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'''Andrew Brutton Gallagher''', known as '''Andy Gallagher'''  (September 21, 1929 – April 11, 2020), was a [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was an authority on juvenile crime issues.

'''Andrew Brutton Gallagher''', known as '''Andy Gallagher'''  (September 21, 1929 – April 11, 2020), was a [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was an authority on juvenile crime issues.

Gallagher was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], to Andrew Cadwalleder Gallagher and the former Dulce Brutton, who both died early in life. He was hence reared by Harry and Bertha Brutton, his maternal uncle and aunt. He graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Washington and Lee University, and the WLU Law School. During the [[Korean War]], he served in the [[United States Army]] reserves and was stationed in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] at the height of the [[Cold War]]. Soon after his military service, he was engaged in the private practice of law 1979, when he became the legal officer of the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court.  That same year he was elected as juvenile court judge, a position that he filled until his  retirement in 1999.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=andrew-brutton-gallagher&pid=195954413|title=Honorable Judge Andrew Burtton Gallagher obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 13, 2020|accessdate=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

Gallagher was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], to Andrew Cadwalleder Gallagher and the former Dulce Brutton, who both died early in life. He was hence reared by Harry and Bertha Brutton, his maternal uncle and aunt. He graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Washington and Lee University, and the WLU Law School. During the [[Korean War]], he served in the [[United States Army]] reserves and was stationed in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] at the height of the [[Cold War]]. Soon after his military service, he was engaged in the private practice of law 1979, when he became the legal officer of the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court.  That same year he was elected as juvenile court judge, a position that he filled until his  retirement in 1999.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=andrew-brutton-gallagher&pid=195954413|title=Honorable Judge Andrew Brutton Gallagher obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 13, 2020|accessdate=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

Judge Gallagher served on the committee to write the state's Children' Code.  He was a president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Northwest Louisiana Law Enforcement Planning Council. He was a member of the Shreveport, Louisiana, and [[Virginia]] bar associations and the Louisiana District Judges Association. He was a director of Rutherford House in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

Judge Gallagher served on the committee to write the state's Children' Code.  He was a president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Northwest Louisiana Law Enforcement Planning Council. He was a member of the Shreveport, Louisiana, and [[Virginia]] bar associations and the Louisiana District Judges Association. He was a director of Rutherford House in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>