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Valerie Gotch Garrett

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Valerie Gotch Garrett

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Valerie Gotch Garrett (Democratic Party) ran for election for the 3rd District judge of the Louisiana 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. She lost in the primary on November 8, 2022.

Gotch Garrett was a 2014 candidate for the 15th Judicial District in Louisiana.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Gotch Garrett ran for election to the 15th Judicial District.
Primary: She was defeated in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 23.7 percent of the vote. She competed against Mark Allen Babineaux and Michelle Meaux Breaux. [1][2]

Education

Garrett received her bachelor's degree in upper elementary education and public relations & interpersonal communication from the University of Southern Louisiana. She received her J.D. from Southern University Law Center.[3]

Career

Garrett is a solo practitioner, focusing on family law.[3]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2014: Pro Bono Publico Award, Louisiana State Bar Association
  • 2013: Top Lafayette Volunteer Lawyer
  • 2010: Woman Who Means Business, ABiz
  • 2010-2013: Volunteer Lawyers’ Outstanding Attorney Award, Lafayette Bar Association

Associations

  • Lafayette Airport Commissioner
  • Member, Louisiana Bar Association
  • Member, Lafayette Bar Association
  • Barrister, American Inns of Court
  • Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority[3]

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2022

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