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Demographics
Type: District Judge
Status: Active
Born: New Orleans, LA (1946)
Race: White
Nominated By: President William J. Clinton ( Democratic)
Employment Background
G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. was impeached by the United States Senate on December 8, 2010 for corruption. See http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/09/nation/la-na-porteous-impeach-20101209.
Special counsel to the attorney general, State of Louisiana, 1971-1973
Private practice, Gretna, Louisiana, 1973-1980
Assistant district attorney and chief of Felony Complaint Division, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 1973-1975
Private practice, Metairie, Louisiana, 1980-1984 City attorney, Harahan, Louisiana, 1982-1984
Judge, Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, 1984-1994
Educational Background
- Louisiana State University, B.A. (1968)
- Louisiana State University Law School, J.D. (1971)
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