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'''Elizabeth Ann Pickett''' (born November 16, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/elizabeth-pickett/elizabethp42522zb|title=Elizabeth Pickett|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 21,  2019}}</ref> has been since the spring of 1997 a sitting [[judge]] of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, based in [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]. Her current term expires in 2022.​

'''Elizabeth Ann Pickett''' (born November 16, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/elizabeth-pickett/elizabethp42522zb|title=Elizabeth Pickett|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 21,  2019}}</ref> has been since the spring of 1997 a sitting [[judge]] of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, based in [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]. Her current term expires in 2022.​

 

==Background and career==​

==Background and career==

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Pickett is a native of  Many in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, one of five children born to Judge John Samuel Pickett, Jr., and the former Joanne Hopkins.

Pickett is a native of  Many in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, one of five children born to Judge John Samuel Pickett, Jr., and the former Joanne Hopkins.

In 1984, she received her [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=thepicketts>{{cite web|url=http://angolamuseum.org/2005%20Justice%20Hall%20of%20Fame.htm |title=Honorable John S. Pickett, Sr., Honorable John S. Pickett, Jr., and Honorable Elizabeth A. Pickett, acknowledging three generation of service by the Pickett family |publisher=web.archive.org |accessdate=October 30, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615213409/http://angolamuseum.org/2005%20Justice%20Hall%20of%20Fame.htm |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }}</ref>​

In 1984, she received her [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=thepicketts>{{cite web|url=http://angolamuseum.org/2005%20Justice%20Hall%20of%20Fame.htm |title=Honorable John S. Pickett, Sr., Honorable John S. Pickett, Jr., and Honorable Elizabeth A. Pickett, acknowledging three generation of service by the Pickett family |publisher=web.archive.org |accessdate=October 30, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615213409/http://angolamuseum.org/2005%20Justice%20Hall%20of%20Fame.htm |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }}</ref>​

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From 1990 to 1997, Pickett was a judge of the Sabine Parish-based Louisiana 11th Judicial District Court. She succeeded her father, John S. Pickett, Jr., in the position upon his retirement. Pickett, Jr., had also served from 1960 to 1968 on the Sabine Parish School Board<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warrenmeadows.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2406139&fh_id=11066|title=John S. Pickett, Jr.|publisher=warrenmeadows.com|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref> and from 1968 to 1972 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legis.la.gov/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.la.gov|accessdate=January 11, 2012}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Her grandfather, John Samuel Pickett, Sr., a native of Miller County, [[Arkansas]], sat on the 11th District Court before his granddaughter was born.<ref name=thepicketts/>​

From 1990 to 1997, Pickett was a judge of the Sabine Parish-based Louisiana 11th Judicial District Court. She succeeded her father, John S. Pickett, Jr., in the position upon his retirement. Pickett, Jr., had also served from 1960 to 1968 on the Sabine Parish School Board<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warrenmeadows.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2406139&fh_id=11066|title=John S. Pickett, Jr.|publisher=Warrenmeadows.com|date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref> and from 1968 to 1972 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=March 21, 2019}}</ref> Her grandfather, John Samuel Pickett, Sr., a native of Miller County, [[Arkansas]], sat on the 11th District Court before his granddaughter was born.<ref name=thepicketts/>​

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In a [[special election]] for the Division A seat on the state circuit court of appeal held on April 5, 1997, Pickett defeated two male candidates from both parties. The vacancy in the eight-parish seat opened when Jeannette Knoll, a Democrat from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, was elected in 1996 to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Pickett received 15,322 votes (43.7 percent); Democrat Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr., then the [[mayor]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and a former member of both houses of the state legislature, trailed with 9,974 votes (28.5 percent), and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], John Gutierrez McLure (born April 1946) of Woodworth in south Rapides Parish, received 9,738 (27.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04051997/04051997_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 4/5/1997|publisher=staticresult.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref>​

In a [[special election]] for the Division A seat on the state circuit court of appeal held on April 5, 1997, Pickett defeated two male candidates from both parties. The vacancy in the eight-parish seat opened when Jeannette Knoll, a Democrat from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, was elected in 1996 to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Pickett received 15,322 votes (43.7 percent); Democrat Edward Gordon "Ned" Randolph, Jr. (1942-2016), then the [[mayor]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and a former member of both houses of the state legislature, trailed with 9,974 votes (28.5 percent), and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], John Gutierrez McLure (born April 1946) of Woodworth in south Rapides Parish, received 9,738 (27.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04051997/04051997_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 4/5/1997|publisher=staticresult.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref>​

Randolph declined to pursue a runoff election against Pickett, who was subsequently unopposed for two ten-year terms in 2002 and 2012.​

Randolph declined to pursue a runoff election against Pickett, who was subsequently unopposed for two ten-year terms in 2002 and 2012.​

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Seven months later, in another special election held on November 15, 1997, Pickett's brother, John W. "Billy" Pickett (born February 1954), also a Democrat, sought to succeed his sister on the 11th Judicial District Court. He was narrowly defeated by Charles B. Adams, a  Republican who polled 4,359 votes (52 percent) to Pickett's 4,010 ballots (48 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11151997/11151997_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 11/15/1997|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref>​

Seven months later, in another special election held on November 15, 1997, Pickett's brother, John W. "Billy" Pickett (born February 1954), also a Democrat, sought to succeed his sister on the 11th Judicial District Court. He was narrowly defeated by Charles B. Adams, a  Republican who polled 4,359 votes (52 percent) to Pickett's 4,010 ballots (48 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11151997/11151997_MultiParish.html|title=Official Election Results: 11/15/1997|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 30, 2014}}</ref>

 

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