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H. Res. 1031 
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
March 11, 2010. 
Impeaching G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of 
the United States District Court for the East-
ern District of Louisiana, for high crimes and 
misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., a judge of the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Lou-
isiana, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and 
that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the 
Senate: 
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Rep-
resentatives of the United States of America in the name of 
itself and all of the people of the United States of America, 
against G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., a judge in the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 
in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him 
for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
ARTICLE I 
G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., while a Federal judge of the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Lou-
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isiana, engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible 
with the trust and confidence placed in him as a Federal 
judge, as follows: 
Judge Porteous, while presiding as a United States dis-
trict judge in Lifemark Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc. v. 
Liljeberg Enterprises, denied a motion to recuse himself from 
the case, despite the fact that he had a corrupt financial rela-
tionship with the law firm of Amato & Creely, P.C. which had 
entered the case to represent Liljeberg. In denying the mo-
tion to recuse, and in contravention of clear canons of judicial 
ethics, Judge Porteous failed to disclose that beginning in or 
about the late 1980s while he was a State court judge in the 
24th Judicial District Court in the State of Louisiana, he en-
gaged in a corrupt scheme with attorneys, Jacob Amato, Jr., 
and Robert Creely, whereby Judge Porteous appointed 
Amato’s law partner as a ‘‘curator’’ in hundreds of cases and 
thereafter requested and accepted from Amato & Creely a 
portion of the curatorship fees which had been paid to the 
firm. During the period of this scheme, the fees received by 
Amato & Creely amounted to approximately $40,000, and the 
amounts paid by Amato & Creely to Judge Porteous amount-
ed to approximately $20,000. 
Judge Porteous also made intentionally misleading state-
ments at the recusal hearing intended to minimize the extent 
of his personal relationship with the two attorneys. In so
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doing, and in failing to disclose to Lifemark and its counsel 
the true circumstances of his relationship with the Amato & 
Creely law firm, Judge Porteous deprived the Fifth Circuit 
Court of Appeals of critical information for its review of a pe-
tition for a writ of mandamus, which sought to overrule 
Judge Porteous’s denial of the recusal motion. His conduct 
deprived the parties and the public of the right to the honest 
services of his office. 
Judge Porteous also engaged in corrupt conduct after 
the Lifemark v. Liljeberg bench trial, and while he had the 
case under advisement, in that he solicited and accepted 
things of value from both Amato and his law partner Creely, 
including a payment of thousands of dollars in cash. There-
after, and without disclosing his corrupt relationship with the 
attorneys of Amato & Creely PLC or his receipt from them 
of cash and other things of value, Judge Porteous ruled in 
favor of their client, Liljeberg. 
By virtue of this corrupt relationship and his conduct as 
a Federal judge, Judge Porteous brought his court into scan-
dal and disrepute, prejudiced public respect for, and con-
fidence in, the Federal judiciary, and demonstrated that he 
is unfit for the office of Federal judge. 
Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of 
high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from 
office.
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(4) concealing gambling losses and other gambling 
debts; and 
(5) incurring new debts while the case was pending, 
in violation of the bankruptcy court’s order. 
In doing so, Judge Porteous brought his court into scan-
dal and disrepute, prejudiced public respect for and con-
fidence in the Federal judiciary, and demonstrated that he is 
unfit for the office of Federal judge. 
Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of 
high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from 
office. 
ARTICLE IV 
In 1994, in connection with his nomination to be a judge 
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., knowingly made ma-
terial false statements about his past to both the United 
States Senate and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 
order to obtain the office of United States District Court 
Judge. These false statements included the following: 
(1) On his Supplemental SF–86, Judge Porteous 
was asked if there was anything in his personal life that 
could be used by someone to coerce or blackmail him, or 
if there was anything in his life that could cause an em-
barrassment to Judge Porteous or the President if pub-
licly known. Judge Porteous answered ‘‘no’’ to this ques-
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tion and signed the form under the warning that a false 
statement was punishable by law. 
(2) During his background check, Judge Porteous 
falsely told the Federal Bureau of Investigation on two 
separate occasions that he was not concealing any activ-
ity or conduct that could be used to influence, pressure, 
coerce, or compromise him in any way or that would im-
pact negatively on his character, reputation, judgment, 
or discretion. 
(3) On the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ‘‘Ques-
tionnaire for Judicial Nominees’’, Judge Porteous was 
asked whether any unfavorable information existed that 
could affect his nomination. Judge Porteous answered 
that, to the best of his knowledge, he did ‘‘not know of 
any unfavorable information that may affect [his] nomi-
nation’’. Judge Porteous signed that questionnaire by 
swearing that ‘‘the information provided in this state-
ment is, to the best of my knowledge, true and accu-
rate’’.
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However, in truth and in fact, as Judge Porteous then 
well knew, each of these answers was materially false because 
Judge Porteous had engaged in a corrupt relationship with 
the law firm Amato & Creely, whereby Judge Porteous ap-
pointed Creely as a ‘‘curator’’ in hundreds of cases and there-
after requested and accepted from Amato & Creely a portion 
of the curatorship fees which had been paid to the firm and 
also had engaged in a corrupt relationship with Louis and 
Lori Marcotte, whereby Judge Porteous solicited and accept-
ed numerous things of value, including meals, trips, home re-
pairs, and car repairs, for his personal use and benefit, while 
at the same time taking official actions that benefitted the 
Marcottes. As Judge Porteous well knew and understood, 
Louis Marcotte also made false statements to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation in an effort to assist Judge Porteous 
in being appointed to the Federal bench. Judge Porteous’s 
failure to disclose these corrupt relationships deprived the 
United States Senate and the public of information that 
would have had a material impact on his confirmation.
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Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of 
high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from 
office. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Clerk.