Jeff R. Thompson
| Jefferson Rowe Thompson | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish) | |
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In office 2012–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jane H. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Mike Johnson |
| Division B Judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court | |
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Assumed office January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ford E. Stinson, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jefferson Rowe Thompson March 10, 1965 Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Benton, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
University of Louisiana at Monroe Tulane University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer and Judge |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Jefferson Rowe Thompson, known as Jeff R. Thompson (born March 10, 1965), is a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8, a position which he held from January 2012 to January 2015.
A resident of Bossier City, Thompson ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 4, 2014, to succeed the retiring Division B Judge Ford E. Stinson, Jr., a Democrat, on the 26th District Court. His judicial colleagues are Mike Nerren, Jeff Cox, Charles Jacobs, Parker Self, and Michael O. Craig.
A graduate of Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana Central Louisiana, Thompson obtained degrees in real estate and insurance from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (1988) and the Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans (1995). He was affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. While living in Monroe, he was from 1989 to 1992 the ULM (then Northeast Louisiana University) Associate Director of Development. He was also a reserve officer with the Monroe Police Department and an insurance agent for Troy & Nichols Mortgage Company. After obtaining his law degree with honors from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, he relocated to Bossier City to engage in the practice of law and is active in the bar association. He is a member of the large Cypress Baptist Baptist Church of Benton. He is affiliated with the National Rifle Association and was a district director of the Norwela Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In 2004, he was the president of the Bossier Chamber of Commerce.
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