Cade Cole

Cole received a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University{{Cite web |title=Cade Richard Cole Profile {{!}} Sulphur, LA Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/mr-cade-richard-cole-34078842/ |access-date=March 19, 2025 |website=www.martindale.com}} and a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School.{{Cite web |title=Louisiana State Court of Tax Appeals :: Local Tax Division |url=http://labta.la.gov/local-tax-division.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=labta.la.gov}}{{Cite web |title=Lawyer Directory – The Florida Bar |url=https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |language=en-US}} While in law school, he received the award for highest performance in Obligations II, Income Tax, Public Utility law and Energy Regulation.{{Cite web |title=Louisiana State Court of Tax Appeals :: Members |url=http://labta.la.gov/board-members.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=labta.la.gov}} After law school, Cole served as a law clerk to Justice Jeannette Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court before entering private practice in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

When serving as a tax judge, Cole was the only judge in Louisiana with statewide jurisdiction. He has served on the DeQuincy Municipal Court and was the city attorney for Sulphur, Vinton, and DeQuincy.{{Cite web |last=Bridges |first=Tyler |date=July 3, 2024 |title=A college president here, a Supreme Court justice there: Jeff Landry is making moves |url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-wants-a-more-conservative-state-supreme-court/article_d45e9d0e-38c0-11ef-9800-439aedb6b62a.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}} He was also a prosecutor and an Assistant District Attorney in the Louisiana 38th and 14th Judicial Districts.

Cole also served as Special Master to expedite the resolution of hurricane related suits in 16 Louisiana parishes and in the United States District Court for Western Louisiana.{{Cite web |date=December 29, 2021 |title=Case Management Order Regarding Certain Property Damage Suits Arising from Hurricane Ida |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/607d87a3a13d08033aa98507/t/61e183961f0a103366c89c2a/1642169239315/Liv+Case+Management.pdf|access-date=December 31, 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Jackson v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 22-cv-4450 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/jackson-v-state-farm-fire-cas-co-7 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=casetext.com}}{{Cite web |last=Paterson |first=Blake |date=April 30, 2022 |title=A court ordered an insurer to pay a penalty for slow-walking a policyholder. Are there more to come? |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/a-court-ordered-an-insurer-to-pay-a-penalty-for-slow-walking-a-policyholder-are/article_72c86666-c80a-11ec-88b4-c7d5797e2eb9.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=The Advocate |language=en}}  He also served as a member of the vetting committee for federal judicial appointments in Louisiana during the first term of President Donald Trump. He chaired the federal court's Magistrate Judge Selection Committee in 2023.

It was reported by The Advocate that Cole was “the early favorite” to succeed Justice James T. Genovese on the Louisiana Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last=Bridges |first=Tyler |date=July 2, 2024 |title=Jeff Landry backs this candidate to be next president of Northwestern State |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/jeff-landry-backs-this-northwestern-state-president-candidate/article_b7411dc0-e84f-51e2-9f7f-f6a0ae2baef0.html |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=The Advocate |language=en}}

Cole was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court on January 29, 2025, when no other candidates qualified to run against him.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Amanda |date=January 31, 2025 |title=New La. Supreme Court justice, Calcasieu judges elected |url=https://www.kplctv.com/2025/01/31/new-la-supreme-court-justice-calcasieu-judges-elected/ |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=www.kplctv.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Cade Cole becomes Louisiana's newest Supreme Court justice without opposition |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/cade-cole-becomes-louisiana-newest-182639849.html |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}} He was sworn into office on April 3, 2025 by retired Justice Jeannette Knoll.{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2025 |title=SWLA’s Cade Cole sworn in to La. Supreme Court |url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/video/2025/04/04/swlas-cade-cole-sworn-la-supreme-court/ |access-date=April 14, 2025 |website=Fox Carolina |language=en-US}}

Cole is a member of the Florida and Louisiana bars. He previously served as Louisiana State College Republican Chair and as a member of the Federalist Society. He is a past member of the Louisiana Baptist Convention's Committee on Moral and Social Concerns and was appointed to the Louisiana Service Commission by Governor Mike Foster.

Cole received the 2013 President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association for work to stabilize indigent defense funding.

Cole has served the Louisiana State Bar Association as Tax Section Chair, House of Delegates Member, and Member of the CLE Programming Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Tax Law Advisory Commission for the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.

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