Press Release

EDGARD – Judge Thomas Daley of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal recently completed his Master’s degree program in judicial process at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Commencement exercises were held May 16 at the campus in Charlottesville, Va.

Daley, a resident of LaPlace, earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1975 from Rutgers University and his Juris Doctorate in 1978 from the Loyola University School of Law.

He served as an assistant district attorney and parish attorney in St. John the Baptist Prish from 1984 to 1989. He served as a judge in the 40th Judicial District Court from January 1991 to February 1996 and as Chief Judge in 1992 and 1994. He has served in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals since March 1996.

From 1993 to date, Daley has been a lecturer at the Louisiana Judicial College, an assistant examiner for the Louisiana Bar Association from 1993 to 2002, a lecturer for the Louisiana State Bar Association CLE Program from 1994 to 2003 and an Adjunct Professor at the LSU Law School from 1999 to 2003.

Daley has served on the board of directors of the 4-H Foundation since 1998 and as chairman of the Keep St. John Beautiful effort.

“The Judicial Graduate Program at the University of Virginia School of Law was challenging and stimulating,” Daley said. “Working with 30 other appelate judges from throughout the United States gave me the opportunity to expand my legal knowledge both academically and practically.”

Daley’s thesis, titled “The Application of the Federal Voting Rights Act to Louisiana Judicial Elections,” was accepted by the law school faculty and deposited in the university library.