Professor of Law
wriddick@sulc.edu
(225) 771-4900 ext. 203

Courses taught: civil law property, constitutional law, law & medicine, workers’ compensation, insurance law, health law, administrative law, mineral law, alternative dispute resolution

Joining the law faculty in 1974, Winston Riddick has served as professor of law since 1995. A political scientist and lawyer by training, Riddick has an extensive background in state government and was adviser/counsel to two Louisiana governors. He served as chief deputy commissioner and executive counsel for the Louisiana Department of Insurance from 1992-1995. He was a formerly executive assistant attorney general for the Louisiana Department of Justice, general counsel and assistant commissioner of marketing for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, and associate state superintendent of education for the Louisiana Department of Education. He also served briefly as director of the Louisiana Higher Education Facilities Commission.

Admitted to practice before all Louisiana state and federal courts, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, Riddick’s practical experience includes insurance, administrative, and constitutional law. He is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association and is a certified fraud examiner.

The Crowley, Louisiana, native earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where he received a T. H. Harris Scholarship and Joel L. Fletcher Fellowship; an M.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow; and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Political Science from Columbia University, where he was a National Aeronautics and Space Administrative Trainee Fellow for Social Science. He earned a J.D. from Louisiana State University School of Law. In law school, he was a moot court finalist and a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. His publications reflect his interest and expertise in political and urban affairs, including Louisiana Urban Affairs, published by the LSU Institute of Government Research, which he edited, as well as authored a chapter on “The Louisiana Mayor” and co-authored on “The Role of Federal, State, and Parish Governments in Providing Essential Urban Services.” His articles have appeared in the Southern University Law Review and The Journal of the Society of Financial Examiner.