Shannon Gremillion
2008 - Present
2026
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Shannon J. Gremillion (Republican Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Gremillion (Republican Party) ran in a special election for the 4th District judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He lost in the special primary on November 3, 2020.
Gremillion changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in 2020.[1]
Education
Gremillion graduated magna cum laude from Louisiana State University in 1991. He earned his J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1995.[2]
Career
Judge Gremillion was admitted to practice law in 1995.
Awards and associations
He is a member of Lafayette Parish Louisiana State Bar Association, the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and the American Inn of Court of Acadiana.[3][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Louisiana Supreme Court elections, 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
Special nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Supreme Court 4th District
Jay B. McCallum won election outright against Shannon J. Gremillion in the special primary for Louisiana Supreme Court 4th District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jay B. McCallum (R) | 56.7 | 122,458 |
 | Shannon J. Gremillion (R) | 43.3 | 93,569 | |
| Total votes: 216,027 | |||
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2016
Gremillion filed to run for re-election in 2016.[4] He was unopposed.
Election results
November 8 primary election
| Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal 2016, First District, Division C, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Shannon Gremillion Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State Official Results | ||
Biographical details
Gremillion and his wife, Kimberly Marlowe Gremillion, have two children. Judge Gremillion lives in Alexandria.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shannon J. Gremillion did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Shannon Gremillion," February 12, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bolen law profile
- ↑ Lawyer Central profile
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
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Federal courts:
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State courts:
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State resources:
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