Assistant District Attorney Jim Colvin is running for Second Judicial District Attorney now that current DA Danny Newell will be retiring.
Assistant DA Jim Colvin brings success as a prosecutor, trial attorney, and business administrator to the DA position
For more than three decades, Jim Colvin has successfully litigated cases across Louisiana. This success and the working relationships he has established with law enforcement in the Second Judicial District and across our state are invaluable to success in the courtroom.
Since returning to the courtroom after COVID, Assistant District Attorney Colvin has tried multiple felony jury trials and has won unanimous verdicts of conviction in each.
In addition to his success in the courtroom, Colvin’s business success in managing multiple offices and employees is an indispensable administrative advantage that he brings to the position of District Attorney.
By law, a DA provides civil representation to local governmental boards and elected officials. For more than thirty-two years, Colvin has provided highly effective legal representation to sheriffs, local public boards and commissions, and town councils—not only locally but all over the State of Louisiana.
Currently, Jim Colvin represents the Claiborne Parish Sheriff, Sam Dowies, the E-911 Claiborne Parish Communications District, Claiborne Parish Hospital Service District #3, Claiborne Memorial Medical Center, the Bienville Parish Hospital Service District #2, the Bienville Family Clinic, Grant Parish Sheriff Steve McCain, Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker, Franklin Parish Sheriff David Rigdon, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux, Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood, East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis, West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Brian Spillman, Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson, Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre, and the Bossier Parish Police Jury.
Colvin previously represented the Town of Homer, the Town of Haynesville, the Town of Sarepta, the Town of Grambling, the Town of Athens, the Town of Richwood, the Town of Springhill, and Claiborne Electric.
Education & Family
Jim played college baseball at Hill Junior College before earning his BA in history from Louisiana Tech University in 1989. Jim married his college sweetheart, Laura John of Monroe, before leaving north Louisiana for graduate school in New Orleans in 1989.
He attended Loyola University School of Law, where he earned honors as a member of Loyola’s Moot Court Board. He graduated from Loyola in 1992 and became a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association that same year.
Jim and Laura live in Homer, Louisiana where they raised their three children, Jack, Hannah, and Ben. They also have two grandchildren.
These days, Jim enjoys duck and deer hunting, golf, and chasing two grandchildren.
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