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John Volz

American lawyer (1935–2011)

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American lawyer (1935–2011)

Field	Value
name	John Volz, Sr.
image	John Volz of LA.jpeg
image_size	175px
birth_date
birth_place	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
death_date
death_place	Tulsa, Oklahoma
office	United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
term_start	1978
term_end	1991
president	Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
preceded	Gerald J. Gallinghouse
succeeded	Harry A. Rosenberg
party	Democratic-turned-Republican
occupation	Attorney
residence	New Orleans, Louisiana
spouse	Daisy Volz
children	John Volz, Jr.
alma_mater	Jesuit High School

Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush

Tulane University

Tulane University Law School

John P. Volz, Sr. (April 22, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was a prominent lawyer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana under President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, and Presidents Ronald W. Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush, both Republicans.{{cite news

Volz was chosen as U.S. attorney in 1977 after the initial choice, George W. Reese, Jr., of New Orleans, a former Republican national committeeman, withdrew from consideration after the Federal Bureau of Investigation came forward with "allegations" of his drinking, gambling, and procurement of a loan from a financial institution with mob ties.

Volz in time prosecuted reputed Mafia figure Carlos Marcello, Louisiana commissioner of administration Charles E. Roemer, II, Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., Louisiana State Senate President Michael H. O'Keefe, Sr., and Governor Edwin Washington Edwards.{{cite news

In 1995, Volz, running as a Republican, finished third in a crowded nonpartisan blanket primary for sheriff of suburban St. Tammany Parish outside New Orleans. In 1996, failed in a bid to oust Walter Reed as district attorney in the 22nd Judicial District, which covers St. Tammany and Washington parishes.

Volz died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he had been an administrative law judge for several years until forced to retire on December 31, 2010, because of failing health. His widow, Daisy Volz, said that he would be interred in New Orleans.{{cite news

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References

Mark Moseley. (December 18, 2012). "With Letten gone, 'tis the season for intrigue and wild rumors". thelensnola.org.
Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 21, 1995
(13 February 2011). "Former U.S. Attorney John Volz dies". nola.com.

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