Theodore Michael Haik, Jr., known as Ted Haik (born April 8, 1945), is an attorney in

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, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1996. He represented House District 49, which includes portions of

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, St. Mary, and

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parishes. He is the older brother of U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik of

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and

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candidate in the 2002

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race against the incumbent Democrat

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Background

Of Lebanese descent, Haik was born in New Iberia to Theodore Haik, Sr., and the former Margaret Hannie, both deceased. He graduated from the

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and holds the Juris Doctor degree from the

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-affiliated

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. He is a former captain in the

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. He is a graduate too of the military law course at the

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Political career

Haik was first elected in 1975, when Louisiana established the still-used

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. He won a third term in 1983 over fellow Democrat Kenneth "Kenu" Reeves, 11,107 (62.2 percent) to 6,760 (37.8 percent). Haik won his fifth and final term in 1991, when he again handily defeated another Democrat, James "Jimmy" Romero, 10,444 (67.4 percent) to 5,050 (32.6 percent). As a legislator, Haik was chairman of the House Insurance and Capital Outlay committees and the Subcommittee on the Environment. He was a member of the Judiciary and the Civil Law and Procedure committees. He received eight awards from civic groups for his legislative service. After retiring from the state House, Haik became under Republican

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, the first chairman of the Louisiana Property and Casualty Commission, an advisory body consisting of legislators, the Louisiana Department of Insurance, and consumer groups. The current

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in New Iberia, Haik is a former president of the Iberia Parish Bar Association.

Personal life

In 1982, Haik joined three business partners in the purchase for $12.4 million of the Evangeline Downs racetrack in Lafayette. He is a member of the pastoral council of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Two of Haik's four children, Theodore "Trey" III (born 1972), and Eric Timothy Haik (born 1976), practice law with him in the New Iberia firm Haik, Minvielle, & Grubbs. Haik and his wife, the former Carol Redmond, have two other children as well. Haik's areas of practice include negligence claims, insurance law, criminal defense, corporate law, hospital third-party collections, and

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reimbursement. Some 60 percent of his casework is devoted to litigation. Trey Haik was narrowly elected as New Iberia city judge in the runoff election held on December 6, 2014. He polled 51.3 percent of the vote against a fellow Republican, Edward Landry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haik, Ted 1945 births Living people People from New Iberia, Louisiana Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Louisiana lawyers United States Army officers University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni Loyola University New Orleans College of Law alumni American politicians of Lebanese descent Catholics from Louisiana