John Guidry is a 1983 graduate of Louisiana State University and a 1987 cum laude graduate of the Southern University Law Center. Guidry formerly served as a legislative assistant to the Honorable Joseph A. Delpit. He also served as the assistant clerk of the Louisiana House of Representatives and an assistant parish attorney. Judge Guidry was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1991 and to the State Senate in 1993 as senator for District 14. He was first elected to be a judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in October 1997.
