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Julie Y. Faulk<br>​

Julie Y. Faulk<br>​

Nancy Y. Jolly​

Nancy Y. Jolly​

|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|religion=[[Roman Catholicism]]​

|religion=[[Roman Catholicism]]​

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Judge]]​

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Judge]]​

On [[Valentine's Day]] 1953, Yelverton married the former Lorraine LeJeune of Addis in West Baton Rouge Parish. Yelverton was soon called by the Air Force to active duty as an intelligence officer with the [[Strategic Air Command]]. Lorraine joined him in the military, and in 1954, Clark J. Yelverton, the oldest of their seven children, was born at an Air Force installation in [[Spokane]], [[Washington]].<ref name=obit/>​

On [[Valentine's Day]] 1953, Yelverton married the former Lorraine LeJeune of Addis in West Baton Rouge Parish. Yelverton was soon called by the Air Force to active duty as an intelligence officer with the [[Strategic Air Command]]. Lorraine joined him in the military, and in 1954, Clark J. Yelverton, the oldest of their seven children, was born at an Air Force installation in [[Spokane]], [[Washington]].<ref name=obit/>​

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After his tour of duty with the Air Force ended, the Yelvertons returned to Baton Rouge where he enrolled in 1955 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LADATA/1998-10/0908766916|title=J. Cleveland Fruge, ''Biographies of Louisiana Judges'', 1971|publisher=Louisiana District Association, publishers. 1971|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> There, their second son, Scott R. Yelverton, was born. While in law school, Yelverton worked for state Senator J. D. DeBlieux of Baton Rouge, whose reputation of honesty and morality in public life Yelverton admired. In his last year of law school, Yelverton received the Allen Barksdale Award for scholastic accomplishments. Upon graduation in 1957, the Yelvertons relocated to Lake Charles where he was affiliated with the firm, Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile. One of his first tasks there was to process government disaster loans following Hurricane Audrey, which particularly devastated neighboring [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana|Cameron Parish]].<ref name=obit/>​

After his tour of duty with the Air Force ended, the Yelvertons returned to Baton Rouge where he enrolled in 1955 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LADATA/1998-10/0908766916|title=J. Cleveland Fruge, ''Biographies of Louisiana Judges'', 1971|publisher=Louisiana District Association, publishers. 1971|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> There, their second son, Scott R. Yelverton, was born. While in law school, Yelverton worked for state Senator J. D. DeBlieux of Baton Rouge, whose reputation of honesty and morality in public life Yelverton admired. In his last year of law school, Yelverton received the Allen Barksdale Award for scholastic accomplishments. Upon graduation in 1957, the Yelvertons relocated to Lake Charles where he was affiliated with the firm, Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile. One of his first tasks there was to process government disaster loans following Hurricane Audrey, which particularly devastated neighboring Cameron Parish.<ref name=obit/>​

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Yelverton entered public service in 1961 as first assistant district attorney for the 14th Judicial District. For the next decade he was legal counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and School Board, and the Airport Authority. In the spring of 1971, then [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] appointed his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Yelverton, to a 14th Judicial District judgeship, a position that he held for eleven years. As a trial judge, Yelverton argued for the acceleration of court business to avoid long  delays. At the conclusion of his tenure on the District Court, Yelverton was recognized by the Supreme Court Judicial Administrator for his promptness in deciding cases. He made several court changes, including the hearing of criminal [[plea bargain]]s in open court, rather than in the judge’s chambers. He also instituted a jury pool system to accelerate the selection of jurors. In 1975, the Louisiana Supreme Court asked Yelverton to help develop a procedure to alleviate the docket of the state Court of Appeal, 1st Circuit in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>​

Yelverton entered public service in 1961 as first assistant district attorney for the 14th Judicial District. For the next decade he was legal counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury and School Board, and the Airport Authority. In the spring of 1971, then [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] appointed his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Yelverton, to a 14th Judicial District judgeship, a position that he held for eleven years. As a trial judge, Yelverton argued for the acceleration of court business to avoid long  delays. At the conclusion of his tenure on the District Court, Yelverton was recognized by the Supreme Court Judicial Administrator for his promptness in deciding cases. He made several court changes, including the hearing of criminal [[plea bargain]]s in open court, rather than in the judge’s chambers. He also instituted a jury pool system to accelerate the selection of jurors. In 1975, the Louisiana Supreme Court asked Yelverton to help develop a procedure to alleviate the docket of the state Court of Appeal, 1st Circuit in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>​

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