th JDC bench in 1995.  He served until his retirement in 2014. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 17th JDC Judge John Joseph Erny, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Erny_John_J_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 17th JDC Judge John Joseph Erny, Jr.</strong>, 84, died Tuesday, September 6, 2022. &nbsp;He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, currently the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and his juris doctor degree from Tulane Law School in 1962.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He practiced law in Louisiana for many years serving as an Assistant District Attorney and District Attorney in Lafourche Parish and was elected judge of the 17th JDC in 1988 and served until his retirement in 2001.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Moon Landrieu" src="/in_memoriam/images/Landrieu_Moon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Moon Landrieu</strong>, 92, died Monday, September 5, 2022.   Judge Landrieu earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Loyola University and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans, School of Law in 1952.  He served in the Louisiana Legislature and sat on the New Orleans City Council before being elected Mayor of the City of New Orleans in 1970.  As Mayor, Judge Landrieu integrated City Hall by appointing African Americans to positions of leadership in city government, and transformed the economy by investing in hospitality and tourism. From 1979-1981, he served in President Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In 1992, Judge Landrieu was elected 4th Circuit Court of Appeal judge, was reelected in 1996, and served until his retirement in 2000. Daughter Madeleine, currently Dean of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, also served on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal.  </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Natchitoches City Court Judge Marvin F. Gahagan" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gahagan_Marvin_F.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Natchitoches City Court Judge Marvin F. Gahagan</strong>, 89, died August 10, 2022. Judge Gahagan earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1953 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1955. He worked in private practice until 1955 when he began service in the U.S. Army. He graduated from the Counter Intelligence Corp and was assigned as a Military Intelligence Specialist until 1957 when he returned to private practice. In 1960, he was elected Natchitoches City Court judge. In 1978, he was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to preside as ad hoc judge in 14 parishes including two consecutive years in Caddo District Court and 14 years in Orleans Civil District Court. Judge Gahagan retired in 2018.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 23rd Judicial District Court Judge Pegram J. Mire, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Mire_Pegram.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 23rd Judicial District Court Judge Pegram J. Mire, Jr.</strong>, 70, died Tuesday, July 19, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1975 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1978. He practiced law in Gonzales and served as assistant district attorney of the 23rd JDC from 1978-1984. He was elected Ascension Parish Court Judge in 1984 and reelected without opposition in 1989. In 1997, he was elected 23rd JDC judge where he served until his retirement in 2008.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 30th Judicial District Court Judge Roy B. Tuck, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Tuck_Roy.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 30th Judicial District Court Judge Roy B. Tuck, Jr.</strong>,&nbsp;90,&nbsp;died Friday, June 24, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1957 and earned his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University School of Law in 1959. Before going to college, he served in the U.S. Navy as a medic and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service in Korea. After law school, he worked in private practice in Vernon Parish, later moving to Shreveport until 1964. He returned to Vernon Parish in 1964 and worked in private practice until 1979 when he was elected 30th JDC judge. He served on the 30th JDC until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 19th Judicial District Court Judge Michael R. Erwin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Erwin_Michael.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 19th Judicial District Court Judge Michael R. Erwin</strong>,&nbsp;72,&nbsp;died Saturday, June 18, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degrees from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1972 and Louisiana State University in 1976 and earned his juris doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in 1978. After law school, he served as an assistant city prosecutor at Baton Rouge City Court until 1982. He worked as an assistant district attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1982-1991 when he was elected to the 19th Judicial District Court bench. He served at the 19th JDC until his retirement in 2019.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 26th Judicial District Court Judge Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr" src="/in_memoriam/images/Kitchens_Graydon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 26th Judicial District Court Judge Graydon K. Kitchens, Jr</strong>,&nbsp;85,&nbsp;died Sunday, June 12, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1958. He served in the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant in the Infantry Branch from 1958-1960 and earned his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1964. While in law school, he worked at the Third Circuit Court of Appeal and the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. In 1964, he worked in private practice with his father, Graydon K. Kitchens, Sr., at the firm of Kitchens, Benton &amp; Kitchens in Minden. Judge Kitchens was appointed assistant district attorney for Webster Parish in 1970. He was elected a City Court judge of Minden in 1976 and served until 1978 when he was elected to serve as 26th Judicial District Court judge. He was reelected without opposition in 1984 and 1990 and served as chief judge from 1989 until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Robert J. Klees" src="/in_memoriam/images/Klees_Robert.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Robert J. Klees</strong>,&nbsp;81,&nbsp;died Thursday, March 17, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1963 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1966. He earned his Master of Law in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia in 1969. From 1966 to 1969 he served as a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force, attaining the rank of Captain. He worked in private practice and served as an assistant district attorney in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes from 1972 to 1978. Before his election to the bench, he was elected to the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury where he served as vice president. Judge Klees was elected judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1981 and re-elected in 1990 where, before his retirement in 2000, he served as chief judge. After retiring, he served as an ad hoc judge and judge pro tempore in several state district courts in St. Bernard, Orleans, Plaquemines, and Jefferson Parishes as well as the Louisiana Supreme Court.&nbsp; </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jack Crozier Watson" src="/in_memoriam/images/Watson_Jack.