Nominated by Ronald Reagan Role Judge Name F. Little, | Succeeded by Dee D. Drell Preceded by Nauman S. Scott Political party Republican Party | |
Born October 26, 1936 (age 87)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ( 1936-10-26 ) Alma mater Tulane University
Tulane University Law School Residence Alexandria, Louisiana, United States Education Tulane University Law School, Tulane University | ||
F. A. "Pappy" Little Jr. (born October 26, 1936) is a retired United States federal judge.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Little received a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1958. In 1961, he obtained a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law School. From 1961 to 1965, he was in private practice in New Orleans. In 1965, he moved his practice to Alexandria in Rapides Parish. He remained with the Gold, Little, Simon, Weems, and Bruser firm until he was appointed in 1984 to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
On September 11, 1984, Little was nominated to the district court by U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan to fill the position vacated by the retirement of Nauman S. Scott, an original appointee of Richard M. Nixon. Little was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 11, 1984, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge from 1996 to 2002 and then assumed senior status on May 30, 2002. Little was under senior status until his retirement from the bench on May 15, 2006.
While in the Western District, Little sat on some 250 cases on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth circuits.
He returned to private practice in Alexandria after his judicial tenure and specializes in arbitration, mediation, and appellate review. He also lectures on the Constitution of the United States and on topics relating to taxation. Little has written for the Tulane Law Review, Tax Law Review, and Hastings Law Journal. He is also the chief judge for the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.