Winston Overton


Winston Overton was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from July 5, 1921 to September 9, 1934.
Born in Marksville, Louisiana, Overton was the City Attorney for Lake Charles, Louisiana from 1899 to 1907, becoming a judge of the state's Fifteenth Judicial District in 1908. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1921, for which he chaired the Judiciary Committee.
He was the brother of Senator John H. Overton.