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Jeffrey P. Victory

Jeffrey Paul Victory
Associate Justice of the
Louisiana Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 1995 – December 31, 2014
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
Succeeded by Gay Caldwell Gaskins
Judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court
In office
January 1, 1981 – December 31, 1990
Personal details
Born (1946-01-29) January 29, 1946 (age 71)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA
Political party Democrat-turned-Republican
Spouse(s) Dr. Nancy Clark Victory
Children

William Peter Victory
Christopher Thomas Victory
Paul Bradford Victory

Mary Kathryn 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.


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