Shreveport, Louisiana (2013)
Third District, Section 2, Division C

CAREER

• Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Shreveport, LA: Appellate Judge, 2013
  • Elected without opposition in February 2013
• First Judicial District Court, Shreveport, LA: Judge, 2003 to 2013
  • Elected to office in 2002 and re-elected without opposition in 2008.
  • Presided over cases in criminal, civil and family court sections
• Private Law Practice with Giddens & Garrett, A Professional Law Corporation: October 1982 through December 2002
• Caddo Parish Public Defender Office: Trial and Appellate Attorney, 1979 to 1982
• Louisiana Court of Appeal: Law Clerk to Chief Judge James E. Bolin, 1978 to 1979
• Louisiana Supreme Court: Law Clerk to Justice James L. Dennis, 1977 to 1978

EDUCATION

• Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, LA: Juris Doctorate (1977)
  • Class Rank No. 2
  • Member and Associate Editor of the Louisiana Law Review
  • LSU Law School Hall of Fame
• Louisiana State University: Bachelor of Arts (1974)
• Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, LA: Graduate (1970).
  • Inducted into Captain Shreve Circle of Honor in 2007

PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS

• Member of the founding Editorial Board of The Bar Review, the monthly publication of the Shreveport Bar Association
• Member and Past Chairperson of Shreveport Red Mass Society
• Member, The Harry V. Booth and Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court
• Member, Louisiana State Law Institute Committee on Expedited Jury Trials
• Hearing Office for the Judiciary Commission