Greg Gerard Guidry (born July 1960) is a

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of the

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. He is a former associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Education and early career

Guidry is a 1985 graduate of the

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in Baton Rouge, at which he was inducted into the

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and was selected for ''The Louisiana Law Review.'' In 2010, he earned a Master of Judicial Studies from the

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. He was also awarded a Rotary International Foundation Scholarship for International Understanding. During the scholarship year, Guidry studied classical civilizations and Roman law at the

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. Guidry served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he was both chief of the Violent Crime Unit and chief of the Drug Unit, and an assistant attorney general in the Louisiana Department of Justice.

Judicial career

State court service

Guidry was formerly a judge on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, to which he was elected in August 2006. Earlier, Guidry served for six years as a judge of the Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court for

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in suburban

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Louisiana Supreme Court

Guidry was elected to the high court on November 4, 2008, with 160,893 votes (60 percent); his opponent, fellow Republican Judge Jimmy Kuhn, received 108,541 votes (40 percent). His service on the Supreme Court terminated once he received his federal judicial commission.

Federal judicial service

In June 2018, Guidry was considered a contender for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. On January 16, 2019, President

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announced his intent to nominate Guidry to serve as a

for the

."President Donald J. Trump Announces Nineteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees" White House, January 16, 2019
On January 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Guidry to the seat vacated by Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt, who was elevated to the

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on May 10, 2018. On February 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the

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. On March 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On June 18, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 53–43 vote. On June 19, 2019, he was confirmed by a 53–46 vote. He received his judicial commission on June 21, 2019.

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