Background
De la Parte, Louis A. was born on July 27, 1929 in Tampa, Florida, United States.
De la Parte, Louis A. was born on July 27, 1929 in Tampa, Florida, United States.
Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). University of Florida (Juris Doctor, 1967, replaced Bachelor of Laws conferred, 1953). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at de la Parte, Gilbert & Bales, Professional Association. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Florida. 1956, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1966, United States.
Supreme Court. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.
Phi Delta Phi.
Member, Editorial Staff, University of Florida Law Review, 1952. Author: "Constitutional Law: Discrimination in Jury," University of Florida Law Review, Volume 5, page 194-196, 1952. Member: Supreme Court Commission on Public Employees Rights, 1973-1974.
Governor"s Commissions on: Capital Punishment, 1972.
Uniform Probate Code Revision, 1973-1974. Chairman, Governor"s Task Force on Community Mental Health, 1983-1984.
Member: Speaker"s Advisory Committee on the Future, 1985-1986. Speaker"s Special Water Task Force, 1982-1984.
Federal Judicial Advisory Committee, 1987-1988.
Chairman, Legislatively Mandated Task Force on Florida Mental Health Institute, 1988-1989. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1953. Member: Juvenile and Family Court Committee of Judicial Council of Florida, 1989.
Juvenile Justice System Review Task Force, 1989.
Federal Judicial Advisory Committee of Florida, 1987. Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Rights of Children, 1989.
Committee on Aging of Department of Elderly Affairs, 1989. Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Commission, 1989.
Assistant County Solicitor, Hillsborough County, Florida, 1957-1960.
Assistant State Attorney, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 1960-1961. Member, House of Representatives, Florida, 1962-1966. Member, 1966-1974, President Pro Tempore, 1972-1974 and President, 1974, Florida Senate.
Chairman, Florida Constitution Committee, The Florida Bar, 1975.
Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar.
The Florida Bar Foundation. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Judicature Society. National Health Lawyers Association. Military: Captain, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Air Force, 1953-1956 (Founder, Retired).
Member, Editorial Staff, University of Florida Law Review, 1952.