Running for Office: Juvenile Court judge, Section 1A, Humphrey
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Former Assistant District Attorney Troy Humphrey is running for Juvenile Court judge, Section 1A.
“It is time for new energy and new methods to be used to address and resolve old problems that have been allowed to continue,” Humphrey said.
A lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Humphrey said he understands the challenges facing youths and their families.
“In the past 17 years, a lifetime in Juvenile Court, too many juveniles have graduated into adult criminals,” he said.
“My charge as a juvenile court judge is to firmly, fairly and effectively apportion rehabilitation, restitution and responsibility to every party that comes before the court,” Humphrey said.
Humphrey, 46, a Democrat and lawyer for 14 years, will face incumbent Kathleen Stewart Richey and School Board member Jerry Arbour, a Baton Rouge lawyer.
Juvenile court is split into two voting districts — 1A and 2B — divided by a jagged boundary line that runs north to south, cutting the parish roughly in half. Section 1A is the eastern half of the parish.
By dispensing justice in an “up close and personal fashion,” Humphrey said, “we will reduce juvenile recidivism and remove from a young person’s life the option of a life of criminal behavior as an adult.”
Humphrey said he is particularly concerned about the plight of young black males who follow a criminal lifestyle.
“Perhaps it is an absence of appropriate role models or some other dysfunction present in the life of a young black male that promotes the making of such bad decisions,” he said. “Whatever the case may be, we will seek to identify the root of the problem and work to reduce, then remove, its ability to negatively impact the child’s life.”
A graduate of Catholic High School, Humphrey earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern University and a law degree from LSU. In 1994, he began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Juvenile Court.
Humphrey also worked for a year as a law clerk in the 19th Judicial District Court and was an associate in the firm of DeCuir and Clark.
He opened Humphrey Law Firm, where he now maintains a general private practice. For the past three years, Humphrey has also worked as an assistant parish attorney involved with property issues.
“It is time for new energy and new methods to be used to address and resolve old problems that have been allowed to continue,” Humphrey said.
A lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Humphrey said he understands the challenges facing youths and their families.
“In the past 17 years, a lifetime in Juvenile Court, too many juveniles have graduated into adult criminals,” he said.
“My charge as a juvenile court judge is to firmly, fairly and effectively apportion rehabilitation, restitution and responsibility to every party that comes before the court,” Humphrey said.
Humphrey, 46, a Democrat and lawyer for 14 years, will face incumbent Kathleen Stewart Richey and School Board member Jerry Arbour, a Baton Rouge lawyer.
Juvenile court is split into two voting districts — 1A and 2B — divided by a jagged boundary line that runs north to south, cutting the parish roughly in half. Section 1A is the eastern half of the parish.
By dispensing justice in an “up close and personal fashion,” Humphrey said, “we will reduce juvenile recidivism and remove from a young person’s life the option of a life of criminal behavior as an adult.”
Humphrey said he is particularly concerned about the plight of young black males who follow a criminal lifestyle.
“Perhaps it is an absence of appropriate role models or some other dysfunction present in the life of a young black male that promotes the making of such bad decisions,” he said. “Whatever the case may be, we will seek to identify the root of the problem and work to reduce, then remove, its ability to negatively impact the child’s life.”
A graduate of Catholic High School, Humphrey earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern University and a law degree from LSU. In 1994, he began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Juvenile Court.
Humphrey also worked for a year as a law clerk in the 19th Judicial District Court and was an associate in the firm of DeCuir and Clark.
He opened Humphrey Law Firm, where he now maintains a general private practice. For the past three years, Humphrey has also worked as an assistant parish attorney involved with property issues.
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