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Michael E. Kirby
Judge, Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
Assumed office
1999
Judge, 25th Judicial District Court
In office
1985-1999

Michael E. Kirby was a justice with the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. He was first elected to the Court in 1999 and he retired in 2011.[1]

Education

Judge Kirby graduated with a B. A. (History) in 1970 from LSU and earned his J. D. from LSU Law Center, 1973.

Career

  • Judge, Division A, 25th Judicial District Court 1985-1999
  • Member, Plaquemines Parish Commission Council 1975-1984 (President, 1982 and 1983)
  • Member, Plaquemines Parish Democratic Executive Committee, 1982-84
  • Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1983-1984.

Awards, Memberships and Civic Activities

  • President, Plaquemines Bar Association 1981-1982.
  • Knights of Columbus
  • Port Sulphur Volunteer Fire Dept.
  • Louisiana State Fireman’s Association (Counselor 1980-1984)
  • Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival Association
  • Council on Aging
  • Plaquemines Association of Retarded Citizens
  • Plaquemines Prevention Partnership
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges Association
  • The American Judges Association
  • St. Ann Catholic Church (lector).

Judge Kirby was named Outstanding Young Man in Louisiana 1982-1983—Louisiana Jaycees; Outstanding Young Public Servant 1977-1978—Port Sulphur Jaycees; and 1983 Orange King—Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival Association.[2]

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