Elizabeth Erny Foote
| Elizabeth Erny Foote | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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Assumed office June 15, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tucker L. Melancon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Elizabeth Frances Erny January 1953 (age 64) Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Relations |
George M. Foote (father-in-law) William A. Culpepper (husband's uncle by marriage) |
| Education |
Louisiana State University B.A. Duke University M.A. Paul M. Hebert Law Center J.D. |
Elizabeth Erny Foote (born January 1953) is an American lawyer and the third female to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Born Elizabeth Frances Erny in Lafayette, Louisiana to a father who managed an insurance company and a mother who taught school, Foote moved to New Orleans at a young age. Foote earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Louisiana State University in 1974, a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Duke University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1978.
Foote began her professional career working as a part-time proofreader for Franklin Press in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the summer of 1974. She worked as a law clerk from 1976 - 1977 with the firm of McCollister, Belcher, McCleary, Fazio, Mixon, Holladay and Jones. During the latter part of 1977 and into 1978, Foote was a self-employed law clerk in Baton Rouge and then became the law clerk to the chief judge of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, William A. Culpepper of Alexandria, who many years later became her husband's uncle by marriage. From 1979 until 1980, Foote was an associate attorney at a Ledbetter, Percy & Stubbs in Alexandria, Louisiana. From 1980 until 1981, she was an associate attorney at the Smith Foote law firm in Alexandria; from 1981 to 2010, she was a partner at the firm, specializing in commercial corporate litigation, insurance and medical malpractice defense. Foote also served as president of the Louisiana State Bar Association in 2008 and 2009.
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