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2020 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 54
BY SENATORS CONNICK, HENRY AND TALBOT
CONDOLENCES. Expresses condolences upon the death of former judge Henry Garland
Sullivan Jr.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the
3 death of the Honorable Henry Garland Sullivan Jr.
4 WHEREAS, it is with deep regret and profound sorrow that the members of the
5 Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana have learned of the passing of former judge Henry
6 Garland Sullivan Jr. on May 17, 2020, at the age of seventy-two; and
7 WHEREAS, he was born on September 4, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son
8 of Doris LeBlanc Sullivan and the late Henry Garland Sullivan Sr.; and
9 WHEREAS, Henry Sullivan graduated from De La Salle High School in New
10 Orleans in 1965 and earned a Bachelor of Science from Southeastern Louisiana University
11 in 1969; and
12 WHEREAS, he received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 1974
13 and began his legal career in private practice which continued for twenty-two years; and
14 WHEREAS, Henry Sullivan also served as an Assistant Parish Attorney for the
15 Parish of Jefferson, as legal advisor to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and as an
16 Assistant District Attorney for the parish of Jefferson; and
17 WHEREAS, in 1996, he was elected as judge to the Louisiana 24th Judicial District
18 Court "Division M" and his twenty-four year tenure on the bench included his appointment
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1 as Chief Judge in 2008; and
2 WHEREAS, Judge Sullivan was a conservative jurist who handed down tough
3 sentences, but he was known for his relaxed, cordial, and respectful judicial temperament;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, his professional associations included the American Bar Association,
6 the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Fourth and Fifth Circuit Judges
7 Association where he served as President, The John C. Boutall American Inn of Court, the
8 Louisiana District Judges Association, the Jefferson Bar Association, the National Judicial
9 College Alumni, and a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation; and
10 WHEREAS, Judge Sullivan was a lifelong resident of the West Bank, and his love
11 for his neighborhood and community showed in his long list of civic involvement, which
12 included the Gretna Community Association, the Gretna Historical Society, the Jefferson
13 Historical Society of Louisiana, the West Bank Rotary Club, Rotary International, Ancient
14 Order of Hibernians, Forty Niners, the St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association, and
15 Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Club of which he was truly honored to be selected as the
16 2005 "Grand Marshall"; and
17 WHEREAS, he is survived by his loving wife of thirty-two years, Judy Jambon
18 Sullivan; his children, Kathleen Sullivan Couvillion (Kevin), Lauren Sullivan Havrylkoff
19 (David), Alicia Hindelang Austin (Chad), and Henry Garland Sullivan III (Monique);
20 grandchildren whom he loved and adored, Evan Michael Schiavi, Sean Patrick Sullivan,
21 Michael James Tebbe II, Christopher Henry Tebbe, Morgan Sullivan Tebbe, Mason Jude
22 Austin, Davis Hartford Austin; and many loving step-great-grandchildren; and
23 WHEREAS, Judge Sullivan was universally loved and respected by all who knew
24 him, he was an exemplary judge, a wonderful husband, son, father, grandfather, colleague,
25 and mentor, and a friend to many, and he will be greatly missed.
26 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
27 does hereby extend sincere condolences to the family of Judge Henry Garland Sullivan Jr.
28 upon the occasion of his death.
29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
30 wife of Henry Garland Sullivan Jr., Judy Jambon Sullivan.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SR 54 Original 2020 Regular Session Connick
Expresses condolences upon the death of former judge Henry Garland Sullivan Jr.
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