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The office of attorney general of Louisiana (French: Procureur général de la Louisiane) has existed since the colonial period. Under Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general is elected statewide for a four-year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally, "the attorney general shall have ...
The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort. It is composed of seven justices and meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans . The Court has original jurisdiction over matters arising from disciplinary matters involving the bench and bar. [1] The Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over any case where a ...
Jeffrey Martin Landry (born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2024 as the 57th governor of Louisiana. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
The governor of Louisiana is the head of government of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Louisiana's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. Republican Jeff Landry has served as the current governor since January 8, 2024.
The United States District Court for the District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by 2 Stat. 701, [1] [2] several weeks before Louisiana was formally admitted as a state of the union. The District was thereafter subdivided and reformed several times. It was first subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1823, by ...
Murrill is from New Orleans. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Louisiana State University in 1985 and worked for a newspaper in Florida. She attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She served as the editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review and graduated in 1991. She served as a United States Supreme Court Fellow from 2007 to ...
Louisiana State Police Trooper Donald Cleveland 20 Andrew Lee Jones: Black 35 M July 22, 1991 East Baton Rouge: Tumekica Jackson 21 Robert Wayne Sawyer: White 41 M March 5, 1993 Jefferson: Lethal injection: Frances Arwood Edwin Edwards 22 Thomas Lee Ward: Black 59 M May 16, 1995 Orleans: Wilbert John Spencer 23 Antonio G. James: Black 42 M ...
James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, 1946), is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana. He served as Attorney General of Louisiana. Caldwell lost his 2015 reelection bid to Jeff Landry. In 2018, the interim mayor of Tallulah, Louisiana, appointed Caldwell as interim city attorney. See also