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)