James McKay
James McKay (Democratic Party) was an at-large member of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. He assumed office in 1998. He left office on January 3, 2022.
McKay retired on January 3, 2022.[1]
Education
Judge McKay graduated in 1969 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, and earned his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 1974.[2]
Career
Before he was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court on March 7, 1998, McKay served from 1982 to 1998 on the Criminal District Court bench handling major felonies in Orleans Parish (41st Judicial District). In 1996, Judge McKay was elected to the Board of Governors of the American Judges Association, a position he held as of this writing. After being assistant district attorney, Orleans Parish from 1974 to 1978, he became chief prosecutor of the Criminal Division for the Metropolitan Office of the State Attorney General's office from 1978 to 1982. McKay was an adult probation and parole officer from 1971 to 1974.[2][3]
Awards and associations
As of this writing, he was a member of the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Fourth and Fifth Circuit District Judges Association, and the American Judges Association.[2]
Elections
2022
James McKay did not file to run for re-election.
2012
McKay was re-elected after running unopposed in 2012. [4]
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Supreme Court, "Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge James F. McKay III Announces His Retirement," January 5, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Times-Picayune, "Judge James McKay III chosen to lead American Judges Association," October 14, 2009
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Candidate Database
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