Paul Joseph Carmouche was born on June 23,1943 and is an American lawyer who served as a five-term District Attorney for Caddo Parish, Louisiana from 1979 to 2009.
13 Facts About Paul Carmouche
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Paul Carmouche was born and reared in Napoleonville in Assumption Parish in south Louisiana, where he attended public schools.
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Paul Carmouche received his Juris Doctor degree in 1969 from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he was President of the Law School student body.
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Paul Carmouche was admitted to the State Bar of Louisiana in 1969.
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Paul Carmouche was first married to the former Margaret Adeline Looney, the daughter of the late Frank O'Neill and Beatrice Mae Burgoyne Looney.
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Paul Carmouche was elected to the office of Caddo Parish District Attorney in the September 16,1978 election at age 35, taking office on January 2,1979.
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Paul Carmouche hired Scott Crichton as an assistant DA; Crichton in 1991 became one of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court judges in Caddo Parish.
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Paul Carmouche is a past president of the Louisiana District Attorney's Association, and is admitted to practice before the Federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court.
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Paul Carmouche retired as district attorney in January 2009 and now is a criminal defense attorney in private practice.
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In February 2008, Paul Carmouche announced that he would not seek re-election as District Attorney.
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On March 19,2008, Paul Carmouche announced that he would run for the congressional seat vacated by retiring Republican Jim McCrery, who held the seat since the spring of 1988.
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On November 4,2008, Paul Carmouche procured the Democratic nomination in a runoff over the African American attorney Willie Banks, Jr.
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On December 6,2008, Paul Carmouche lost the general election by 356 votes to Minden physician John Fleming, who was succeeded in January 2017 by another Republican, Mike Johnson.