| − | '''Robert Lane Pittard''', known as '''Lane Pittard''' (June 19, 1957<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/robert-pittard/lanepittardome/Home?uid=3321448|title=Robert Pittard|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 31, 2019}}</ref> – December 12, 2023), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[judge]] for the District C seat of the [[Louisiana]] 26th Judicial District Court, based in Bossier and Webster parishes in the northwestern portion of his state. Judge Pittard was repected for his reputation of "standing up for victims and putting bad guys away."<ref name=obit/> | + | '''Robert Lane Pittard''', known as '''Lane Pittard''' (June 19, 1957<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/robert-pittard/lanepittardome/Home?uid=3321448|title=Robert Pittard|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 31, 2019}}</ref> – December 12, 2023), was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[judge]] for the District C seat of the [[Louisiana]] 26th Judicial District Court, based in Bossier and Webster parishes in the northwestern portion of his state. Judge Pittard was respected for his reputation of "standing up for victims and putting bad guys away."<ref name=obit/> |
| | A native of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish, Pittard graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He worked in business until 1992,<ref name=obit/> when he obtained his legal credentials from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the [[University of Arkansas]] at [[Little Rock]]. Until his election as judge, he was in private practice with the firm Pittard & Jacobs in [[Bossier City]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Lane-Pittard/Benton-LA|title=Lane Pittard|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> Pittard was also experienced in estate planning, probate issues, business and corporate law, and real estate and property law. For fourteen years, Pittard has been a highly successful prosecutor in the Bossier-Webster District Attorney's office. Pittard was a member of the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bossier City. He and his wife, Adelise, a retiree of the Bossier Parish School Board, have two sons and reside in Benton, the Bossier Parish seat of government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/10/14/pittard-wins-district-judge-seat/761723001/|title=Pittard wins district judge seat|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 14, 2017|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> | | A native of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish, Pittard graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He worked in business until 1992,<ref name=obit/> when he obtained his legal credentials from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the [[University of Arkansas]] at [[Little Rock]]. Until his election as judge, he was in private practice with the firm Pittard & Jacobs in [[Bossier City]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Lane-Pittard/Benton-LA|title=Lane Pittard|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> Pittard was also experienced in estate planning, probate issues, business and corporate law, and real estate and property law. For fourteen years, Pittard has been a highly successful prosecutor in the Bossier-Webster District Attorney's office. Pittard was a member of the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bossier City. He and his wife, Adelise, a retiree of the Bossier Parish School Board, have two sons and reside in Benton, the Bossier Parish seat of government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2017/10/14/pittard-wins-district-judge-seat/761723001/|title=Pittard wins district judge seat|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 14, 2017|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> |