Douglas Gonzales
| Douglas Marion Gonzales Sr. | |
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| Judge of the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, Second District, Division B |
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In office January 1, 1991 – August 1, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Steve A. Alford Jr. |
| Succeeded by |
Michael A. Patterson (interim) |
| Judge of Division L of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish | |
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In office November 24, 1976 – December 31, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Edwin Bailes Sr. (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Erwin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 11, 1935 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Gail W. Gonzales |
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| Alma mater | Louisiana State University Law Center |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Michael A. Patterson (interim)
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Douglas Marion Gonzales Sr. (born December 11, 1935) is a retired judge from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
From 1972 to 1976, Gonzales, a Republican, was the U.S. Attorney for the newly established United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. From 1976 to 1990, he was the judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court, based in East Baton Rouge Parish. He joined the circuit court in 1991 and ran without opposition in 1992 to succeed the retiring Judge Steve A. Alford Jr. on the Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, Second District, Division B. Judge Gonzales retired on August 1, 2002, after more than eleven years on the circuit court, which has jurisdiction over sixteen parishes,
Gonzales received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and his L.L.B. from the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was admitted to the bar in 1963.
Gonzales and his wife, Gail W. Gonzales (born November 20, 1938), reside in Baton Rouge. The couple has at least one son, Dr. Douglas Gonzales Jr. (born April 16, 1967).
Early in his judicial career, Judge Gonzales issued arrest warrants in the case of George W. D'Artois, the Shreveport public safety commissioner under the city commission government who was charged in the assassination in Baton Rouge in July 1976 of public relations specialist Jim Leslie, D'Artois's former campaign consultant from Shreveport. D'Artois was soon released pending lack of evidence but was later indicted for murder. He died in 1977 during heart surgery before he could face a jury, and the Leslie case remains legally unsolved.
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