Judge Charles B. Peatross

Shreveport, Louisiana (1996)
Division B, Section 2, Third District

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 and 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