Louisiana Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Oct. 15.
Attorney John D. Fitzmorris, Jr. has been appointed to the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana for a four-year term which commenced September 1, 2021. Mr. Fitzmorris was selected by the Conference of Court of Appeal Judges to serve as an attorney member of the Judiciary Commission, succeeding Edward J. Walters, Jr.
Mr. Fitzmorris received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 1965 and his juris doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1968. He also attended the Judge Advocate General’s School at the University of Virginia in 1968 and received a master’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans in 1999.
From 1968 to 1971, Mr. Fitzmorris served in the Legislative Branch of the Military Affairs Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army, Department of the Army, followed by Chief of the Legal Assistance Office at Fort Polk, Louisiana. From 1972 to 1973, he worked in private practice before serving as Section Assistant at the Office of the District Attorney in Orleans Parish from 1973 to 1978. He was a senior attorney at Texaco Inc. in the New Orleans Division from 1978 to 1998 before returning to private practice from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, he joined the Office of the District Attorney in Jefferson Parish where he served in the Juvenile/Nonsupport Division until 2015. He served as Chairman of the New Orleans Panel of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board from 1990 to 1996 and was an adjunct instructor of Religious Studies at Tulane University’s University College, currently the School of Professional Advancement, from 2006 to 2018. Mr. Fitzmorris is married to Katherine McKay and they are the parents of five children.
The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana is a nine-member constitutionally created body empowered to review allegations of judicial misconduct and to recommend to the Supreme Court that a judge be sanctioned when misconduct is proven by clear and convincing evidence.
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