Scott Crichton (judge)

Scott Crichton
Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Preceded byJeffrey P. Victory
Personal details
Born
Scott Jackson Crichton

(1954-06-01) June 1, 1954 (age 70)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (before 2014)
Republican (2014–present)
SpouseSusie Simonton (c. 1986–present)
Children2
EducationLouisiana State University (BA, JD)

Scott Jackson Crichton (born June 1, 1954)[1] is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport from 1991 to 2014. Crichton was elected to the district court in 1990 as a Democrat. In 2014, he ran without opposition[2] to succeed the retiring Justice Jeffrey P. Victory for the District 2 seat on the seven-member state Supreme Court. The nonpartisan blanket primary for the position was held on November 4, 2014, in eleven northwest Louisiana parishes.

  1. ^ "Scott Crichton, June 1954". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved August 29, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Sarah Crawford (August 23, 2014). "Candidates qualify for November election". Beauregard Daily News, DeRidder, Louisiana. Retrieved August 29, 2014.