| JOHN TARLTON OLIVIER
was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, on January
26, 1953, the son of Sunset Mayor John Louis
Olivier and Julie Ann Brinkhaus. He is married
to Terry L. Seemann and they are the parents
of Jeffrey Tarlton and Emily Marie. He received
his undergraduate degree in Business Administration
with a double major in Management and Marketing
from Loyola University in 1976 where he was
the recipient of the Alumni Award for Outstanding
Senior. He received his Juris Doctor degree
in 1979 from Loyola University School of Law.
He is admitted to the Louisiana State Bar
and to practice in the Eastern and Western
Districts of the United States District Court
and in the United States Supreme Court.
Mr.
Olivier entered the private practice of
law with the firm of Olivier & Brinkhaus
in 1979, served as Secretary-Treasurer of
the St. Landry Parish Bar Association and
of the Sertoma International-Sunset Area
Sertoma. In 1982 he moved to New Orleans
and worked for the Board of Commissioners
for the Port of New Orleans, and served
as Dredging Committee Chairman of the Marine
Safety Society. He served on the Vocational
Tech Committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
New Orleans and the River Region; was appointed
by the Mayor to the Anti-Truancy Committee
for the City of New Orleans and the Orleans
Parish School Board and served as a member
of the Metropolitan Area Committee and on
the Forum Selection Committee. In 1985 he
was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court
as Deputy Clerk and on March 1, 1996, was
sworn in as Clerk of Court.
Mr.
Olivier graduated from the National Center
for State Court's Institute for Court Management
and in 1991 was recognized as a Fellow of
the Institute during ceremonies at the United
States Supreme Court, presided over by Chief
Justice Warren Burger, Retired. Since 1991,
Mr. Olivier has been a member of the Conference
of State Court Administrators (COSCA)/National
Center for State Courts (NCSC) Court Statistics
Project Advisory Committee which guides
and directs staff in the content, design,
collection, compilation, and analysis of
State court caseload statistics for the
nation. Also, he is currently a member of
the Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical
Society, National Conference of Appellate
Court Clerks, National Association for Court
Management, American Bar Association, and
Louisiana State Bar Association.
In
his spare time, Mr. Olivier enjoys sailing
with his family and friends. |
