Bio: Judge John F. Fant, Caddo and East Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana
First Judicial District

File prepared by D.N.P.


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>From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J. Cleveland Fruge'
for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.  1971.
Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit
line is retained.  Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.

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     John F. Fant, First Judicial District, Division "D", was appointed to
fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William F. Woods; he took
his oath of office on Septmeber 4, 1971, and his term ends in 1972.

     Judge Fant was born in Marshall, Texas, on November 11, 1937, the son of
Clyde E. Fant and Margaret m. Fant.

     He was educated in the public school system of Shreveport, received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University, and his Juris Doctor's
degree 1962 from Louisiana State University.

     While attending college, he was a member of the Moot Court Board, Order
of Artus, Circle K, ODK, and AK Psi.

     Judge Fant was admitted to the bar on August 29, 1962, and practiced
law in Shreveport from that time until his appointment to the First Judicial
District Court.

     He is active in civic and community affairs, being a member of the
Optimist Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Caddo Foundation for
Exceptional

Children Executive Board, the Red Cross Board, Chariman, Board of Directors of
the Broadmoor Baptist Church, and of the Shreveport, Louisiana, and American
Bar Associations.  He is a Mason and a First Lieutenant in the U.S.A.F.
Reserve.

     Judge Fant lists his hobbies as fishing and gold.

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