Henry Newton Brown, Jr.
| Henry Newton Brown Jr. | |
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| Judge of the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal (now Chief Judge) | |
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Assumed office January 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Fred W. Jones Jr. |
| Constituency | District 2: Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, and Winn parishes |
| District Attorney of the 26th Judicial District (Bossier and Webster parishes) | |
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In office 1975–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Charles A. Marvin |
| Succeeded by | James M. "Jim" Bullers |
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December 30, 1941 Bienville Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Bossier City, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Paul M. Hebert Law Center |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | United Methodist Church |
| Website | http://www.lacoa2.org/ |
Henry Newton Brown Jr. (born December 30, 1941) is a Louisiana appellate judge, legal lecturer, and former district attorney. He is serving his third 10-year elected term on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, based in Shreveport, having been elected in 1990, 2000, and 2010.
A native of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Brown was reared in Bossier City. His parents were Henry Newton Brown Sr., a civil engineer for the State of Louisiana for forty-four years, and the former Louise Craighead, who retired as a teacher from the Bossier Parish School Board.
Brown graduated from Bossier High School, where he was an All-American running back. In 1959, he went to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on a football scholarship.
In 1966, Brown graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center, where he studied under Paul M. Hebert, the namesake of the law institution. He joined the United States Army and served in the Special Forces in the Vietnam War. He was an Army instructor at the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and a paratrooper in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968 with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
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