Michael Joseph Paduda
		2006
Michael Joseph Paduda Jr., 60, a Washington native who was a well-known lawyer in Bogalusa, La., died of complications of lung cancer Sept. 8 at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham.
Mr. Paduda grew up in the Fairlawn area of Southeast Washington and graduated from St. John's College High School.
He attended St. Bernard College in Cullman, Ala., graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and received his law degree from Loyola University Law School in New Orleans in 1971. He served in the Navy.
He was a longtime resident of Bogalusa. The Louisiana Supreme Court appointed him an interim city court judge in 1996.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Bush Paduda of Bogalusa; two children, Marcie Braswell of Birmingham and Michael J. Paduda III of Jackson, Miss.; three sisters, Mary Paduda of Upper Marlboro; Margaret Bates of Charlotte Hall and Patricia Farmer of Laurel; and a grandson.