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| term_end2=January 1, 2017
| term_end2=January 1, 2017
| succeeded2=Van Kyzar
| succeeded2=Van Kyzar
| office3=[[Judge]] for the 27th Judicial District Court
| term_start=1995
| term_end3=2004
| birth_date=August 24, 1949
| birth_date=August 24, 1949
| birth_place =Place of birth missing<br>
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, [[Louisiana]]
Resident of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=
| death_date=
Northwestern State University<br>
Northwestern State University<br>
Loyola University College of Law in [[New Orleans]]
Loyola University College of Law in [[New Orleans]]
| occupation = [[Judge]]; [[Attorney]]
| occupation=[[Judge]]; [[Attorney]]
| spouse=Martha Genovese<br>
| spouse=Martha Genovese<br>
Seven children
Seven children
Genovese studied at the Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas and in 1971 graduated from Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. In 1974, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans. On November 2, 2004, he was elected as a Democrat to the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, Division B, based in [[Lake Charles]], on which he served from January 1, 2005, until his swearing in for the Supreme Court seat on January 1, 2017. In the 2004 contest, he defeated a Republican candidate, Paul deMahy, 82 to 18 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=November 2, 2004|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
Genovese studied at the Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Opelousas and in 1971 graduated from Northwestern State University in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. In 1974, he received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans. On November 2, 2004, he was elected as a Democrat to the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal, Division B, based in [[Lake Charles]], on which he served from January 1, 2005, until his swearing in for the Supreme Court seat on January 1, 2017. In the 2004 contest, he defeated a Republican candidate, Paul deMahy, 82 to 18 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=November 2, 2004|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
He ran unopposed for another ten-year term on the circuit court in 2014. From 1995 to 2004, he was a Democratic state district court judge.<ref name=ballotpedia/>
He ran unopposed for another ten-year term on the circuit court in 2014. From 1995 to 2004, he was a Democratic judge for the 27th Judicial District.<ref name=ballotpedia/>
On February 15, 2018, the Louisiana Secretary of State listed Genovese as a "No Party" voter, having defected from the Republican Party since his election to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=426051|title=James Genovese 70570 August 1949|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
On February 15, 2018, the Louisiana Secretary of State listed Genovese as a "No Party" voter. He presumably defected from the Republican Party after his election to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=426051|title=James Genovese 70570 August 1949|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
==References==