PERSONAL DATA
Born in Abbeville, July 28, 1943; son of Irby and Lillian Mouton Hebert; maternal and paternal ancestors were pioneer settlers of Vermilion Parish; married, April 18, 1970, in Houston, Texas, to Meg Burns Hebert; four children: Margaret Hebert Dufour, Miia Hebert, Mary Grace Hebert and Madeleine Hebert.
JUDICIAL
EXPERIENCE
History of elected/appointed offices held:
Appointed part-time U. S. Magistrate,
Western District of Louisiana,
Lafayette-Opelousas Division, July 1,
1975-July 10, 1980. Elected to the 15th
Judicial District Court, Division “C”; first
judicial oath: October 3, 1980; re-elected
for four successive terms, subsequent
judicial oaths: January 1, 1985, January 1,
1991, January 1, 1997, and January 1, 2003;
retired January 1, 2009.
EDUCATION
Abbeville High School 1961
Louisiana State University 1966 - Bachelor
of Arts (Chemistry Major)
Louisiana State University 1970 - Juris
Doctor
(at L.S.U., member of a freshman honor
society, Phi Eta Sigma; a social fraternity,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; a legal fraternity, Phi
Alpha Delta.)
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC
AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Francophone Section of the
Louisiana Bar Association
Member of the Abbey Players since 1977, Past
Board Member
Advisory Board, Mount Carmel, Abbeville,
1981-84
Board of Trustees, Academy of the Sacred
Heart, Grand Coteau, 1991-99
Chevalier, Confrérie de L’Omelette Géante
d’Abbeville
Volunteer Tour Guide of Abbeville
Member of the Family Life Community of the
Diocese of Lafayette since 1990
Member of St. Mary Magdalen Parish Church,
where he is a lector and serves as a mentor
in the in-home marriage preparation program
Serves as judge in high school speech and
debate competitions, elementary science and
social studies fairs, and as a presiding
judge in high school moot court competitions