children birth_place party parents birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
phillip preis , jr. . newellton , tensas parish louisiana , usa democratic edwin preis gustav preis , sr. , and patricia m. 18 april 1950 terry preis baton rouge , louisiana phil preis
 phillip wesley preis , sr. attorney newellton high school
phil preis

phillip wesley preis , sr. , known as phil preis -lrb- born april 18 , 1950 -rrb- , is a democratic politician and attorney , based in baton rouge , louisiana , who specializes in mergers and acquisitions .
a native of newellton in tensas parish in northeastern louisiana , preis is the son of patricia m. preis of newellton and edwin gustav preis , sr. -lrb- 1916 -- 2011 -rrb- , a former newellton mayor , who was also from 1976 to 1977 the president of the louisiana municipal association .
preis graduated in 1968 from the defunct newellton high school .
in 1972 , he obtained his bachelor of science in accounting from louisiana state university in baton rouge .
he procured his juris doctor degree in 1975 from georgetown university in washington , d.c. .
he is affiliated with omicron delta kappa ; beta gamma sigma , and phi kappa phi .
his baton rouge law firm is preis gordon .
preis ran unsuccessfully for governor in both 1995 and 1999 .
in the october 21 , 1995 gubernatorial election , he finished fifth in a field of sixteen candidates with 9.03 percent of the vote .
he received a plurality of the vote in his native tensas parish -lrb- 36.91 percent -rrb- and in neighboring franklin parish -lrb- 26.17 percent -rrb- , which includes winnsboro .
in the october 23 , 1999 gubernatorial election , preis ran fourth among eleven candidates , having polled 1.81 percent of the statewide vote .
that race was decisively won by the incumbent republican governor murphy j. `` mike '' foster , jr. .
preis and his wife , terry , have four children , phillip preis , jr. , caroline preis graham , michael preis , of austin , texas , and jennifer preis , of dallas , texas .
preis 's brother , edwin g. preis , jr. -lrb- born 1947 -rrb- , is an attorney with the firm , preis and roy in lafayette , louisiana .
his sister , patricia preis thompson , is married to dr. tony thompson , formerly of newellton and now of nacogdoches , texas .
his late father-in-law was the tensas parish school superintendent charles ed thompson .
