Shelly Deckert Dick

Shelly Dick


Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Incumbent
Assumed office May 10, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ralph Tyson
Personal details
Born	Rachelle Lynne Deckert 1960 (age 55–56) El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Texas, Denton University of Texas, Austin Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Rachelle "Shelly" Lynne Deckert Dick (born 1960) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. She is the first female judge to serve in the Middle District.^[1]

Biography

Dick was born Rachelle Lynne Deckert in 1960 in El Paso, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, from the University of Texas in 1981 and her Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Paul M. Herbert Law Center in 1988. From 1988 to 1994, she worked at the law firm of Gary, Field, Landry and Dornier. From 1994 to 2013, she was a partner at the law firm of Forrester, Dick & Clark. During her private career, she litigated a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts. From 2008 to 2013, she also served as an Ad Hoc Hearing Officer appointed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission to hear worker's compensation cases and other administrative matters.^[2]^[3]

Federal judicial service

On April 25, 2012, President Obama nominated Dick to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, to the seat vacated by Judge Ralph E. Tyson.^[2] Senator David Vitter initially refused to return his "blue slip", effectively blocking her nomination.^[4] On November 28, 2012, Senator Vitter announced that he would return his "blue slip", permitting confirmation proceedings to proceed on Dick's nomination.^[5] She received a hearing on December 12, 2012. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.

On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2013, by voice vote.^[6] Her nomination was confirmed by voice vote on May 9, 2013. She received her commission on May 10, 2013.

References

External links

Shelly Deckert Dick at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Ralph Tyson	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana 2013–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Louisiana	Engelhardt Feldman Berrigan Vance Fallon Barbier Zainey Africk Brown Triche-Milazzo Morgan 1 seat vacant

M. Louisiana	Jackson Dick deGravelles

W. Louisiana	Drell Doherty James Minaldi Hicks Foote 1 seat vacant

N. Mississippi	Aycock Mills Brown

S. Mississippi	Guirola Wingate Starrett Jordan Ozerden Reeves

E. Texas	Clark Crone Gilstrap Mazzant Schroeder 3 seats vacant

N. Texas	Solis Fitzwater McBryde Lindsay Lynn Godbey Kinkeade Boyle O'Connor 3 seats vacant

S. Texas	Hinojosa Hughes Lake Harmon Rosenthal Gilmore Ellison Crane Hanen Alvarez Miller Saldaña Ramos Marmolejo Bennett Hanks Olvera 2 seats vacant

W. Texas	Garcia Smith Sparks Biery Martinez Ludlum Cardone Yeakel Montalvo Rodriguez Guaderrama Pitman 1 seat vacant

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