Jeffrey Paul Victory | |
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Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court |
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In office January 1, 1995 – December 31, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Pike Hall, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Scott Crichton |
Judge of the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal, 3rd District, Division C | |
In office January 1, 1991 – December 31, 1994 |
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Succeeded by | Gay Caldwell Gaskins |
Judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court | |
In office January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1990 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
January 29, 1946
Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
Spouse(s) | Dr. Nancy Clark Victory |
Children |
William Peter Victory |
Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Education | C. E. Byrd High School |
Alma mater |
Centenary College of Louisiana Tulane University Law School |
Occupation | Attorney |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Military service | |
Service/branch | Louisiana National Guard Special Airborne Forces |
William Peter Victory
Christopher Thomas Victory
Paul Bradford Victory
Jeffrey Paul Victory (born January 29, 1946) is a lawyer from his native Shreveport, Louisiana, who from 1995 to 2014 was an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. His former District 2 seat embraces eleven parishes in northwestern Louisiana. Victory is a Democrat-turned-Republican.
Victory did not seek reelection to the Supreme Court in 2014. Republican Judge Scott Crichton of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish ran unopposed to succeed Victory.
A son of Thomas Edward Victory and the former Esther Horton, Victory graduated in 1963 as a member of the National Honor Society at C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. He entered United Methodist-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and in 1967 obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in the fields of history and government. While at Centenary, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of Minden and as a roughneck in the oilfields.
In 1967, he entered the Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, where he was a staff member of the Tulane Law Review. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Louisiana National Guard Special Airborne Forces. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced law with the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson. He is a past president of Shreveport Young Lawyers and served on the Louisiana Sentencing Commission.