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jack Crozier Watson</strong>,&nbsp;93, died Friday, February 11, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southwestern Louisiana&shy;&shy;&shy; Institute (currently the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1949 and his LL.B. degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1956. In 1950 Judge Watson enlisted in the United States Air Force. Having served in the Phillippines, Japan, and Korea as a Psychological Warfare Officer, he was discharged in 1954 as a First Lieutenant. From 1956 to 1964 he practiced law in Lake Charles. In 1965, he was elected to the 14th JDC where he served until his election to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1974. In 1979 he was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court and served until his retirement in 1996.&nbsp;</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge David Painter" src="/in_memoriam/images/Painter_David.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge David Painter</strong>,&nbsp;84,&nbsp;died Friday, February 4, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Tulane University in 1959 and his juris doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1962.  He served on the Lake Charles City Council from 1983-1995, and served as acting mayor for 6 months.  He served as president of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association in 1987 and the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association from 1995-1996; He served on the House of Delegates and the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association, of which he was a 60-year member. He was a board member of the American Trial Lawyers Association; president of the Albert Tate Inns of Court; a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and other legal organizations. In 1996 he was elected 14th Judicial District Court judge and served until 2004.  He was elected 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal judge in 2005 and served until his retirement in 2015.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="16th Judicial District Court Judge Thomas C. Bienvenu, Jr" src="/in_memoriam/images/Bienvenu_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>16th Judicial District Court Judge Thomas C. Bienvenu, Jr</strong>,&nbsp;84,&nbsp;died Tuesday, January 21, 2022. He earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1959. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and completed Marine Officers Basic School in Quantico, VA and Naval Justice School in Newport, RI in 1960. He served as defense counsel before the General Court-Martial and as a legal assistant officer, First Marine Aircraft Wing in Japan from 1960-61, as a marine officer on the staff of the District Legal Officer and as claims and investigations officer, 3rd Naval District from 1961-62. He practiced law in St. Martinville from 1962-1976 and served as an assistant district attorney in the 16th Judicial District from 1966-1976. He served as a past president and past secretary-treasurer of the St. Martinville Bar Association. He was elected a 16th JDC judge in 1976 and was reelected in 1978, 1984, and 1990. He served as a 16th JDC chief judge three separate times.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="19th Judicial District Court Judge Christopher R. Dassau" src="/in_memoriam/images/Dassau_Christopher.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>19th Judicial District Court Judge Christopher R. Dassau</strong>, 37, died Sunday, January 16, 2022. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Florida International University in 2008 and his juris doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in 2012. After interning at Moss and Associates, LLC from 2006-2007, Skanska USA Building, Inc. in 2008, and the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit in 2011, he worked as a student clerk at the 19th JDC in 2011. He was a teaching assistant at Southern University Law Center from 2010-2012 and worked as a judicial clerk/staff attorney at the 19th JDC in 2012. From 2012-2020 he worked in private practice and as a city prosecutor for the City of Baker. He began serving as an adjunct law professor at Southern University Law Center in 2018 until his appointment to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana from 1994-2010. He was elected 19th Judicial District Court, Division G judge, effective January 1, 2021.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 24th Judicial District Court Judge Thomas G. Porteous, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Porteous_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 24th Judicial District Court Judge Thomas G. Porteous, Jr.</strong>, 74, died Sunday, November 14, 2021.  He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1968 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1971.  Judge Porteous served as Special Counsel assigned to the Criminal Division of the Louisiana Department of Justice from 1971-73 and worked with the Jefferson Parish District Attorney&rsquo;s Office from 1973-84. He was a city attorney for the City of Harahan from 1982-84.  He worked as an instructor in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law at St. Mary&rsquo;s Dominican College and as an instructor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff&rsquo;s Office Training Academy. He was a partner at the law firm of Porteous and Mustakas until his election to the 24th JDC bench in 1985. Judge Porteous was reelected without opposition in 1991 and served until his appointment to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana from 1994-2010.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge John D. Saunders" src="/in_memoriam/images/Saunders_John.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge John D. Saunders</strong>, 78, died Monday, September 14, 2021. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the Louisiana State University in 1965 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1968.  From 1968-1992 he practiced law in Evangeline Parish.  He was elected to serve in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976-1992.  While in the Senate he was Chairman of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee from 1985-1987 and served as Chairman of the Judiciary &ldquo;C&rdquo; Committee from 1987-1992. Additionally he served on the Louisiana Sentencing Commission and the Louisiana Commission on Criminal Justice.  He was elected to serve on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in 1992.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Randolph H. Parro" src="/in_memoriam/images/Parro_Randolph.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Randolph H. Parro</strong>, 78, died July 11, 2021. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1967.  From 1967-1970 he worked in private practice.  He served as an administrative assistant to then - US Representative Patrick T. Caffery of Louisiana&rsquo;s Third Congressional District. In 1972 he was appointed as an associate director of the Louisiana Superport Authority.  In 1975 he returned to private practice. Judge Parro was elected to the 17th JDC in 1982 and was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991.   He was elected to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in 1993 where he served until his retirement in 2014. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="City Court of Hammond Judge Grace B. Gasaway" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gasaway_Grace.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>City Court of Hammond Judge Grace B. Gasaway</strong>, 61, died June 17, 2021. She earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the Louisiana State University in 1982 and her juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1985. In 1986 she began working in private practice, serving as judge pro tempore from 1993-1995. She was elected as a judge of the City Court of Hammond in 1997. She served as past president of the Louisiana City Court Judge&rsquo;s Association, Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Committee on Family and Juvenile Court Rules of the Judicial Council and Florida Parishes American Inns of Court.  She served as past president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer of the 21st Judicial District Bar Association.  She was a founding member and first president of the board of the Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Terry Q. Alarcon" src="/in_memoriam/images/Alarcon_Terry.