Second Circuit Court of Appeal

 

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Shreveport, Louisiana  71101

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Judge Charles B. Peatross

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Date of birth: May 27, 1940; married to Betsy Chandler Peatross; three children: Christopher, Ashley and Allison; resides in Shreveport, LA.

 

CAREER

Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Shreveport, Louisiana; Appellate Judge, elected without opposition in 1996. Re-elected without opposition in 2002.

Private Law Practice, Shreveport, Louisiana for 31 years; Senior Partner in Peatross, Greer & Frazier

Law clerk for Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Shreveport, Louisiana from August 1964 - August 1965

Admitted to practice in the states of Louisiana and Colorado

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA; Juris Doctor (1964)

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Bachelor of Business Administration (1963)

C. E. Byrd High School (1958)

 

PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC AND BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS

President of the Second Circuit Judges Association (2001-2002)

President of the Shreveport Bar Association (1995)

Executive Committee of the Shreveport Bar Association (1994-1996)

Shreveport City Attorney (1983-1986)

Shreveport City Council (1978-1982) and Chairman of Council (1982)

Louisiana State Chairman, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (1984-1986)

Representative to the Louisiana House of Delegates (1974-1994)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Shreveport-Bossier Metropolitan YMCA (1980-1982)

Long Range Planning Committee of the Shreveport Bar Association (1998-2000)

Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Louisiana Bar Association (1996-2001)

Louisiana Appellate Rules Committee (1998 to present)

Judicial Liaison Committee of the Louisiana Bar Foundation (1999-2001)

Appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court to an Ad Hoc committee to study the feasibility of a mandatory internship program for new attorneys (2000-2004)

Harry V. Booth Inn of Court

Member of First United Methodist Church of Shreveport and former member of its Administrative Board