Judge Marc T. Amy to conclude 24 years of service on Third Circuit

Judge Marc T. Amy of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, announced today of his decision not to seek reelection, concluding his 24 years of service on the Court at the end of this year.
“I wish to express my deep appreciation to the people of the Third Circuit, and especially my election district, for allowing me the great responsibility, honor, and privilege of serving as their Court of Appeal Judge,” said Judge Amy, who is from Abbeville.
Judge Amy received his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center. He also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law. He was first elected to the Third Circuit, in 1994 and was twice reelected.
In addition to his membership in the Louisiana Bar, Judge Amy is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. By appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Judge Amy has served as a member of The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana and the Louisiana Appellate Court Performance Standards Commission.
Judge Amy is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and an elected member of The American Law Institute, where he served as an Adviser to the Institute’s project on the Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance and on Member Consultative Groups for a number of other projects. He has also served on committees of the Louisiana State Law Institute for projects on the laws of mandate, domicile, deposits and definitions, loan, rents and annuities, respite, aleatory contracts, signification of terms, and water law.
Judge Amy was twice a faculty member of Tulane University Law School’s Summer School Abroad in Spetses, Greece. Further, he authored an article published in the JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION titled Judiciary School: A Proposal for a Pre-Judicial LL.M. Degree, 52 J. Legal Educ. 130 (2002). A version of the article was reprinted in JUDICATURE (July-August 2003). In keeping with his interest in pre-judicial education, Judge Amy was appointed to serve as a member of the Study Group on Pre-Judicial Education, a project of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence.
Judge Amy has worked in a number of other capacities with the American Bar Association, having served on the Advisory Council of the ABA Center for Human Rights and as an officer of the Appellate Judges Conference. He was also Program Chair for the ABA’s Judicial Division as well as the ABA Appellate Judges Conference Education Chair and a Board Member and officer of the Appellate Judges Education Institute. He is a former member of the ABA’s Coalition for Justice, the ABA’s Judicial Division Ethics and Professionalism Committee, and Chair of the Judicial Division Collaborative Court Funding Initiative Committee.
In state activities, Judge Amy has served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Bench/Bar Committee. Also, Judge Amy is a past President and Board Member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education. He served as Vice-President of The Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Society and is a past President and Board Member of Louisiana Appleseed. He is a member of the American Judges Association and the Third Circuit Judges Association.
Judge Amy is married to Dawn Broussard Amy and both are from Abbeville, LA. They are the proud parents of three children, Claire Amy Schultz, Ph.D., Jeanne L. Amy, J.D., and Michael T. Amy, J.D., LL.M.
“On behalf of myself and my family, I’d like to thank all of the people of the Third Circuit, who have been so kind to us over the years,” said Judge Amy. “And I am very grateful for the distinct honor of serving them in this capacity.” After completion of his term, Judge Amy looks forward to continuing to work in the legal community to serve the people of the state.
The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, is one of five circuit courts of appeal in Louisiana. The Third Circuit is the largest; its territory consists of 21 parishes in southwest and central Louisiana. The parishes are Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, and Vernon.