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Terry Q. Alarcon</strong>, 72, died Saturday, April 3, 2021. Judge Alarcon earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Spring Hill College in 1970, his master&rsquo;s degree from University of Alabama in 1974 and earned his juris doctor from Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law in 1978. He worked as a Jefferson Parish assistant district attorney from 1983-1986 and was a partner in the Brandt, Alarcon &amp; McDonald Law Firm.  He worked in the Mayor&rsquo;s Office, City of New Orleans as executive counsel from 1986-1989 when he was named chief of staff. In 1991 he was elected to serve as a New Orleans Traffic Court judge and served until his election to the Orleans Criminal District Court bench in 1996.  He served as chief judge from 2010 until his retirement in 2012.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas C. Wicker" src="/in_memoriam/images/Wicker_Thomas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Thomas C. Wicker</strong>, 97, died Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Judge Wicker earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Tulane University in 1944 and his juris doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1949. He served in the U. S. Navy in from 1944-1945. From 1949-1950, he served as a law clerk at the Louisiana Supreme Court.  He was appointed assistant U.S. attorney from 1950-1953.  From 1953-1972 he worked as senior partner of Wicker, Wiedemann &amp; Fransen.  From 1976-1982 he worked as a faculty member at Tulane University and as a member of the Faculty Committee of the National Judicial College. In 1960 he was elected to the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association and served until his election to the bench in 1972. He was elected 24th JDC judge in 1972 and was reelected in 1979 and 1984 during which time he served as chief judge.  In 1971, Judge Wicker served as judge ad hoc for the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson.  He was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as judge pro tempore of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit.  In 1986 he was elected to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal, where he served until his retirement in 1998.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Pineville City Court Judge Henry H. Lemoine, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Lemoine_Henry.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Pineville City Court Judge Henry H. Lemoine, Jr.</strong>, 72, died Monday, February 22, 2021. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Northwestern State University in 1970 and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University, School of Law in 1973.  He served as a city attorney and prosecutor for the City of Pineville, as an attorney for the Town of Ball, and as special counsel to the Grant Parish Police Jury. He was elected Pineville City Court Judge in 1991 and served until 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired New Orleans Municipal Court Judge John Shea" src="/in_memoriam/images/Shea_John.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired New Orleans Municipal Court Judge John Shea</strong>, 86, died January 27, 2021. He earned his juris doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1958. He was first elected to the New Orleans Municipal Court bench in 1979. He was reelected in 1986, 1992, and 1997 serving as chief judge from 1997-2002. Judge Shea began his career as a public defender before becoming executive assistant district attorney under former Orleans Parish District Attorney Jim Garrison in the early 1960s. Judge Shea retired from the Orleans Municipal Court bench in 2009.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Douglas M. Gonzales, Sr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Gonzales_Douglas.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>First Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Douglas M. Gonzales, Sr.</strong>,&nbsp;85, died January 22, 2021. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1959 and his juris doctor from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1963. He worked in private practice from 1963-1967. He worked as the first director of the Public Defender&rsquo;s Office, East Baton Rouge Parish from 1971-1972. He served as United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana from 1972-1976. He was appointed the first Director of the Office of the Public Defender from 1971-1972 before serving as Assistant District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1967-1971. He was elected judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in 1976 and was reelected in 1978 and 1984. Judge Gonzales served as chief judge from 1986-1990. He was elected First Circuit Court of Appeal judge in 1991 where he served until his retirement in 2002.&nbsp;</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Civil District Court, Division D Judge Louis A. DiRosa" src="/in_memoriam/images/DiRosa_Louis.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Civil District Court, Division D Judge Louis A. DiRosa</strong>, 94, died December 16, 2020. He earned his juris doctor from Loyola University School of Law in 1950. Before his election to the bench, he was in private practice for over 33 years. He served on the Legislative Committee of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment, the Louisiana Domed Stadium Commission, the Louisiana Development Board of New Orleans, and served as treasurer for the Louisiana Foundation for Private Colleges. He was elected judge of Division D, Orleans Parish Civil District Court in 1983, and was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991, retiring in 1996.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 13th Judicial District Court Judge A. Gaynor Soileau" src="/in_memoriam/images/Soileau_Gaynor.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 13th Judicial District Court Judge A. Gaynor Soileau</strong>, 87, died Monday, December 14, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University, School of Law in 1960.  He practiced law in Ville Platte, LA from 1960 until his election to the 13th JDC in 1991, where served until his retirement in 2002.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge James Edward Glancey, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Glancey_James.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Municipal Court Judge James Edward Glancey, Jr.</strong>, 92, died Sunday, October 4, 2020. He attended Louisiana State University and earned his juris doctor degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, College of Law. Judge Glancey was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in World War II.  From 1951-1968 he was a practicing attorney. He served as a New Orleans Municipal Court judge from 1968 until his retirement in 1996. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Springhill City Court Judge John B. Slattery, Jr" src="/in_memoriam/images/Slattery_John_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Springhill City Court Judge John B. Slattery, Jr</strong>, 65, died Tuesday, July 7, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from University of Houston in 1977 and his juris doctor from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1982. After graduating, he clerked at the 1st Judicial District Court and served as president of McConnell &amp; Slattery, APLC.  He served as assistant district attorney, 26th JDC for Bossier and Webster Parishes in 1985 and became a city attorney for the City of Springhill, Cullen, Sarepta, Shongaloo and Cotton Valley in 1986 until his election to the Springhill City Court in 2000.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit, Division A Judge Sol Gothard" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gothard_Sol.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit, Division A Judge Sol Gothard</strong>, 89, died Sunday, July 5, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from City College of New York in 1953, his masters from Case Western Reserve University in 1957 and his juris doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1962. Prior to serving on the bench, Gothard served in the United States Army, later working as a social worker.  