Kyle Green | |
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Member of the LouisianaHouseofRepresentatives from the 83rd district | |
Assumed office January 13, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Robert Billiot |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Southern University (BA,JD) |
Kyle M. Green Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 83rd district. Elected in 2019,he assumed office on January 13,2020.
Green is a native of Marrero,Louisiana,in Jefferson Parish,a suburb of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area. After graduating from Archbishop Shaw High School in 2005,he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge,Louisiana in 2009,and a Juris Doctor from the Southern University Law Center,also in Baton Rouge,Louisiana in 2015. [1]
During college,Green was an intern in the United States House of Representatives. He was also a substitute teacher in the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. In 2011 and 2012,Green worked as a State Farm insurance agent. In 2014 and 2015,he was a law clerk for the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Green later established a private legal practice and served as assistant Attorney General of Louisiana. Green was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2019. He assumed office on January 13,2020,succeeding Robert Billiot. [2] [3]
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