Ex-Judge Thomas Giraud, 61, Sat 26 Years On Traffic Court
Submitted by N.O.V.A. July 2005
Times Picayune 	05-18-1998


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Longtime New Orleans Traffic Court Judge Thomas Giraud died Saturday at Pendleton
Memorial Methodist Hospital from renal failure. He was 61.

A native of New Orleans, Giraud served 26 years as a traffic court judge and
previously served as a city attorney in the administration of Mayor Victor Schiro.

Giraud resigned his court post this past fall, prompting an election to complete
four years of his eight-year term.

A graduate of Tulane University and the Tulane School of Law, Giraud was a member
of the Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and American
Judges Association. He had close political ties to an array of union organizations
and served as a board member for Lutheran High School, Lutheran Social Services
and other groups.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Ida Bahan Giraud; two sons, Patrick and John
Giraud; two daughters, Gretchen and Lauren Giraud; one brother, Frederick Giraud;
and by four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Jacob Schoen &
Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St., with burial in New Palestine Cemetery in
Picayune, Miss. Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday after 9
a.m.