He was elected Juvenile Court Judge, Jefferson Parish, Division A in 1972 and was reelected without opposition in 1979 and 1985. He worked as an adjunct professor at Tulane and Loyola Universities.  He was elected as Louisiana Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit, Division B Judge in 1986 and was reelected in 1990, where he served until his retirement in 2005.  </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit Chief Judge Edmond L. Guidry" src="/in_memoriam/images/Guidry_Edmond.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit Chief Judge Edmond L. Guidry</strong>, 93, died Saturday, June 20, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute (later the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1942 and his juris doctor from Louisiana State University Law School in 1948.  He served as a city councilman, City of St. Martinville from 1958-1962.  He was elected judge on the 16th JDC in 1968 and reelected in 1972. He served on the Judicial Council of Louisiana Supreme Court, the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, Indigent Defender Board for the 16th Judicial District, Louisiana District Judges Association and the Louisiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges.  He was elected to the Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit in 1975 and retired as chief judge in 1994. </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge James L. Cannella" src="/in_memoriam/images/Cannella_James.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge James L. Cannella</strong>, 76, died Friday, May 22, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in 1964 from University of New Orleans and his juris doctor in 1967 from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. He was elected 24th Judicial District Court Judge, Division N in 1982 and served as chief judge.  He served at the 24th JDC until his election to the Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit in 1991. Prior to his service on the bench he worked as an attorney at the law firm of Exnicios &amp; Kelly and later became a partner at Donelon, Cannella and Donelon Law Firm. After retiring from the bench in 2006 he worked as a City Attorney in Kenner retiring 2007 when he began serving as a judge ad hoc.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="24th Judicial District Court, Division M Judge Henry G. Sullivan, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Sullivan_Henry_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>24th Judicial District Court, Division M Judge Henry G. Sullivan, Jr.</strong>. 72, died Sunday, May 17, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1969 and his juris doctor from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1974. He was elected to serve on the 24th Judicial District Court in 1997.  He served as chief judge during his 23 years on the 24th JDC bench. Before serving on the bench he worked as an assistant parish attorney for the Parish of Jefferson, legal advisor to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff&rsquo;s Office and as an assistant district attorney for the Parish of Jefferson.  </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 27th Judicial District Court Judge Joseph A. LaHaye" src="/in_memoriam/images/LaHaye_Joseph.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 27th Judicial District Court Judge Joseph A. LaHaye</strong>, 91, died Sunday, April 12, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1949 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, College of Law in 1952.    That same year he began private practice in Leonville  and later joined the Dejean Law firm in Opelousas.  He was elected to the 27th JDC in 1964 and served until his retirement in 1994.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Caddo Parish Juvenile Court, Division B Judge Andrew B. Gallagher" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gallagher_Andrew.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Caddo Parish Juvenile Court, Division B Judge Andrew B. Gallagher</strong>, 90, died Saturday, April 11, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in 1951 from Washington &amp; Lee University in Lexington Virginia and his juris doctor in 1955 from Washington &amp; Lee University School of Law. After serving in the U. S. Army during the Korean War and the Cold War, we attended LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was elected Caddo Parish Juvenile Court Judge, Division B in 1979, reelected without opposition in 1985 and in 1991.  Before serving on the bench, he practiced law in Shreveport, LA at Gallagher, Alexander, &amp; Gallagher in 1961. From 1965 - 1979 the firm became Gallagher &amp; Gallagher during which time he worked as legal officer of the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court. He worked as Caddo Parish Juvenile Court Judge, Division B until his retirement in 1999.  </p></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="22nd Judicial District Court, Division D Judge Peter J. Garcia" src="/in_memoriam/images/Garcia_Peter.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>22nd Judicial District Court, Division D Judge Peter J. Garcia</strong>, 66, died Tuesday, March 10, 2020. He earned his juris doctor degree from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1979. From 1991 to 1996 he served as City Attorney and Magistrate for the City of Covington. He was an Assistant District Attorney for the Parishes of St. Tammany and Washington under District Attorney Marion Farmer and worked as a Law Clerk for the 22nd Judicial District Court and the Louisiana Legislative Council. He was elected to Division &ldquo;D&rdquo; of the 22nd Judicial District Court for the Parishes of St. Tammany and Washington in 1996 and re-elected without opposition in 2002, 2008 and 2014. In 1998, Judge Garcia started one of the first drug courts in the State of Louisiana and presided over a division of a drug court for fifteen years. He additionally presided over a division of juvenile drug court for three years. Judge Garcia is a past president of the St. Tammany Bar Association and the Covington Bar Association. He is a founding member and first president of the 22nd Judicial District Court chapter of the Inns of Court. From 2003 to 2006 Judge Garcia served as Chief Judge of the 22nd Judicial District Court. In 2011 he started a Behavioral Health Court to provide case management and judicial supervision to individuals with mental health and addictive disorders within the criminal justice system.&nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Parish Court, Division B Judge George W. Giacobbe" src="/in_memoriam/images/Giacobbe_George.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>Retired 1st Parish Court, Division B Judge George W. Giacobbe</strong>, 75, died Saturday, February 29, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1967 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, College of Law in 1973. He worked in private practice serving as City Attorney and later as Magistrate Judge for the City of Kenner. He was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to preside over a special Domestic Relations Court in Jefferson Parish and to create and develop a drug court for the parish. He was tapped to represent Louisiana at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Specialized Court Judges, and he served on the Louisiana Supreme Court&rsquo;s Committee to evaluate new judgeships and court costs across the state. He served as the Secretary of the Louisiana City Judges Association, as well as President and Treasurer of the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association. He took the oath of office as 1st Parish Court Judge in 1988. He was Chief Judge when he retired in 2014.&nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 36th JDC Chief Judge Stuart S. Kay, Jr" src="/in_memoriam/images/Kay_Stuart.