He resigned from the House in 1982 with more than a year remaining in his third term[1] to become Secretary of Natural Resources in the administration of Republican Governor David C.
After law school, he returned to active duty, was promoted to captain, and transferred to the Judge Advocate General Corps.
Simoneaux spent thirty years of Reserve and Louisiana National Guard service and retired with the rank of colonel and as state judge advocate.
"[2] In the first administration of Governor Bobby Jindal, Simoneaux was chosen by his colleagues as the chairman of the Louisiana Ethics Commission.
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