Background
Swift, John Goulding was born on November 12, 1955 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Son of Goulding William Junior and Betty Jane (Richardson) Swift.
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John Goulding SWIFT
John Goulding Swift, American lawyer. Bar: Louisiana 1980, United States District Court (western district) Louisiana 1982, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1983, United States District Court (middle district) Louisiana 1985, United States District Court (eastern district) Texas 1986, United States District Court (eastern district) Louisiana 1986, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1992, United States Supreme Court 1997.
Education
Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Science, 1977. Juris Doctor, 1980). Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk, United States.
District Judge, Edwin F. Hunter, Junior, 1980-1981.
Career
Law clerk to presiding justice United States District Court (western district) Louisiana, Lake Charles, 1980-1981. Associate, partner Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott & Swift, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1981—2001. Partner Swift & Rhoades Limited liability partnership, since 2001.
Achievements
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Bar: Louisiana 1980, United States District Court (western district) Louisiana 1982, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1983, United States District Court (middle district) Louisiana 1985, United States District Court (eastern district) Texas 1986, United States District Court (eastern district) Louisiana 1986, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1992, United States Supreme Court 1997.
Membership
Board directors Hidden Hills Community, Inc., 1987-1993, president, 1989-1993. Board directors Lafayette Parish unit American Cancer Society, 1992-1999, president, 1996-1997, board directors Louisiana division, 1995-1996. Youth director, member administrative board Northwood United Methodist Church, 1992-1993, chair staff-parish relations committee, 1996, member administrative board, 1996, 98, 99, trustee, 1996-1998, chair, 1998.
Member administrative board Asbury United Methodist Church, since 2004, member board trustee, since 2006. Member of Lafayette Parish Bar Foundation (board directors since 2006), Louisiana Bar Foundation since 1997, (secretary-treasurer 2000-2002, vice president 2002-2003, president 2003-2004), Acadiana Inns of Court, 15th Judicial District Bar Association 1993-1994, Lafayette Parish Bar Association 1993-1994, Louisiana Bar Association (committee to study permanent disarmament, House of Delegates 1996—2008, member access to justice committee), Louisiana State University Alumni Federation, Ducks Unlimited.
Interests
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Running, fishing, hunting.
Connections
Married Jan Lynette Whitehead.
- Father:
- Goulding William Swift Junior
- Mother:
- Betty Jane (Richardson) Swift
- Spouse:
- Jan Lynette Whitehead.
