The Hon. Scott Crichton
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana
Biography
The Hon. Scott Crichton serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he served 24 years as a judge with the First Judicial District Court (Shreveport/Caddo Parish) and one cycle as a judge pro tempore for the First Circuit Court of Appeal. He has also served as an assistant district attorney for Caddo Parish, maintained a civil practice, and served as an adjunct instructor of Business Law at LSU-Shreveport.
Justice Crichton received his J.D. in 1980 from the LSU Law Center and a B.S. from LSU-Baton Rouge in 1976. He is co-chair of the Louisiana Judicial College, serves on the Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics and is a frequent lecturer throughout the state on Ethics.