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>Retired 36th JDC Chief Judge Stuart S. Kay, Jr</strong>, 80, died Monday, January 13, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1961 and his juris doctor from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1964. Before his election to serve as DeRidder City Court judge in 1983, he practiced with the family firm of Kay and Stewart for 25 years. He was elected judge of the 36th JDC in 1991 where he served until his retirement in 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Melvin A. Shortess" src="/in_memoriam/images/Shortess_Melvin.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Melvin A. Shortess</strong>, 86, died Friday, January 3, 2020. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Louisiana State University in 1955 and his juris doctor from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1958. He was elected a City Judge of Baton Rouge, Division A in 1967 and reelected in 1968. He was appointed to the 19th JDC, Division D in 1969 and elected to complete Judge Coleman Lindsay&rsquo;s term in 1970. He was reelected without opposition in 1972 and 1979. In 1982 he was elected to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit and reelected in 1991. Upon Chief Justice John Dixon&rsquo;s retirement from the Louisiana Supreme Court, Judge Shortess was appointed judge pro tempore in 1990. He represented the 2nd District for two years until the election of Justice Pike Hall. He returned to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit serving as chief judge in 1998 and in 2000 until he retired that same year. &nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 36th JDC Judge Leland Homer Coltharp" src="/in_memoriam/images/Coltharp_Leland.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>Retired 36th JDC Judge Leland Homer Coltharp</strong>, 93, died Thursday, December 26, 2019. He attended Louisiana State University (LSU) prior to serving in the U.S. Navy 1944-1946. He attended McNeese State University upon his return and later earned his LL.B. from Louisiana State University Law Center in 1950. From 1951-1953 he served as assistant U.S. attorney for the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana. He became a member of LeCompte, Hall and Coltharp Law Firm where he remained until his election to the 36th JDC bench in 1976. He retired from the 36th JDC in 1990. &nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="New Orleans 1st City Court Judge Angelique A. Reed" src="/in_memoriam/images/Reed_Angelique.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong></strong><strong>New Orleans 1st City Court Judge Angelique A. Reed</strong>, 59, died Saturday, November 16, 2019. She earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and her juris doctor degree from Loyola University College of Law. Judge Reed was the first African American judge to serve on New Orleans 1st City Court where she served since 1999. She was a member of Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, National Bar Association Board of Governors, Association of Women Attorneys, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors, Louisiana Supreme Court Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Independent Women&rsquo;s Organization, Broadmoor Improvement Association, New Orleans Volunteers in Court, League of Women Voters and the NAACP.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired First Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter" src="/in_memoriam/images/Carter_Burrell.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong></strong><strong>Retired First Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter</strong>, 84, died, Monday, November 11, 2019.&nbsp; He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from LSU in 1953 and his juris doctor from LSU School of Law in 1958. He was elected mayor of Greensburg at age 21. Burrell served in the U.S. Army where he rose to the rank of Captain and was a member of the Judge Advocate General&rsquo;s Corps. He practiced law in Greensburg from 1958-1974, at which time he was appointed District Judge, 21st JDC where he served until 1981.&nbsp; He was chief judge from 1979-1981.&nbsp; From 1982 until his retirement in 2012, he served as a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeal, serving over 10 years as chief judge. After retiring he served as ad hoc judge for the Louisiana Supreme Court and other courts. He was president of the Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation, president of the 21st Judicial District Bar Association, and three-term chairman of the Louisiana Conference of Court of Appeal Judges.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired New Orleans Municipal Court, Division B Judge Bruce James Mc Conduit" src="/in_memoriam/images/McConduit_Bruce.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired New Orleans Municipal Court, Division B Judge Bruce James Mc Conduit</strong>, 70, died Friday, September 13, 2019. He earned his BS degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1971 and his JD degree from Loyola University Law School in 1976. He took the oath of office in 1987 becoming the first African American Municipal Court Judge elected in Orleans Parish.&nbsp; He served as ad hoc judge for the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a member of the Community Organization of Urban Politics (COUP). Fourth and Fifth Circuit Court Associations, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc., Louisiana Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Louisiana City Judges Association.&nbsp; He retired in 2007.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 30th Judicial District Court, Division B Judge Theodore Ralph Broyles" src="/in_memoriam/images/Broyles_Theodore.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 30th Judicial District Court, Division B Judge Theodore Ralph Broyles</strong>, 92, died Friday, August 9, 2019. He earned his BA degree from Centenary College and his JD degree from LSU Law Center. He was admitted to the practice of law in July 1948.&nbsp; He served twelve years as city attorney of the Town of Leesville and six years as assistant district attorney for the 30th Judicial District.&nbsp; He practiced law in Leesville until his election to the 30th Judicial District Court in 1976. He won an additional term in 1979 and was reelected without opposition in 1985 and 1991. Judge Broyles retired in 1996.&nbsp; </p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Baton Rouge City Court, Division D Judge Rosemary Torbet Pillow" src="/in_memoriam/images/Pillow_Rosemary.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Baton Rouge City Court, Division D Judge Rosemary Torbet Pillow</strong>, 94, died Sunday, July 7, 2019. She earned her BA degree from Louisiana State University in 1946 and was one of the first females to earn a JD degree from Tulane Law School in 1949. She was elected Baton Rouge City Court Judge in 1980 becoming the first women elected to that court. She was reelected without opposition in 1983 and won an additional term in 1989.&nbsp; Prior to becoming Parish Clerk/Council Administrator in 1971, she was the first female assistant parish attorney in Baton Rouge in 1962. She retired from the bench in 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Charles Gaudin" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gaudin_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Charles Gaudin</strong>, 88, died Saturday, June 29, 2019. He earned a BA degree from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly University of Southwestern Louisiana) in 1952 and a JD degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, College of Law in 1958. He served in the United States Air Force from 1953-1954. From 1956-66 he was a sports columnist for the New Orleans States-Item and served as vice president and legal counsel of the Louisiana Sportswriter&rsquo;s Association. In 1966 he was elected to the 24th Judicial District Court, Division G during which time he served as Chief Judge. He was reelected in 1972 and 1978. In 1982 he was elected to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, First District and served as Chief Judge. He is a past president of the Louisiana Conference of Court of Appeal Judges a past president of the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association. Additionally, he served on the Executive Committee of the Louisiana District Judges Association. He served as president of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation and is an honorary member of the LSU Law School Alumni Association. After retiring from the bench, Judge Gaudin worked with the Department of Justice writing opinions for the Louisiana Attorney General. Elected in 2002, he served as president of the Louisiana Retired Judges Association. In 2004 he was appointed by the governor as chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, a position he held for six years.