Elton B. Richey Resume
Bar And Professional Associations
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President & Board Member)
- Criminal Defense Bar Association Of Northwest Louisiana (Founding Board Member)
- Harry V. Booth & Judge Henry A. Politz American Inn of Court
- Shreveport Bar Association (Chairman Criminal Justice Committee)
- Louisiana State University – Shreveport Alumni Association (President 2002-2003, Vice-President 2001-2002; Board Member 1999 to 2003)
- Louisiana Appellate Project (Board of Directors)
- State Bar of Georgia
- Louisiana State Bar
Court Admissions
- The United States Supreme Court
- The United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit
- The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
- The United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- The Louisiana Supreme Court
- All Louisiana State and City Courts
- The State and Superior Courts of the State of Georgia
Education
- Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University Macon, GA; Juris Doctor: May 1991, Magna Cum Laude (Class Rank: Second in Class)
- Louisiana State University – Shreveport
- Bachelor of Criminal Justice: May 1988, Cum Laude – Honors
- Brainard Currie Honor Society (Inducted 1991)
- Order of the Barrister (Inducted 1991)
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Phi Alpha Delta Outstanding Senior Award (1991)
- Best Brief – First Year Moot Court Writing Competition (1989)
- Federal Bar Association – Atlanta Chapter: Outstanding Achievement
- Award American Jurisprudence Awards
- Mercer Law Review: Book Editor: Lead Articles I (1990)
- Moot Court Board (1990-91)
- Trial Practice Team (1990-91)
- Student Staff: National Criminal Defense College (1988-91)
- Zeke Buckner Literary Essay Writing Award (1988) for Short Story, “King of the Hill”
- Outstanding Criminal Justice Student (1988)