After 33 years as an attorney and a four-year stint on the Mandeville City Council that put him in the middle of a contentious land use debate, John Keller is no stranger to legal confrontation.
Itâs experience that should serve him well when he assumes the 22nd Judicial District Courtâs Division D judgeship in January. He will serve a six-year term on the court that has jurisdiction over St. Tammany and Washington parishes.
Keller was elected without opposition in the Nov. 3 election to fill the seat on the bench previously occupied by Judge Peter Garcia, who died in May. Garcia had held the post since 1996, having been re-elected without opposition three times.