Sharrolyn Jackson Miles
Sharrolyn Jackson Miles (Democratic Party) ran for election for the 2nd District judge of the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. She lost in the general election on December 5, 2020.
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Biography
Miles was born on June 22, 1977, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She graduated from Tulane University with a master's degree in 2001. She went on to obtain her J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 2004. Miles' professional experience includes working as a prosecutor as well as a code enforcement hearing officer for St. John Parish. She is affiliated with the LSBA Ethics Advisory Committee.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate 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.
General election
General election for Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District
Incumbent Jude G. Gravois defeated Sharrolyn Jackson Miles in the general election for Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jude G. Gravois (D) | 56.2 | 5,278 | |
 | Sharrolyn Jackson Miles (D)  | 43.8 | 4,116 | |
| Total votes: 9,394 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District
Incumbent Jude G. Gravois and Sharrolyn Jackson Miles defeated Rob Snyder in the primary for Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 2nd District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jude G. Gravois (D) | 45.4 | 12,939 | |
| ✔ | | Sharrolyn Jackson Miles (D) | 35.1 | 10,002 |
 | Rob Snyder (D) | 19.4 | 5,539 | |
| Total votes: 28,480 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Sharrolyn Jackson Miles completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jackson Miles' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As a long time resident of the River Parishes, Sharrolyn's legal career spans over 16 years. Most recently, she has had the honor of serving as a lead prosecutor for the Honorable Bridget A. Dinvaut, district attorney for the Parish of St. John. She also served as a juvenile, misdemeanor, felony court and special victims prosecutor under the late DA Thomas Daley. For the past 4 years, Sharrolyn has served as the code enforcement hearing officer for the Parish of St. John. She stepped down from both positions in July to campaign full time.
Prior to working as a prosecutor, Sharrolyn began her legal career as a corporate defense attorney at the New Orleans firm, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC; she has also worked in corporate defense at Deutsch, Kerrigan and Stiles. In between that time, she served as the senior law clerk and research attorney for Judge Sandra Cabrina Jenkins at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Sharrolyn has also represented personal injury, family court, misdemeanor, hurricane victims, and small business clients as a solo practitioner for Logos Dunamis Law. While in law school, she served as Executive Editor of Law Review and worked at several other Louisiana law firms including Jones Walker, Taylor Porter, Liskow and Lewis, and Kean Miller.- I will bring a fresh voice and diversity of mindset and experience to the bench. Life experiences tell us that diversity of thought, mindset and experiences matter and if elected in November, I will be the youngest judge serving on the 5th Circuit and only the second person of color to ever be elected to the circuit.
- I will be fair and impartial in my rulings, and will work hard to treat every litigant and every lawyer with respect by given their cases the attention to detail each case deserves, no matter how big or small. This is an issue that has plagued the Fifth Circuit in the past, and I will work hard to make sure that every time my pen touches a case, the litigants walk away confident that their voice has been heard and that it mattered in the decision making process.
- I will work hard to make cases relatable to the general public. A lot os times, we as lawyers get caught up in legal jargon and long important sounding words. I, too, am sometimes guilty of this. As judge, i will strib=ve to write opinions in a way that are clear and precise so that anyone with 10th grade education can easily pick up an opinion and understand the facts, evidence and reasoning. I believe that be doing so, the court becomes more transparent and more accessible to those who may not be able to afford an attorney, especially at the appellate level.
I am also passionate about cases involving domestic abuse and sexual violence, knowing from personal experiences that it often takes victims so long to even have the strength to come forward, and the obstacles they have already faced in getting to the courtroom. As a judge, these are two areas where I will continue to champion for victim rights and services outside of the courtroom.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 19, 2020
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