Kaliste Joseph Saloom

Background

Saloom, Kaliste Joseph was born on May 15, 1918 in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Son of Kaliste and Asma Ann (Boustany) Saloom.

Education

Bachelor with high distinction, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1939. Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1942.

Career

Bar: Louisiana 1942. Attorney City of Lafayette (Louisiana), 1948-1952. Judge City and Juvenile Court, Lafayette, 1952-1993, retired, 1993. Judge pro tempore Louisiana Court Appeal 3d Circuit, 1992.

Of counsel Saloom & Saloom, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1993.

Technical adviser Judicial Administration of Traffic Court Justices. Member judicial county Louisiana Supreme Court, 1960-1964.

Board directors National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1978-1984, advisory county, 1984, member associations committee, 1986(Distinguished Svc. award Trial Judge on State Level 1988). Member National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Advisory Committee, unites states department Transportation, 1977-1980, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws, 1986.

Expert panel Drunk Driving Protection Acting United States Congress, 1989-1991.

With United States Army, 1942-1945. member editorial board Tulane Law Review, 1941. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Achievements

• Kaliste Joseph Saloom has been listed as a reputable lawyer, judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association (Benjamin Flaschner award 1981, vice chair JAD commission on traffic court program 1989-1997), American Judges Association (William H. Burnett award 1982), National Council Juvenile Court Judges, Louisiana City Judges Association (past president), Louisiana Juvenile Court Judges Association (past president), American Judicature Society (panel drafting Louisiana children"s code 1989-1991), Order of Coif, Equestrian Order of Holy Sepulchre (knight commander), Oakbourne Country.

Connections

Married Yvonne Adelle Nassar, October 19, 1958. Children: Kaliste III, Douglas James, Leanne Isabelle, Gregory John.

Father:

Kaliste Saloom

Mother:

Asma Ann (Boustany) Saloom

Spouse:

Yvonne Adelle Nassar

child:

Gregory John Saloom

child:

Douglas James Saloom

child:

Leanne Isabelle Saloom

child:

Kaliste III Saloom