John Francis Parker

Background

Parker, John Francis was born on August 17, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Ignatius Francis and Helen Mary Parker.

Education

Loyola University of Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). University of California at Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1953). Professor of Law, Southwestern University, 19561963.

President, Southwestern University, 1969-1975.

Career

Was threatened with bodily injury.. and ostracized socially. What sustained him was his devotion to the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law."

Jackson noted too that Parker handled thousands of cases, including lawsuits emanating from a chemical leak from a barge of the Ingram Barge Company. Loaded with benzene and toluene, the barge capsized in 1997 across the Mississippi River from the Southern University campus.

In 1985, Parker ordered a grand jury investigation of the General Services Administration because of a leaking roof and falling plaster at the federal courthouse in Baton Rouge.

His efforts led to the $23 million Russell B. Long Federal Building, named for the late United States. Senator Russell B. Long. The new structure, which opened in 1994, is three times the size of the predecessor facility.

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Parker was one of five sons of Police Chief Fred C. Parker, Junior., and the former Laverne Sessions. He graduated in 1945 from Baton Rouge High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1949 from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctor in 1952 from Louisiana State University Law School.

He was a founding member and first president of the Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court.

When Donovan Parker was elected a judge of the state 19th Judicial District Court in 1966, John Parker became affiliated with the firm of Sanders, Downing, Rubin & Kean until his appointment as federal judge in 1979. From 1956 to 1966, he was an assistant parish attorney of the Baton Rouge combined city-parish government. On May 24, 1979, Parker was nominated by United States. President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle 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 1979 to 1998. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1998, and remained on the court until his death on July 14, 2014, at his home in Baton Rouge.

Achievements

• John Francis Parker has been listed as a reputable Workers"compensation Insurance lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He was a member of the staff of the Louisiana State University Law Review and was affiliated too with the Order of the Coif. Parker was a member of the United States Army Judge Advocate General"s Corps from 1952 to 1954 and remained in the Army Reserve until 1964, when he left with the rank of captain. Parker was a member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Baton Rouge and president of Kiwanis International from 1976 to 1977.

He was a member of the Baton Rouge Bar Association and president of that organization in 1968.

Connections

Married Mary Ann Kirkpatrick, December 26, 1950. Children: Kathleen Ann, John Patrick.

Father:

Ignatius Francis

Mother:

Helen Mary Parker

Spouse:

Mary Ann Kirkpatrick

child:

John Patrick Parker

child:

Kathleen Ann Parker