Marcus R. Clark
| Marcus R. Clark | |
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| Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice (District 4) | |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Chet D. Traylor |
| Judge of the Louisiana 4th Judicial District Court | |
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In office 1997–2009 |
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| Preceded by | John Joyce |
| Succeeded by | Frederic "Fred" Amman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 24, 1956 |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Allyson Ayers Clark (married 1990) |
| Children |
Nicole M. Clark Cooper M. Clark Ryouki M. Clark |
| Residence | Ouachita Parish |
| Alma mater |
University of Louisiana at Monroe Louisiana State University Law Center |
| Occupation | Lawyer and Judge |
| Religion | Baptist |
February 24, 1956
Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish
Nicole M. Clark
Cooper M. Clark
Marcus R. Clark (born February 24, 1956) is a Republican member of the Louisiana Supreme Court from West Monroe, Louisiana, United States, who won his current position in a special election held on October 17, 2009, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Republican Justice Chet D. Traylor of Monroe, formerly of Winnsboro in Franklin Parish. In 2010, Traylor challenged U.S. Senator David Vitter for re-nomination in the Republican closed primary.
Clark was born in Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana to Charles Gerald Clark and Hilda W. Clark (1922–2009). He graduated in 1974 from Sulphur High School and was an Eagle Scout in his youth.
He received his undergraduate degree in 1978 from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. Out of college, he served from 1978-1982 as a detective for the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department. He entered Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, from which he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1985. He returned to Monroe after law school and was an assistant district attorney from 1985 to 1996, when he was elected to the state district court. In 1990, Clark married Allyson Ayers, a neo-natal nurse; the couple has two children.
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