Biographies: Max Mercer, 1965, Winn Parish, LA. Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: July 8, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American Max Mercer Is Senior Assistant District Attorney New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison recently named Max Mercer as Senior Assistant District Attorney. Mercer will be in charge of all narcotics and vice cases and will act as prosecutor in capital cases. Previous to his promotion, Mercer had been the trial assistant assigned to Section G of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Max is the son of the late Felix J. Mercer and Mrs. Mercer of Winnfield and is a graduate of Winnfield High School. He is also a graduate of Louisiana Tech where he majored in accounting, and of Tulane University where he received his law degree.