Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. (December 15, 1946 – November 14, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served for sixteen years before being impeached and removed from office in December 2010. He died on November 14, 2021, aged 74.
G. Thomas Porteous Jr.
Louisiana Eastern District Court
Born 1946 in New Orleans, LA
Died 2021
FJC ID: 1917
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Fourth Judicial DistrictJudge · 1984–1994
- Private practice, Metairie, Louisiana1980–1984
- Harahan, LouisianaCity attorney · 1982–1984
- Private practice, Gretna, Louisiana1973–1980
- Jefferson Parish, LouisianaAssistant district attorney and chief of Felony Complaint Division · 1973–1975
- State of LouisianaSpecial counsel to the attorney general · 1971–1973
Appointments
1994–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Impeachment & Conviction
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)J.D. · 1971
- Louisiana State UniversityB.A. · 1968