Scott Crichton (judge)

Scott Jackson Crichton
Associate Justice (Place 2) of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Preceded byJeffrey P. Victory
Judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court, Division C, in Shreveport, Louisiana
In office
January 1, 1991 – December 31, 2014
Preceded byC. J. Bolin
Succeeded byCharles G. Tutt
Personal details
Born (1954-06-01) June 1, 1954 (age 69)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (2014–present)
Democratic (before 2014)
SpouseSusan "Susie" Simonton Crichton (married c. 1986)
ChildrenStuart Jackson Crichton
Sam Crichton
Parent(s)Tom and Mary Murff Crichton
Residence(s)Shreveport, Louisiana
EducationWebb School
Alma materLouisiana State University
Louisiana State University Law Center

Scott Jackson Crichton (born June 1, 1954)[1] is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport from 1991 to 2014. Crichton was elected to the district court in 1990 as a Democrat. In 2014, he ran without opposition[2] to succeed the retiring Justice Jeffrey P. Victory for the District 2 seat on the seven-member state Supreme Court. The nonpartisan blanket primary for the position was held on November 4, 2014, in eleven northwest Louisiana parishes.

  1. ^ "Scott Crichton, June 1954". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved August 29, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Sarah Crawford (August 23, 2014). "Candidates qualify for November election". Beauregard Daily News, DeRidder, Louisiana. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

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