Darryl Derbigny
Darryl Derbigny was a judge for Section J of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana.
Derbigny (Democratic Party) won re-election for the Section J judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Elections
2020
See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Darryl Derbigny (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Derbigny ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, he was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Darryl Derbigny did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Education
Derbigny received his B.A. from Columbia University and his J.D. from the Tulane University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1978.[2][3]
Career
Prior to his judicial election in 2002, Derbigny worked as a lawyer. He also spent 12 years teaching law at Loyola University, where he supervised students' first cases in the criminal court where he now presides. He has also served on the drug court.[2][3]
Noteworthy cases
- Courtroom Weekly: Louisiana Supreme Court tackles first of many anticipated gun law constitutionality cases, December 12, 2013
Noteworthy events
A 2012 audit by Louisiana Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera found that Derbigny and other judges of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court used public funds to purchase "excessive and unnecessary" supplemental insurance policies.[4]
Derbigny claimed he was unaware of the details of the policies. The Louisiana Judiciary Commission found that, although Derbigny did not engage in willful misconduct, he did engage "in persistent and public conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute." In March 2016, the commission recommended that he be publicly censured by the Louisiana Supreme Court and required to reimburse the court more than $57,000.[5]
At a state Supreme Court hearing on September 8, 2016, some of the justices raised doubts about the commission's conclusions. Pointing to a 1994 letter from a special counsel to the commission that said "there was no judicial misconduct involving the purchase of insurance for judges" from the public funds, they noted that the commission had previously considered the policies acceptable.[5]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NOLA.com: The Times-Picayune, "Docket divides hopefuls in N.O. criminal judge race," September 23, 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Martindale.com, "Darryl Anthony Derbigny - Lawyer Profile," accessed December 9, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Orleans Judges Spent Generously on Supplemental Insurance, Audit Finds," November 26, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New Orleans Advocate, "Panel Recommends Judge Darryl Derbigny Be Censured, Fined Over Excess Insurance Policies," September 8, 2016
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
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State resources:
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