Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Patrick G. Quinlan, 54, died Saturday, June 7, 2003 in New Orleans. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans in 1972 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1974. He was first elected to the bench in 1984 at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, was re-elected without opposition in 1990 and was re-elected again in 2002. Prior to his election to the bench, he was an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish and later was Chief Prosecutor of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Division of the Attorney General’s Office. He then became the Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Division of the Attorney General’s Office.