m e n t i o n a b l e
CURRENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Collin Sims EXCELLENCE, EXPERIENCE, INTEGRITY
WRITTEN BY MARLAINE PEACHEY PHOTOS BY COLLIN RICHIE
In 2014, St. Tammany and Washington
Montgomery’s legacy by continuing to keep
emergency room nurse and local nurse
Parishes voted overwhelmingly to elect
our community safe and fight corruption.
practitioner. Their faith has led them to
Warren Montgomery to serve as their
On March 23, 2024, the voters will have the
dedicate their professional lives to helping
District Attorney. DA Montgomery, in turn,
opportunity to decide if they wish to stay on
and serving others within their respective
hired a team that reflected his values.
the path that Warren and Collin have forged
fields. They have instilled a sense of service
Collin Sims, Warren’s choice as Chief of the
or return to the corruptive prior culture of
in educating their three children, 16, 15,
Criminal Division, is a highly respected and
the past that embarrassed the citizens of
and 13, to do the same, ensuring that their
accomplished prosecutor whose values,
Washington and St. Tammany parishes.
family has an impactful life of purpose.
honesty, integrity, capability, and volume
Collin is from Mandeville and a graduate
For more than 17 years, Collin has served
of experience was and is an integral part
of Saint Paul’s High School. He attended
as a career criminal prosecutor, beginning
of restoring confidence in the District
Mississippi
College
on
a
leadership
as an Assistant District Attorney in Orleans
Attorney’s Office. Together, they eliminated
scholarship,
where
he
met
his
wife
Parish. In 2008, he accepted a position
the good old boy system of the have and
Elizabeth, and graduated with honors,
with the United States Attorney’s Office,
have-nots and created a fair, just, and
obtaining a Degree in Political Science.
becoming one of the youngest in America
equal system for all citizens with improved
He
from
to serve. He spent the next 7 years as a
efficiency, honored victims, applied justice
Loyola University College of Law in New
federal criminal prosecutor assigned as
equally to all defendants, and hired a team
Orleans. As a life-long prosecutor, Collin is
an Assistant United States Attorney in the
that has served the people’s interests for
determined to put dangerous criminals in
Western and Eastern District of Louisiana. In
the past 9 years.
prison, help those that he can, give victims
January of 2015, he accepted the position as
Collin Sims, Warren’s First Assistant and
the justice that they deserve, and work for
Chief of the Criminal Division for the 22nd
our interim DA, has vowed to honor DA
the people. His wife Elizabeth is a longtime
Judicial District Attorney’s Office where he
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earned
his
Juris
Doctorate