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Patrick Schott" src="/in_memoriam/images/Schott_Patrick.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Patrick Schott,</strong> 88, died Monday, June 3, 2019. He earned a BA degree in 1951 and a JD degree in 1953 from Loyola University New Orleans. He served in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Army from 1953-1956. Prior to his election to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1972, he practiced law in New Orleans. He became Chief Judge in 1988 serving until his retirement in 1998. He served as ad hoc judge on the, Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeal. He worked as a mediator through Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems, Inc. and as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association. Additionally, he served as a hearing officer for the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Pineville City Court Judge Francis Jean Pharis" src="/in_memoriam/images/Pharis_Jean.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Pineville City Court Judge Francis Jean Pharis</strong>, 94, died Thursday, February 8, 2018.&nbsp; He earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana College in 1946 and his JD from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1949. &nbsp;Prior to college he served in the United States Army during WWII. He served as Rapides Parish District Attorney, 1957-1968. He practiced law in Pineville from 1949-1957; in Alexandria from 1957-1985.&nbsp; He was elected Judge in Pineville City Court in 1979, was reelected in 1985 and served until his retirement from the bench in 1990, after which he resumed the full-time private practice of law.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Denis A. Barry" src="/in_memoriam/images/barry_denis.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Denis A. Barry</strong>, 88, died Tuesday February 28, 2017. He earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from LSU and his law degree from Loyola University. He was a veteran of the Korean War with five combat stars and served as Commander of American Legion Post 23. After admission to the bar, Barry opened a law practice with James Garrison. When Garrison was elected DA, Barry served as Senior Assistant District Attorney in charge of Narcotics and Vice. In 1980, he was elected to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. He retired in 1999 after becoming Chief Judge.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 12th JDC Judge Harold J. Brouillette" src="/in_memoriam/images/Brouillette_Harold.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 12th JDC Judge Harold J. Brouillette</strong>, 83, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016. A native of Marksville, he attended Marksville High School before receiving his BA degree from University of Southwestern Louisiana. He attended LSU for law school and was chosen to serve as Chief Judge of the Honor Court. He was a member of the Louisiana Law Review staff and was selected by members of his senior class to receive the Gamma Eta Gamma award as the outstanding law graduate of 1954. Brouillette practiced law in Marksville from 1958 until his election to the 12th JDC bench where he served from 1985 until his retirement in 1996.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 9th Judicial District Court  Judge, Richard E. Lee" src="/in_memoriam/images/Lee_Richard.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 9th Judicial District Court  Judge, Richard E. Lee,</strong> 79, died Friday, January 15, 2016.&nbsp; He  earned his B.A. degree from Louisiana College in 1961 and his JD from Louisiana  State University in 1964. Prior to being elected City Court of Pineville Judge  in 1974 and being reelected in 1975, he practiced at the law firm of Holt,  Wagoner, and Lee from 1964 - 1966.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;He served his country in the US Navy from  1966 &ndash; 1979. He served as a member and chair of the Rapides Parish Airport  Authority. He was  elected 9th Judicial District Court Judge in 1979 and was reelected in 1984. &nbsp;He retired from the bench in 1990. He was a member  of Red River Delta Law Enforcement Authority Board of Directors from 1980 -2009  and on the Executive Board from 1983-2009. &nbsp;He is a former Deputy Sheriff of Rapides  Parish, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana Attorney  General&rsquo;s Office from 1991-1992. He was elected as a delegate to the 5th  Congressional District to the Democratic National Convention in 2004 and served  as chairman for the Rapides Parish Democratic Executive Committee. </p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Charles B. Peatross" src="/in_memoriam/images/Peatross_Charles.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Charles B. Peatross</strong>, 74, died January 28, 2015. Born in Shreveport, Judge Peatross earned both his BBA and JD degrees from Tulane University. Prior to election to the bench, Judge Peatross practiced law in Shreveport for more than 30 years. He served on the Shreveport City Council, and as Shreveport City Attorney. He was a past-President of the Shreveport Bar Association, and served for 20 years in the Louisiana State Bar Associations&rsquo; House of Delegates. He was elected to the bench in 1996, and served there until his retirement in 2012.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 28th JDC Judge Edwin R. Hughes" src="/in_memoriam/images/Hughes_Edwin.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 28th JDC Judge Edwin R. Hughes</strong>, 78, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Judge Hughes served in the Army during World War II before attending Indiana University where he earned his BA in Government in 1960. He began the practice of law upon completion of his JD degree from Tulane Law School in 1963. Judge Hughes was elected to the 28th JDC bench in 1972 and served there until 1984, when he was appointed a Federal Immigration Judge for Oakdale, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas where he served until 2006. Judge Hughes was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, American Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, and the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. He also served as Post Commander of VFW Post #5002 in Jena, Louisiana, and President of the Jena Kiwanis.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 11th JDC Judge John S. Pickett, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/Pickett_John_S_Jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 11th JDC Judge John S. Pickett, Jr.,&nbsp;</strong>93, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Following his service during World War II with the 8th U.S. Army Air Corp, 385th bomb group, 50th squadron where he was an Engineer and Top Turret Gunner on a B-17, flying 29 missions over Europe, Judge Pickett received his law degree in 1952 and began practicing law with his father at Pickett &amp; Pickett law firm. He was a member of the Sabine Parish School Board from 1960-1968 and served in the Louisiana State Legislature as a State Representative from 1968-1972. From 1972-1990, Mr. Pickett served as District Judge for the 11th Judicial District where he followed his father, Judge John S. Pickett, Sr., as judge on the 11th JDC bench following his father&rsquo;s retirement. He continued serving on that court until his own retirement in 1990, where he was followed by his daughter, Judge Elizabeth Pickett, who now serves on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. Following his retirement he returned to the practice of law in Many, La.