Eric LaFleur
| Eric LaFleur | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 28th district |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Donald E. Hines |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 38th district |
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In office 2000–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Dirk Deville |
| Succeeded by | Bernard LeBas |
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March 28, 1964 Ville Platte, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Morein |
| Education |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (BA) Tulane University (JD) |
Eric LaFleur (born March 28, 1964, in Ville Platte, Louisiana) is a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. He was first elected in 2007. Earlier he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 38 (Evangeline and St. Landry parishes) from 2000 to 2008. He was first elected without opposition to an open seat vacated by Dirk Deville. He was re-elected four years later in 2003 with 81 percent of the vote.
LaFleur is the son of Dwight LaFleur, a lifelong resident of Ville Platte, a retired merchant and former Air Force fighter pilot. His mother, the former Flo Brown, was reared on a rice farm in Chatgaignier, Louisiana]], and became a registered nurse. LaFleur's wife, the former Julie D. Morein, was born and reared just outside Ville Platte. Her father is a farmer and her mother a teacher. She graduated from Louisiana State University magna cum laude and earned her master's degree from the University of South Alabama at Mobile, Alabama. She is a physician's assistant at St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. Additionally, she is a Louisiana licensed Nursing Home Administrator. The couple resides in Ville Platte with their three children, Atticus, Amélie, and Alistair.
LaFleur is a partner in the law firm of Mahtook & LaFleur. The firm consists of fourteen attorneys with offices in Ville Platte, and Lafayette, Louisiana. He graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, having earned a Bachelor of Arts with three majors, French, Economics, and History. He earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans in 1991. His legal practice is split between transactional work, namely, residential, commercial and public finance and general civil litigation. He is a Red Book listed bond attorney.
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