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Julian Parker
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Julian Parker | |
Former judge | |
Orleans Parish Judicial District, Louisiana | |
Tenure | |
1996-2014 | |
Past experience | |
Assistant district attorney | |
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Julian A. Parker was a judge for the Orleans Parish Criminal Court, Section G, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He was first elected to this position on September 21, 1996. He retired at the end of his term on December 31, 2014.[1][2]
Career
Parker is a former assistant district attorney and federal prosecutor. He was elected to the district court in 1996. Since Hurricane Katrina, Parker worked extensively on cases involving economic and social damages caused by the natural disaster.[3]
Approach to the law
As quoted in The Christian Science Monitor,
“ | I've developed a reputation, unfortunately, of being a jerk, but sometimes the lawyers aren't telling me the truth about why they can't present their cases, and my docket is a reflection on me, not a reflection on them.[4] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results: Orleans," September 21, 1996
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed January 28, 2015 (Select "By Parish" and "ORLEANS")
- ↑ The Christian Science Monitor, "A day in a New Orleans courtroom offers a window into the city's embattled justice system," February 27, 2008
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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