Greg G. Guidry

Greg Gerard Guidry (born July 1960)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He is a former Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Greg G. Guidry
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Incumbent
Assumed office June 21, 2019
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Kurt D. Engelhardt
Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
In office January 1, 2009 – June 21, 2019
Succeeded by	William J. Crain
Personal details
Born	July 1960 (age 60)
Political party	Republican
Education	Louisiana State University (BA, JD) National Judicial College (MJS)

Education

Guidry is a 1985 graduate of the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, at which he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and was selected for The Louisiana Law Review. In 2010, he earned a Master of Judicial Studies from the National Judicial College. He was also awarded a Rotary International Foundation Scholarship for International Understanding. During the scholarship year, Guidry studied classical civilizations and Roman law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

State court service

Guidry was formerly a judge on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, to which he was elected in August 2006. Earlier, Guidry served for six years as a judge of the Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court for Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana.

Louisiana Supreme Court

Guidry was elected to the high court on November 4, 2008, with 160,893 votes (60 percent); his opponent, fellow Republican Judge Jimmy Kuhn, received 108,541 votes (40 percent).[2] His service on the Supreme Court terminated once he received his federal judicial commission.

Federal judicial service

In June 2018, Guidry was considered a contender for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.[3] On January 16, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Guidry to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.[4] On January 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Guidry to the seat vacated by Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 10, 2018.[5] On February 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On March 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a party line 12–10 vote.[7] On June 18, 2019, the Senate voted 53–43 to invoke cloture on his nomination.[8] On June 19, 2019, he was confirmed by a vote of 53–46. He received his judicial commission on June 21, 2019.

See also

• List of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court

References

1. "Greg Guidry, July 1960". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
2. The Times-Picayune, Supreme Court results from NOLA.com Archived March 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, November 19, 2008
3. Stole, Bryn; Russell, Gordon (June 20, 2018). "White House eyes Justice Greg Guidry of Louisiana Supreme Court for federal judgeship in New Orleans". The Advocate. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
4. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Nineteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees" White House, January 16, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 17, 2019
6. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for February 13, 2019
7. Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
8. Roll Call Vote 116th Congress – 1st Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 171, United States Senate, June 18, 2019

External links

• Greg G. Guidry at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Personal bio