William Jennings Jefferson is an American former politician from Louisiana whose career ended after his corruption scandal and conviction. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms from 1991 to 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district,which includes much of the greater New Orleans area. He was elected as the state's first black congressman since the end of Reconstruction.
Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served for sixteen years before being impeached and removed from office in December 2010. He died on November 14,2021,aged 74.
Carl Edmond Stewart is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994,and previously sat as a judge of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal from 1985 to 1994.
Karen Mary Nelson Moore is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her chambers are in Cleveland,Ohio.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court,composed of seven justices,meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a private law school in New Orleans,Louisiana affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola's law school opened in 1914 and is now located on the Broadway Campus of the university in the historic Audubon Park District of the city. The College of Law is one of fourteen Jesuit law schools in the United States. It is also one of the few law schools in the nation to offer curricula in both Civil Law and Common Law. The school releases several academic journals,most notable of which is the Loyola Law Review.
Carl Joseph Barbier is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Ivan L. R. Lemelle is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Patricia Ann Millett is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2013 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She formerly headed the Supreme Court practice at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &Feld. Millett also was a longtime former assistant to the United States Solicitor General and served as an occasional blogger for SCOTUSblog. At the time of her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit,she had argued 32 cases before the United States Supreme Court—once the record for a female lawyer. In February 2016,The New York Times identified her as a potential nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
Greg Gerard Guidry is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He is a former associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Nannette V. Brown is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She previously served in the role of city attorney for the city of New Orleans from the time that Mayor Mitch Landrieu hired her in May 2010 until becoming a federal judge in 2011. As city attorney,Brown was responsible for all city contracts and oversaw all legal matters for the city.
Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Stephen Andrew Higginson is a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
Donna Sue "Susie" Morgan,known professionally as Susie Morgan,formerly known as Donna Sue Beach &Donna Sue Leteff,is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Cheryl Ann Krause is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Harry Thomas Lemmon is an American retired judge who was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 16,1980 to May 16,2001.
Wendy Baldwin Vitter is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Abel John "A. J." McNamara,was a Louisiana politician and judge who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 1980 and as a United States district judge of the New Orleans–based United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1982 to 2001.
Dana Marie Douglas is an American attorney who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2019 to 2022.
