KALISTE J. SALOOM, JR. was born in
Lafayette, Louisiana on May 15, 1918;
1942, admitted to Louisiana bar;
1949,
U.S. Western District Court of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit;
1960, U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
(B.A., magna cum laude, 1939)
Tulane University Law School of Louisiana (J.D.,
1942)
Order of
the Coif, Editor of Tulane Law Review.
Distinguished Jurist Awards: 1981
American Bar Association Flaschner Award;
1982 American Judges Association
Burnett Award;
1987 Mississippi State University Jurist Award;
1988 National
Center for State Courts Award (State Judge Level);
1992 Louisiana State Bar
Association Jurist Award;
1999 U.S. Supreme Court Warren E. Burger Society
Award;
1980 U.S. Department of Transportation Public Service Award (as National
55-Miles-Per-Hour Campaign Chairman).
Career: City Attorney, Lafayette,
Louisiana, 1948-53;
Judge, City Court of Lafayette, Louisiana, 1953-1993, Ret.;
Member, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980;
National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1978-84;
Expert Panel
for U.S. Congress Traffic Safety Act, 1989-1991;
Panel Authoring Louisiana
Children's Code, 1990-1994;
Judge Pro Tempore, Louisiana Court of Appeal, 3rd
Circuit, 1992.
Member: Lafayette (Past President), Louisiana State Bar
Associations;
Louisiana City Judges Association (Past President);
Louisiana
Juvenile Court Judges Association (Past President).
Languages: French.
Practice Areas: Litigation (Of Counsel);
Wills and Estate Law; Corporate
Law; Real Estate Law; Banking Law.
