Stephen J. Windhorst
| Stephen Joseph Windhorst | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 86 (Jefferson and Orleans parishes) | |
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In office 1992–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Terry W. Gee |
| Succeeded by | James Wayne "Jim" Tucker |
| Division J Judge, Louisiana 24th Judicial District in Jefferson Parish | |
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In office 2000–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sheldon Fernandez |
| Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | February 12, 1957 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Fritz Windhorst |
| Residence | Terrytown, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater |
Archbishop Shaw High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| On the day that his father left the Louisiana State Senate after twenty years of service, Stephen Windhorst began a nine-year stint in the Louisiana House of Representatives. | |
Archbishop Shaw High School
Tulane University
Stephen Joseph Windhorst, known as Steve Windhorst (born February 12, 1957), is a judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, a position which he assumed on January 1, 2013. Prior to his unopposed election to the appeals court, Windhorst served as a judge of the 24th Judicial District Court in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana from 2000 to 2012.
Earlier, from 1992 to 2000, Republican Windhorst was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson and Orleans parishes. His father, Fritz Windhorst of Algiers, a neighborhood of New Orleans, served as a Democrat-turned-Republican in the Louisiana State Senate from Orleans and Jefferson parishes from 1972 to 1992. The Windhorsts are of German and Italian descent.
Windhorst graduated from Roman Catholic Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero in Jefferson Parish, where he was a three-year letterman in football and tennis. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Tulane University in New Orleans. A P.O.S.T. certified police officer, Windhorst completed the Gretna Police Training Academy. He was a reserve police officer from 1985–1988 and an assistant district attorney and criminal prosecutor from 1982 to 1989.
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