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Daniel W. LeBlanc" src="/in_memoriam/images/LeBlanc_Daniel_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 1st Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Daniel W. LeBlanc</strong>, 82, died Sunday, May 12, 2013. Judge LeBlanc was a 1951 graduate of Spring Hill College and earned his JD degree in 1956 from Loyola Law School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 and is a former Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was in the practice of law for 12 years before his election to Baton Rouge City Court where he served from 1969-1972. In 1972 he took his oath as judge on the 19th JDC and served on that bench until 1986, when he was elected to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal. He retired from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in 2000.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired First City Court of New Orleans Chief Judge Dominic C. Grieshaber" src="/in_memoriam/images/Grieshaber_Dominic_C_web.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired First City Court of New Orleans Chief Judge Dominic C. Grieshaber</strong>, 87, died Monday, March 26, 2012. After service in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946, he attended Loyola University and earned his JD degree in 1951. Judge Grieshaber was engaged in the general practice of law from 1951 until November, 1964, at which time he was sworn in as judge of Section B of the First City Court of New Orleans. He served there until his retirement in 1998. He was a former attorney for the Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana, and a former attorney for the Director of Finance for the City of New Orleans. He served as a member of the Court of Appeals of the American Judges Association and was a member of many civic and cultural associations.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 16th JDC Judge Edward A. de la Houssaye, III" src="/in_memoriam/images/delaHoussaye_Edward_A_III.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 16th JDC Judge Edward A. de la Houssaye, III</strong>, 80, died Monday, March 21, 2011. He earned his B.S. degree from LSU in 1951 and then was commissioned as 2nd Lt. from the ROTC. He served two years with Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Air Force, from 1951-1953 during the Korean War, later separating with the rank of 1st Lt. He then attended Tulane School of Law, where he earned his L.L.B. in 1956 and subsequently obtained a JD degree. de la Houssaye set up a private practice in New Orleans, later moving it to Franklin, La., during which time he was appointed First Assistant District Attorney. His practice ended in 1965 when he was appointed judge of Division C, 16th JDC, where he was later elected to serve beginning in 1966 and subsequently reelected until his retirement in 1994. He served by appointment on the First Circuit Court of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is a 1969 graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges, Reno, Nevada. He was involved with a number of civic and professional organizations including service as president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile Court Judges in 1972 and president of the Louisiana District Judges Association, 1974-1975. He served on the Governor&rsquo;s Committee on Judicial Salaries and was a member of the committee appointed to revise the juvenile laws and to draft a Juvenile Code for the State of Louisiana.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="New Orleans Traffic Court Judge Dennis J. Dannel" src="/in_memoriam/images/Dannel_Dennis_J.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>New Orleans Traffic Court Judge Dennis J. Dannel</strong>, 67, died January 21, 2011. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans in 1971 and his JD from LSU Law School in 1974. Prior to his election to the bench he served as an assistant U.S. attorney for three years, including one as chief of narcotics. Additionally, he served with the public defender&rsquo;s office at Orleans Parish Juvenile Court before entering into the private practice of law in 1981. He took his first oath as Traffic Court judge in 1989.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Traffic Court Judge Oliver S. Delery" src="/in_memoriam/images/Delery_Oliver_S_web%20.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Orleans Parish Traffic Court Judge Oliver S. Delery</strong>, 85, died Saturday, January 23, 2010. He took his first oath of office as judge of Division D of Traffic Court on January 1, 1967 and served there 32 years until his retirement in 1998. During his time on the bench, he was a member of a number of local, state and national committees related to Traffic Courts and criminal justice. He was a past president of the American Judges Association and The Louisiana City Court Judges Association. He was not only involved a number of civic, charitable and social organizations, but also served in many leadership positions within those groups. He was a retired Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy and remained in the Reserves where he was a pilot for over 20 years.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="22nd JDC Commissioner James J. Gleason" src="/in_memoriam/images/Gleason_James.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>22nd JDC Commissioner James J. Gleason</strong>, 73, died Thursday, February 12, 2009. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Tulane University and was in the private practice of law before becoming a Public Defender and Assistant District Attorney in St. Tammany Parish. He served as a city councilman in Mandeville from 1980 until his appointment as court commissioner in 1998.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Leesville City Court Judge Chris Smith III<" src="/in_memoriam/images/Smith_Chris.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Leesville City Court Judge Chris Smith III</strong>, 67, died Thursday, February 14, 2008. A 1964 graduate of Louisiana State University, he earned his juris doctor degree in 1967 from Loyola University School of Law. Smith entered into the practice of law in 1967 with the firm of Jackson and Wood. He took the Leesville City Court bench in 1979 and served there until his retirement in 2004. He served as president of the Thirtieth Judicial District Bar Association from 1974-1977, served as a member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana Bar Association, 1976-1978, and was a member of the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, 1977-1979.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Retired Eunice City Court Judge J. Nilas Young, Sr.</strong>, 84, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007. He earned his undergraduate degree from the former Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and joined the U.S. Army, where he served in Korea during World War II.&nbsp; He returned to Louisiana and earned his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School.&nbsp; He was elected judge of Eunice City Court in 1956 and served there until his retirement in 1984.&nbsp; He served as president of the Louisiana City Judges Association and Chairman of the Committee on Jurisdiction for the North American Judges Association.&nbsp; He was a member of a number of civic and service organizations including the city's Chamber of Commerce, where he served as president.</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 20th JDC Judge Wilson R. Ramshur" src="/in_memoriam/images/ramshur_wilson_r.