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Retired
4th JDC Judge Robert T. Farr, 83, died Friday,
March 3, 2006. He earned his undergraduate degree from
Louisiana State University in 1943 and his LL.B. degree
from LSU Law School in 1949. He served in the U.S. Army
from 1943 - 1946 in the southwest Pacific area, the
Philippine Islands and Japan. He was in the practice
of law from 1949 - 1968, serving as law clerk at the
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1954-1955.
He was appointed to the bench in 1968 where he served
until his retirement in 1988. A member of the American
Judicature Society and American, Louisiana State and
Fourth Judicial District Bar Associations. He served
on the House of Delegates and Board of Governors for
the Louisiana State Bar Association and Secretary-Treasurer
and on the Executive Committee of the Fourth Judicial
District Bar Association. In 1999, the Louisiana State
Bar Association honored him for his 50 years of membership. |