Jefferson D. Hughes III
| Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Hughes III | |
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| Associate Justice (Place 5) of the Louisiana Supreme Court |
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Assumed office February 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Catherine D. Kimball |
| Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the 1st Circuit, Third District, Division C | |
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In office 2005–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Brady M. Fitzsimmons |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Drake |
| Judge of the Louisiana 21st Judicial District Court for Division F (Livingston, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes) | |
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In office January 1, 1991 – December 31, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph E. "Joe Eddie" Anzalone Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth "Beth" Wolfe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1952 (age 65) Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Hughes |
| Parents | Jefferson Jr. and Lorraine Elizabeth Schertz Hughes |
| Residence |
Walker, Livingston Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Denham Springs High School |
| Occupation | Judge; Attorney |
Denham Springs High School
Louisiana State University
Jefferson Davis Hughes III, known as Jeff Hughes (born January 1952), has been since 2013 a Republican associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Hughes is the son of Jefferson Hughes Jr. (1924–2017), a former executive with the paper company, Crown Zellerbach, and the former Lorraine Elizabeth "Betty" Schertz. The junior Hughes was a native of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and the great-great-grandson of Peter Hammond, founder of that city. Hughes Jr. retired in 1986 from Crown Zellerbach as manager of Environmental Services and Association Affairs. He was then named a consultant for Cavenham and Hanson, and he retired again in 2000 as the manager of Government Affairs for Weyerhaeuser. He had spent his later years in Bogalusa in Washington Parish, owned and managed a tree farm and was active in civic matters.
Hughes was reared in Denham Springs in Livingston Parish. He graduated from Denham Springs High School, at which he participated in four sports and was his class salutatorian and a National Merit Scholarship finalist. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on an academic scholarship and received a Bachelor of Arts in History with honors. At the Louisiana State University Law Center, he worked on The Louisiana Law Review. His wife is Lisa Hughes; his siblings, Barbara Hughes Favre and Paul Schertz Hughes (born December 1955) and his wife, Anne.
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