Dawn Amacker
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Dawn Amacker is the Division L judge of the 22nd Judicial District in Louisiana. She was elected to this position on October 4, 2008, and was re-elected on November 4, 2014. Her current term expires in 2020.[1][2][3][4]
Elections
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Amacker is running for re-election to the 22nd Judicial District.
Primary: She was successful in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 73.5 percent of the vote. She competed against Nanine McCool.
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Education
Amacker received her B.A. in history and government from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1978 and her J.D. from the Louisiana State University School of Law in 1982.[6]
Career
Amacker began her career in 1982 as a senior law clerk to Judge Hillary Crain of the First Circuit Court of Appeal. She later became a staff attorney of that court. In 1985, she became a partner of the law firm of Collett & Amacker. She worked in that position until her judicial election in 2008. In 1995, she was certified as a family law specialist. She has also served as an ad hoc hearing officer for the 22nd Judicial District and as a judge ad hoc for the Bogalusa City Court.[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results 10/4/2008"
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed December 9, 2014 (Scroll down to "District Judge…")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedprimresults - ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results, Results for Election Date: 11/4/2014," accessed November 11, 2014
- ↑ Nola.com, "Judge Dawn Amacker announces re-election bid for St. Tammany, Washington parishes judge post," August 18, 2014
- ↑ Judge Dawn Amacker, "Background on Judge Dawn Amacker," archived September 5, 2014
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