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Sutterfield enrolled as a freshman at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, which he attended until transferring to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1962.  After completing his undergraduate studies, he enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and in 1967, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1981, he obtained a Master of Laws, with distinction, from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, also in New Orleans. He was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in  1967 and the [[District of Columbia]] and the [[United States Supreme Court]] in 1977. His practice through his Sutterfield & Webb firm at 650 Poydras Street concentrates on maritime and insurance law. In 1993, Sutterfield obtained licensing to practice in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=149752|title=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield|publisher=texasbar.com|accessdate=August 21, 2014}}</ref>  

Sutterfield enrolled as a freshman at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, which he attended until transferring to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1962.  After completing his undergraduate studies, he enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and in 1967, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1981, he obtained a Master of Laws, with distinction, from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, also in New Orleans. He was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in  1967 and the [[District of Columbia]] and the [[United States Supreme Court]] in 1977. His practice through his Sutterfield & Webb firm at 650 Poydras Street concentrates on maritime and insurance law. In 1993, Sutterfield obtained licensing to practice in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=149752|title=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield|publisher=texasbar.com|accessdate=August 21, 2014}}</ref>  

Elected at the age of twenty-seven, Sutterfield was the only Republican in the state House during his abbreviated term.<ref name=house/> Sutterfield was only the fifth Republican to have served in the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997) of [[Shreveport]]  (1964-1968 legislative session), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[E. Clark Gaudin]] of [[Baton Rouge]] (1967-1968). Gaudin subsequently returned to serve from 1972 to 1992 as well.</ref> In the state Senate, A. C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr. (1921-1992) of Jennings in [[Jefferson Davis Parish,  served as a Republican, but he had been last elected in 1968 as a Democrat, with the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 18, 2021

Elected at the age of twenty-seven, Sutterfield was the only Republican in the state House during his abbreviated term.<ref name=house/> Sutterfield was only the fifth Republican to have served in the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997) of [[Shreveport]]  (1964-1968 legislative session), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[E. Clark Gaudin]] of [[Baton Rouge]] (1967-1968). Gaudin subsequently returned to serve from 1972 to 1992 as well.</ref> In the state Senate, A. C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr. (1921-1992) of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish,  served as a Republican, but he had been last elected in 1968 as a Democrat, with the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 18, 2021

Since January, 1997, he has served as Honorary Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the states of Louisiana, Texas, [[Arkansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] upon appointment of that island nation.  In 2015, he became the Dean (presiding officer) of the Louisiana Consular Corps.

Since January, 1997, he has served as Honorary Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the states of Louisiana, Texas, [[Arkansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] upon appointment of that island nation.  In 2015, he became the Dean (presiding officer) of the Louisiana Consular Corps.