Judge Joe R. Vidrine, Evangeline and St. Landry Parishes, Louisiana
Thirteenth Judicial District

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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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     Judge Joe R. Vidrine was first elected to the office of District
Judge on July 23, 1960.  He was appointed by the Governor of Louisiana
to fill the unexpired term of Judge J. Cleveland Fruge' on July 29,
1960;
his official term began on January 3, 1961.

     Prior to his election to the office of District Judge, Judge
Vidrine
was appointed as sttorney to assist the Inheritance Tax Collector of
Louisiana, which office he held for approximately four years.  He also
served as an assistant to the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana

for approximately three and a half years.

     Judge Vidrine received his grammar school education from Grand
Prairie High School in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana and finally obtained

his diploma from Riverside, California.  Subsequently, he attended
Junior College in Riverside and later transferred to Louisiana State
University, where he completed his undergraduate work and finished law
school in January, 1954.

     Upon completion of his law school, Judge Vidrine opened his law
office at Ville Platte, Louisiana, where he practiced alone for one
year.  He subsequently formed a partnership with L.O. Fuselier, also of
Ville Platte.  This firm was dissolved after six years, upon his
election
to the bench.

     Both his parents are deceased.

     Judge Vidrine was born on July 3, 1923 in St. Landry Parish,
Louisiana.
He is married to Shirley N. Vidrine and they have two children, Richie,
18 years of age; Joseph Todd, two years.

     Judge Vidrine is a member of the Judicature Society, Louisiana
State Bar Association, Evengeline Parish Bar Association, member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, and a member of the Rotary

Club of Ville Platte, Louisiana.

     Judge Vidrine is a war veteran, having served four years in the
United States Navy during World War II.  He served on the battleship
U.S.S. Pennsylvania and served in most of the major battles in the
Pacific
Theatre.

     Judge Vidrine's hobbies are hunting, fishing, and golfing.