Harmon Drew
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Richard Harmon Drew, Jr. was a judge serving on Louisiana's Second Circuit Court of Appeal, based in Shreveport. He was elected to this position in 1998 and retired in 2017.[1][2]
Education
Drew graduated from Minden High School in 1964. He was student council president in his senior year. He was named the outstanding delegate from Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes in 1963 when he attended Boys' State leadership school in Baton Rouge. He took accelerated classes in high school and was a member of the golf team.
Drew earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1968. He earned his J.D. from Louisiana State University Law School in 1971.
Career
While in private practice from 1972 to 1988, Drew served as first assistant district attorney at Bossier-Webster Parish, Minden, Louisiana, and then as judge on the Minden City Court. He was elected to the 26th Judicial District Court, Bossier-Webster parishes, in 1988. In 1998, he was elected to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, Shreveport.[1]
Harmon and Jean Drew also teach the law of search and seizure and the criminal code to some three thousand peace officers each year. They publish two books annually to explain amendments passed by the Louisiana legislature. Their popular True Blue Drew Book explains criminal law amendments in simple terms.[3]
Awards and associations
Judge Drew is a member of the American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, and the Shreveport Bar Association and is a CLE Speaker on Criminal Law, Ethics and Professionalism, in addition to being a co-founder and former owner of Nuts & Bolts Fun Judicial Seminars.[1]
Biographical details
Drew is a native of Minden, Louisiana, and he and his wife, the former Jean Talley, reside in the Drew ancestral home on Broadway Street. Drew followed in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, who were all judges in area parishes. Jean Drew works with her husband as a research attorney and coauthor.[3] Drew has been a musician since 1962, in his group "Harmon Drew Super Group," and was inducted into the Louisiana Hall of Fame in 2002.[4]
See also
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana