B. Dexter Ryland
| Bert Dexter Ryland | |
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| Ninth Judicial District Court Judge in Alexandria, Louisiana | |
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In office 1990 – June 28, 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 10, 1941 LaPorte, Indiana, USA |
| Died | June 28, 2005 (aged 63) Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Louise Lapeze Ryland |
| Relations | Malcolm Hebert (father-in-law) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Alma mater |
Bolton High School |
| Occupation |
Judge Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
(1) Louise Lapeze Ryland
From first marriage:
John Dexter Ryland
Robert Garnett Ryland
Julie Elaine Ryland Prender
From second marriage:
Clifton Bert Ryland
Melicia Soileau Ryland
Bolton High School
Louisiana State University
Bert Dexter Ryland (October 10, 1941 – June 28, 2005) was a state Ninth Judicial District Court judge in Alexandria, Louisiana, having served from 1990 until his death in office.
In September 1996, Ryland was nominated for outstanding jurist by the Alexandria Bar Association. He died a few weeks after being hospitalized in the Rapides Medical Center with pneumonia. Earlier in the year, Ryland issued a controversial ruling regarding the selection by the board of trustees of the new president of Louisiana College, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Pineville.
A Democrat, Ryland won the "Division E" judgeship in his state's jungle primary held on November 6, 1990, by defeating Bernard Kramer, a personal injury lawyer in Alexandria and also a Democrat. Ryland received 18,602 votes (63 percent) from 108 precincts in Rapides Parish to Kramer's 10,799 (37 percent). Ryland faced minimal or no opposition for his judgeship thereafter. All of the state judgeships in Rapides Parish are held by Democrats.
Ryland was born to C. Bert Ryland and the former Velma Burns (1918–1999) in La Porte in northwestern Indiana. The Rylands afterwards returned to their home in Alexandria, and he graduated from Bolton High School in the city's Garden District in 1959. Afterwards, Ryland, who went by his middle name "Dexter", attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1965, when he was the winner of the LSU Moot Court competition. In 1968, Ryland became president of the Young Lawyers Association. He was treasurer of the Alexandria Bar Association from 1974 to 1975 and a charter member of the Alexandria Young Lawyers Association.
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