Term Ends: 2032
Party: R
Judge Guy E. Bradberry served as the Family & Juvenile Court Hearing Officer from July 11, 1991 to December 31, 2002. He was elected as Judge of the 14th Judicial District Family & Juvenile Court, Division C, and took office on January 1, 2003. Most recently, he was elected to the Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, and began his service as an appellate judge on January 1, 2023.
Judge Bradberry is a current member of the following: American, State, and Southwest Louisiana Bar Associations; 3rd Circuit Judges Association; Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals; Louisiana District Judges Association; Louisiana Judicial College, Board of Governors; District Judges Association (Executive Committee, Legislative Committee and Family Courts Committee); Co-Chair of the Department of Children and Family Services Judicial Liaison Committee; Chairman for the Louisiana Bar Foundation Southwest Community Partnership Panel; Board of Directors of Louisiana Bar Foundation; 2022 Louisiana Bar Foundation Horn Blower Award; Tulane Early Childhood Policy Leadership Institute; Past President of the Louisiana Family & Juvenile Judges Association; CASA Community Advisory Council at Family & Youth Counseling Agency; South Lake Charles Kiwanis Club member for 25 years, 2X Past President and 2X Kiwanian of the Year; Calcasieu Parish Children and Youth Planning Board; Former member of the St. Louis Catholic High School Board; Boy Scouts Executive Board of Directors; Southwest Louisiana Fellowship of Christian Athletes Board Member; Past President/Board Member for the Henry L. Yelverton Chapter of the St. Thomas Moore Society; Eucharistic Minister and Lector at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral; 4th Degree, Knights of Columbus Assembly #320; and Chairman of the Board of Directors Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House.
Judge Bradberry has been honored as follows: 2002 Louisiana Father of the Year by the National Center for Fathering and the Louisiana Governor’s Office; Diocese of Lake Charles Lawrence Toups Memorial Public Official of the Year award for 2003; 2007 Family Mediation Council of Louisiana state award; 2012 Louisiana Child Support Enforcement Agency State Judge of the Year; 2012 U.S. Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Recipient of the “Angel in Adoption” Award Representing Louisiana; 2014 Pinnacle Light of Hope Award; and 2016 Governor John Bell Edwards Transition Team.
Judge Bradberry is married to Melanie Rose Temple Bradberry. They have three children, Melissa Sims, Dr. Andrew Bradberry and Jonathan Bradberry, and seven grandchildren, Ella Rose, Maxwell Allen, Preston Lee, Emerson Rose, Guy Thomas, Evangeline Rose and Andrew Edward II.