Robert Gillespie James (born June 19, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and was one of the judges involved in a 2006 water rights legal case, Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate.
Robert Gillespie James
Louisiana Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Born 1946 in Ruston, LA
FJC ID: 2782
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Ruston, Louisiana1971–1998
- Louisiana Tech UniversityBusiness law instructor · 1992–1998
- Ruston [Louisiana] City CourtJudge · 1985–1998
Appointments
1998–2016 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)J.D. · 1971
- Louisiana Tech UniversityB.A. · 1968