Katherine Leslie Brash Leslie Brash Jeter

Background

Jeter, Katherine Leslie Brash was born on July 24, 1921 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Ralph Edward and Rosa Meta (Jacobs) Brash.

Education

Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1943. Juris Doctor, 1945). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Law Review, 1945.

Career

Bar: Louisiana 1945, United States District Court (western district) Louisiana 1948, United States Tax Court 1965, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971, United States District Court (eastern district) Louisiana 1975, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1981, United States District Court (middle district) Louisiana 1982. Association Montgomery, Fenner & Brown, New Orleans, 1945-1946, Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Shreveport, 1947-1979. Partner Tucker, Jeter, Jackson and Hickman and predecessors, Shreveport, 1980.

Judge pro tem 1st Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, 1982-1983. Member of advisory commission to joint legislation subcommittee on management of the community. President Young Women’s Christian Association of Shreveport, 1963.

Honorary consul of France. Shreveport, 1982-1991. President Little Theatre of Shreveport, 1966-1967.

President Shreveport Art Guild, 1974-1975. Member task force crimjustice Louisiana Priorities for the Future, 1978. President League of Women Voters of Shreveport, 1950-1951.

Membership

Member American Law Institute, Louisiana State Law Institute (member county 1980, advising committee Louisiana Civil Code 1973-1977, temporary ad hoc. committee 1976-1977, senior officer 1993), American LawInst., Public Affairs Research Council (board of trustees 1976-1981, 91, Executive Committee 1981-1984, area executive committeeman Shreveport area 1982), American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, Shreveport Bar Association (president 1986), National Association Women Lawyers, Shreveport Association for Women Attorneys, Chamber of Commerce Shreveport (board directors 1975-1977), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Robert McLean Jeter, Junior, May 11, 1946.

Father:

Ralph Edward Brash

Mother:

Rosa Meta (Jacobs) Brash

Spouse:

Robert McLean Jeter