John L. Weimer

JUSTICE JOHN L. WEIMER was born in Thibodaux on October 2, 1954. In 1972 he graduated from Thibodaux High School. He received a B.S. degree in 1976 from Nicholls State University, graduating with academic honors, and his Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University in 1980. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, Justice Weimer served as Judge pro tempore of the 17th Judicial District Court, Division D. He was elected Judge for the 17th Judicial District Court, Division A, in 1995 and re-elected in 1996 without opposition. In 1998, he was elected Judge of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, District 1, Division B, and served until his election to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 2001. He was subsequently elected unopposed to a full ten-year term in 2002.

For fifteen years, 1980-1995, Justice Weimer was an attorney in the private practice of law.

He was also both an Adjunct Professor of Law and a Professor of Law at Nicholls State University during the years from 1982-1997.

Justice Weimer is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Lafourche Parish Bar Association, the Rotary Club, the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department, the Nicholls State University Alumni Board and former Volunteer Legal Counsel, the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce, the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, and the Assumption Chamber of Commerce. He has served as a Delegate to the Louisiana State Bar Association, as the 1997 Regional Co-Chairman of the Citizens' Summit for Justice Reform, and he established and is the coordinator of the Lafourche Parish Student Government Day Program.

Justice Weimer has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including: Victims & Citizens Against Crime Outstanding Judicial Award; Crimefighter's Outstanding Jurist Award; the 2002 Nicholls State University Outstanding Alumni Award and the 50th Anniversary Golden Graduate Award; Who's Who Among American Teachers.