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Biography
Terry Alvin Doughty (born January 16, 1959) is a judge of the Fifth Judicial District Court in Louisiana and a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Biography
Doughty was born on January 16, 1959 in Rayville in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Science, in finance, from Louisiana Tech University and his Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law School, both institutions in Baton Rouge.
State judicial service
As a judge Doughty presides over criminal, civil, and juvenile cases arising in the parishes of Franklin, Richland, and West Carroll. Elected in 2008 to serve as a judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Louisiana, he replaced retiring Judge Glenn W. Strong. He assumed that office on January 1, 2009.
In 2015, Judge Doughty was re-elected to the court and received the Citizen Lawyer Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association. From 1985 through 2008, Judge Doughty served as an assistant district attorney for the Fifth Judicial District. During that period, he prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases, and litigated post-conviction proceedings and juvenile cases. Prior to joining the district attorney’s office, he practiced at the Rayville firm of Cotton, Bolton, Hoychick & Doughty.
Nomination to district court
On August 3, 2017, President Trump nominated Doughty to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert G. James, who assumed senior status on May 31, 2016. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The nomination was endorsed by U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham of Louisiana's 5th congressional district, who like Doughty resides in Richland Parish, and U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Neely Kennedy.