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Robert Frederick Collins

Robert Frederick Collins

Louisiana Eastern District Court

Born 1931 in New Orleans, LA

FJC ID: 481

Robert Frederick Collins (born January 27, 1931) is a former civil rights attorney and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Gender
Male
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. Orleans Parish [Louisiana] Criminal District Court
    Magistrate judge · 1972–1978
  2. Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
    1956–1972
  3. Southern University Law School
    Instructor · 1959–1961
  4. U.S. Army
    1954–1956

Appointments

  1. Louisiana Eastern District Court
    1978–1993 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)
    LL.B. · 1954
  2. Dillard University
    B.A. · 1951