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 20th JDC Judge Wilson R. Ramshur</strong>, 65, died Saturday, January 7, 2006. He earned his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degrees from Louisiana State University, where he was a member of LSU Law Review from 1971 - 1973 and a member of the Order of the Coif. He served as clerk for Louisiana Supreme Court Justice John A. Dixon during the 1973-1974 term of the court, and served as clerk for Justice ad hoc William T. Bennett, First Circuit Court of Appeal in 1976. He was a public defender in the 20th Judicial District from 1976-1978 and a member of the 20th Judicial District Indigent Defender Board from 1976-1978 and served as chairman from 1979-1982. A former president of the Feliciana Bar Association. He was first elected to the 20th JDC bench in 1982 and served there until his retirement in 2002. He was reelected without opposition to that seat in 1984, 1990 and 1996. In 1994, he was appointed chairman of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 32nd JDC Judge Wilmore J. Broussard Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/broussard_wilmore_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 32nd JDC Judge Wilmore J. Broussard Jr.</strong>, 81, died Monday, January 10, 2005. A graduate of Louisiana State University Law School, he served as a U.S. Army Air Force pilot in World War II. He served from 1960 to 1972 as District Attorney for Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, and more than 16 years as a district court judge, from 1974 to 1990. Active in a number of civic groups and organizations, he was a former commander of the American Legion in Houma, a member of the Knights of Columbus and Veterans of Foreign Wars.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired 21st JDC Judge Leon Ford III" src="/in_memoriam/images/ford_leon_iii.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 21st JDC Judge Leon Ford III</strong>, 74, died Sunday, January 18, 2004. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1951 and his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1952. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1952 and served in Korea as Staff Judge Advocate of 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing. He was first elected to City Court of Hammond in 1966 and was reelected without opposition in 1972, serving there until his election to the 21st JDC bench in 1974. He was appointed by the Supreme Court to serve on the Committee that established the Louisiana Judicial College, after which he served as vice-chairman of the new Board of the Louisiana Judicial College. He was a member of the Committee that drafted the new Code of Ethics for the Louisiana Judiciary and served on the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court for six years. He served as President of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and was an instructor of Criminal Law and Criminal Evidence at Southeastern Louisiana University. He retired from the 21st JDC in 1990.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<div><img alt="Retired Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Charles A. “Corky” Marvin" src="/in_memoriam/images/marvin_charles_corky.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Charles A. &ldquo;Corky&rdquo; Marvin</strong>, 73, died Sunday, April 27, 2003. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University where he was a cheerleader, editor of the Tech Talk and was named the Outstanding Journalism graduate. He was later honored by the university by being named a Distinguished Alumnus. After service in the Air Force, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1957. The LSU Law Center later honored Judge Marvin by naming him an honorary member of the Order of the Coif and inducting him into the Law Center Hall of Fame in 1990. Prior to his election to the bench, he was elected District Attorney of the 26th Judicial District in 1971 and was re-elected without opposition in 1972. He took the bench as judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in 1975 and was re-elected in 1978 and 1988 without opposition. He served as Chief Judge of the Second Circuit from 1990 until his retirement in 1999. He taught classes at LSU Law School, Grambling University and Bossier Parish Community College. He also served as president of The Council of Chief Judges of the United States and served six terms as Webster Parish Bar Association President.</p></div><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 14th JDC Judge William Lasater 'Bill' McLeod" src="/in_memoriam/images/mcleod_william_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 14th JDC Judge William Lasater &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; McLeod</strong>, 71, died Sunday, January 19, 2003 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was elected to the 14th JDC in 1990 after serving in the state House for eight years and state Senate for 15 years, where he served as chairman of the Senate Retirement Committee.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired 8th JDC Judge Hiram J. Wright" src="/in_memoriam/images/wright_hiram.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired 8th JDC Judge Hiram J. Wright</strong>&nbsp;died Wednesday, January 9, 2002 in Winnfield, La. He attended Louisiana State University from 1940 until 1943 when he was called to active duty by the Army. Following his graduation from Infantry Officer&rsquo;s School, Judge Wright participated in the campaign in Normandy, France where he was captured by the Germans and remained a prisoner of war until January, 1945 when he was liberated by Russian forces in Poland. He returned to LSU and graduated with an LLB degree in 1948. He was in the private practice of law from 1948 until he was took the bench in 1973. Appointed to the 8th JDC in 1973, he was elected to the same office in 1974 where he served until his retirement in 1984.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Alexandria City Court Judge Edward E. Roberts, Jr." src="/in_memoriam/images/roberts_edward_jr.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Alexandria City Court Judge Edward E. Roberts, Jr.</strong>&nbsp;died Tuesday, November 27, 2001 in Alexandria, La. He earned his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1960 and his Juris Doctor degree from LSU School of Law in 1967. He was an Assistant Professor of Business Law at LSU from 1968-1970. He served as City Court judge from 1985 until his death. He was a Louisiana Legislative Counsel and the director of Cenla Legal Aid. He also served as a Rapides Parish assistant district attorney from 1973-1985.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="Retired Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge Leo B. Blessing" src="/in_memoriam/images/blessing_leo.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>Retired Judge Leo B. Blessing</strong>, 90, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Division B, died on January 13, 2001, less than a month before his 91st birthday. He was a 1931 graduate of Loyola University and received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Law School in 1933. He began the private practice of law in 1933. He served the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1942-1948 as a Federal Probation Officer. He was first elected as judge of the Juvenile Court in 1948 and was re-elected in 1956, becoming Senior Judge of the Juvenile Court in 1960. He was re-elected in 1964 and 1970 and retired on January 1, 1979.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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<img alt="24th JDC Judge Sheldon G. Fernandez" src="/in_memoriam/images/fernandez_sheldon.jpg" style="float:left;padding-right:4px;" width="180" /><p><strong>24th JDC Judge Sheldon G. Fernandez</strong>, 62, died Sunday, February 27, 2000.&nbsp; He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1959 and was later inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame.&nbsp; He received his JD degree from Loyola University Law School in 1968.&nbsp; At one time he served as an assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish.&nbsp; An Army National Guard veteran, he was a member of the District Judges Association, 4th and 5th Circuit Judges Association, the Jefferson, Louisiana and American bar associations, and the Louisiana and American trial lawyers associations.&nbsp; In 1998, he was named Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni of the Year.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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