Nora Kathryn Kathryn Duncan

Background

Duncan, Nora Kathryn was born on February 23, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Robert Ferrie and Elise Grace (Walker) Duncan.

Education

Bachelor in Sociology, MacMurray College, 1968; Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University, 1973; Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law, George Washington University, 1979.

Career

Staff attorney, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, 1973-1976; contract counsel lands and natural resource, Louisiana Department of Justice, Washington, 1976-1978; staff attorney, Louisiana Department of Justice, Shreveport, 1980; associate, Cady & Thompson, Shreveport, 1981-1982; partner, Cady, Thompson & Duncan, Shreveport, 1983; private practice, Shreveport, 1984-1986, 87-88; partner, Walker, Tooke, Perlman & Lyons, Shreveport, 1986; attorney United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department Justice, Oakdale, Louisiana, 1988-1992; retired, Department Justice, Oakdale, Louisiana, 1992. Instructor, director paralegal studies program Draughon Business College, 1987.

Achievements

• Bar: Louisiana 1973, United States District Court (middle district) Louisiana 1974, Supreme Court of the United States Ct.1978, District of Columbia 1979, United States District Court (western district) Louisiana 1981, United States Court Appeals (5th and 11th circuits) 1981.

Membership

Attorney, speech writer Gahagan for United States Senate, Augusta, 1978. Board directors Better Business Bureau, Shreveport, 1985-1986. Literature tutor and trainer AllenParish Libraries Adult Literacy Program.

President Oakdale-Elizabeth Branch Friends of the Library, 1994-1996. Founder, 1st president Reading Education for Adult Development-READ, since 1997. Member Toastmasters International (area 11 governor 1986-1987, area 18 governor 1994-1995, president local chapter 1986, 88, 94, named district 68 Governor of Year 1987, district 25 Government of the Year 1995), Rotary (district 6290 group study exch.team leader 1997), Rotarian of the Year 1994-1995, secretary 1995-1996).

Connections

Father:

Robert Ferrie Duncan

Mother:

Elise Grace (Walker) Duncan