JM
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American judge
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
6 June 1960(Bernice, Union Parish, Louisiana, USA)
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Education:
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
University of Louisiana at Monroe
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jay Bowen McCallum (born June 6, 1960) is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Education and legal career
McCallum received his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana University), in 1982, and his Juris Doctor degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1985.
Judicial career
McCallum was elected to the Louisiana 3rd Judicial Court in September 2002, taking office the following year. On November 3, 2020, McCallum was elected to a seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated by the retirement of Justice Marcus R. Clark. McCallum assumed office on November 13, 2020.