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|office2=Judge of the  First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B

|office2=Judge of the  First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B

|term_start2=January 1, 2013

|term_start2=January 1, 2013

|birth_date=​

|birth_date=​1963

|birth_place=Reared in Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish​​

|birth_place=Reared in Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish​​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2007)​​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2007)​​

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[Judge]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[Judge]]

|alma_mater=Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)

|alma_mater=South Lafourche High School

Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)<br>

Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])​

Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])​

|residence=Lockport, Lafourche Parish

|residence=Lockport, Lafourche Parish

'''Mitchell Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''', is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] who also served from 1992 to 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for two terms for District 54 (Jefferson and Lafourche parishes). In 2007, he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation. and soon lost his bid to return to the state House.  

'''Mitchell Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''' (born 1963), is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] who also served from 1992 to 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for two terms for District 54 (Jefferson and Lafourche parishes). In 2007, he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation. and soon lost his bid to return to the state House.  

He is the third of four sons of Livingston C. "Budd" Theriot (born 1936) and the former Barbara Peck (1937-2017) of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183794109/barbara-theriot|title=Barbara Peck Theriot|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Theriot is married to the former Veronica Gautreaux, a nurse for the Cardiovascular Institute of the South. The couple has three children, Stuart, Tyler, and Emilee Theriot. He resides in Lockport in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119062709/http://mitchtheriotforjudge.com/endorsements.html|title=Get to Know Mitch|publisher=Mitchtheriotforjudge.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref>

Theriot is the third of four sons of Livingston C. "Budd" Theriot (born 1936) and the former Barbara Peck (1937-2017) of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183794109/barbara-theriot|title=Barbara Peck Theriot|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Theriot is married to the former Veronica Gautreaux, a nurse for the Cardiovascular Institute of the South. The couple has three children, Stuart, Tyler, and Emilee Theriot. He resides in Lockport in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite  

He elected to the legislature in 1991 to succeed Jessie P. Guidry, a Democrat. He won again in 1995. In the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for the legislature, Theriot was unseated after two terms in office by the Republican (later [[Independent voter|Independent]]) Loulan J. Pitre, Jr., an attorney who was born in 1961 in Cut-Off in Lafourche Parish. Pitre polled, 7,187 votes (51.5 percent) to  6,768 (48.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Pitre again defeated Theriot by nearly the same total as he had in 1999, 7,618 (votes 52 percent) to 7,035 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> When Pitre declined to  seek a third term in 2007, Theriot ran to reclaim the seat after an eight-year absence, but after his party switch, he lost to the Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish, a businessman and radio station broadcaster.  

He graduated in 1981 from South Lafourche High School  in Cut-Off. In 1985, he graduated with a degree in business administration from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, also in Lafourche Parish. In 1988, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from Loyola University School of Law in [[New Orleans]]. He is also a former professor of business law at Nicholls State. In 2008, [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Theriot to serve as the chairman of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeal. This three-member panel hears various tax appeals. As of 2012, he had issued more than two hundred judgments regarding individual income tax, sales tax, corporate income tax, and franchise tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217024708/http://mitchtheriotforjudge.com/why-vote-for-me/experienced-law-professional.html|title=Experienced Law Professional|publisher=Mitchtheriotforjudge.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref>

 

 

Theriot was elected to the legislature in 1991 to succeed Jessie P. Guidry, a Democrat. He won again in 1995. In the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for the legislature, Theriot was unseated after two terms in office by the Republican (later [[Independent voter|Independent]]) Loulan J. Pitre, Jr., an attorney who was born in 1961 in Cut-Off in Lafourche Parish. Pitre polled, 7,187 votes (51.5 percent) to  6,768 (48.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Pitre again defeated Theriot by nearly the same total as he had in 1999, 7,618 (votes 52 percent) to 7,035 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> When Pitre declined to  seek a third term in 2007, Theriot ran to reclaim the seat after an eight-year absence, but after his party switch, he lost to the Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish, a businessman and radio station broadcaster.  

In 2007, Pitre declined to seek a third term and Gisclair in a runoff defeated newly-minted Republican Theriot. In the preceding primary on October 20, 2007, Theriot led with 4,797 votes (37 percent) to Gisclair 's  4,396 (33.8 percent). The balance was held by a second Democrat, John Melancon, Jr., with 3,821 votes (29.4 percent). In the general election in November 2007, Gisclair defeated Theriot by 121 votes, 4,128 (50.7 percent) to 4,007 (49.3 percent, in still another narrow race in the highly competitive district. Meanwhile, as Pitre completed his eight years in the legislature, [[Governor]]-elect [[Bobby Jindal]] named him to chair the Transition Advisory Group on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control.  

In 2007, Pitre declined to seek a third term and Gisclair in a runoff defeated newly-minted Republican Theriot. In the preceding primary on October 20, 2007, Theriot led with 4,797 votes (37 percent) to Gisclair 's  4,396 (33.8 percent). The balance was held by a second Democrat, John Melancon, Jr., with 3,821 votes (29.4 percent). In the general election in November 2007, Gisclair defeated Theriot by 121 votes, 4,128 (50.7 percent) to 4,007 (49.3 percent, in still another narrow race in the highly competitive district. Meanwhile, as Pitre completed his eight years in the legislature, [[Governor]]-elect [[Bobby Jindal]] named him to chair the Transition Advisory Group on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control.