John Weimer | |
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Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 7, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bernette Joshua Johnson |
Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from the 6th district | |
Assumed office December 13,2001 | |
Preceded by | Harry Lemmon |
Personal details | |
Born | Thibodaux,Louisiana,U.S. | October 2,1954
Political party | Independent [1] |
Education | Louisiana State University,Baton Rouge (BA,JD) |
John Louis Weimer III (born October 2,1954) is an American judge who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana since 2021. [2] [3]
Weimer received a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University in 1980. In 1995,he was elected District Judge for the 17th Judicial District Court. In 1998 he was elected as an Appellate Judge for the Louisiana Court of Appeal,First Circuit. He served in that capacity until he took his seat as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2001. [3] Weimer took the oath of office as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court on January 7,2021. [4]
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