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==Background==

==Background==

   

   

Victory was born to Thomas Edward and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of Minden and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

Victory was born to Thomas Edward Victory and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 1967, he entered  the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review''. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

In 1967, he entered  the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review''. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

On January 8, 2009, Justice Victory swore into office the new Caddo Parish district atorney, the same Charles R. Scott, the Democrat who had lost to Victory for the runoff spot for the high court by forty-two votes fourteen years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottforda.com/|title=The New Caddo District Attorney Charles Scott Is Sworn-in on 1-08-09|publisher=scottforda.com|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>  

On January 8, 2009, Justice Victory swore into office the new Caddo Parish district atorney, the same Charles R. Scott, the Democrat who had lost to Victory for the runoff spot for the high court by forty-two votes fourteen years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottforda.com/|title=The New Caddo District Attorney Charles Scott Is Sworn-in on 1-08-09|publisher=scottforda.com|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>  

   

   

In 2004, Victory ran for the first time as a Republican and defeated in the nonpartisan blanket primary the Democrat Stephen Beasley, 74,320 (60.9 percent) to 47,799 (39.1 percent) in the . Victory led in five of the eleven parishes in the district emcompassing northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09182004/09182004_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, September 18, 2004|publisher=static results.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 2004, Victory ran for the first time as a Republican and defeated in the nonpartisan blanket primary the Democrat Stephen Beasley, 74,320 (60.9 percent) to 47,799 (39.1 percent). Victory led in five of the eleven parishes in the district emcompassing northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09182004/09182004_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, September 18, 2004|publisher=static results.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Victory is a charter member of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission and has been a director of the Louisiana Judicial College. He is a member of the National Lawyers Association and the American, Louisiana state, and Shreveport bar associations.<ref name=bio/>

Victory is a charter member of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission and has been a director of the Louisiana Judicial College. He is a member of the National Lawyers Association and the American, Louisiana state, and Shreveport bar associations.<ref name=bio/>

Victory is a member of the committee which has been organizing a new law school being built in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville in central Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17</ref>

Victory is a member of the committee which has been organizing a new law school being built in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in central Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17</ref>

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