Education
Washington and Lee University.
Washington and Lee University.
Born in Beaumont, Texas, Shaw received a Bachelor of Surgery from Washington and Lee University in 1953 and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Law School in 1956. He was in private practice in Opelousas, Louisiana from 1958 to 1979. On June 5, 1979, Shaw was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana created by 92 Statistics
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He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. He served as chief judge from 1991 to 1996, assuming senior status on November 15, 1996. He served in that capacity until his death, in 1999, in Lafayette, Louisiana.