Tom Stagg
| Tom Stagg | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Station: | Shreveport, LA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Richard Nixon |
| Active: | 03/08/1974 - 02/28/1992 |
| Chief: | 1984 - 1991 |
| Senior: | 02/29/1992 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. |
| Succeeded by: | Tucker Melancon |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1923 |
| Home State: | Shreveport, LA |
| Bachelors: | Louisiana State U., B.A., 1943 |
| Law School: | Louisiana State U. Law, LL.B., 1949 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army 1943 - 1946 |
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Tom Stagg is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 1974 after being nominated by President Richard Nixon. Stagg is a Judge serving on senior status.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Louisiana, Stagg graduated from Louisiana State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1943 and later graduated from the Louisiana State University Law School with his Law Degree in 1949. Stagg served in the US Army on active duty as an infantry captain from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professioanl career
Stagg spent his entire legal career as a Private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1949 to 1974. In addition to legal work, Stagg was inolved in business practices including roles as a Vice-president for the King Hardware Co. of Louisiana from 1955 to 1974 and also served as the President The Abe Meyer Corporation based in Shreveport from 1960 to 1974 along with being Managing partner of the Pierremont Mall Shopping Center from 1963 to 1974 and President of his own investment firm Stagg Investments, Inc. from 1964 to 1974. Stagg was managing Partner of Camellia Trading Company since 1974.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Louisiana
Stagg was nominated by President Richard Nixon on February 18, 1974 to a seat vacated by Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. as Dawkins later assumed senior status. Confirmed by the Senate on March 7, 1974, and received commission on March 8, 1974. Stagg served as the chief judge of the court from 1984 to 1991 before later assuming senior status on February 29, 1992.[1] Stagg was succeeded in this position by Tucker Melancon.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Stagg's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. |
Western District of Louisiana 1974–1992 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Tucker Melancon |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dee Drell • Patricia Minaldi • Richard Haik • Rebecca Doherty • Maurice Hicks • Robert James • Elizabeth Erny Foote | ||
| Senior judges |
Tucker Melancon • Tom Stagg • Donald Walter • James Trimble • | ||
| Magistrate judges | James Kirk • C. Michael Hill • Kathleen Kay • Karen Hayes • Mark Hornsby • Patrick Hanna • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Henry Boyce • Alexander Boarman • John Duhe • Eugene Davis • George Whitfield Jack • Gaston Porterie • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Richard Putnam • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • Earl Veron • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Richard Haik • Tom Stagg • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • | ||
