Juan Labadie
Juan Labadie was a 2014 candidate for the 24th Judicial District in Louisiana.[1][2]
Elections
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Labadie ran for election to the 24th Judicial District.
Primary: He was defeated in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 21.8 percent of the vote. He competed against Michael P. Mentz.
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Education
Labadie received both his B.A. and J.D. from Tulane University.[3]
Career
Labadie is an attorney in private practice based in Gretna, La.[4]
Noteworthy events
Child custody battle leads to judicial campaign
Juan Labadie's divorce and child custody case was first handled by Judge Michael P. Mentz. His ex-wife, Lori Labadie, asked that Juan be given a drug test in April 2014, but he refused to take it. Due to his refusal, Judge Mentz found him in contempt of court, and ordered him to serve 30 days in house arrest. Hours later, Labadie announced that he would run against Mentz in the 2014 election. Mentz then stepped down from Labadie's case, which was taken over by Judge Donald A. Rowan, Jr., who also found Labadie in comtempt of court. Rowan ruled that until Labadie took the drug test, he was prohibited from seeing his children. Labadie said he did not intentionally defy the drug test order, and that the test was unlawfully ordered. "There has never been good cause shown. There's only been mud thrown around that has landed on me," he said.[5][6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "2014 primary results," accessed November 7, 2014
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Juan Carlos Labadie - Lawyer Profile," accessed September 17, 2014
- ↑ Nola.com, "Juan Labadie announces candidacy for 24th Judicial District Court's Division F judgeship," August 12, 2014
- ↑ Nola.com, "Judge orders house arrest for lawyer, who then announces he'll run against the judge," August 14, 2014
- ↑ Nola.com, "Jefferson Parish judge candidate Juan Labadie in contempt for refusing drug test," September 11, 2014
