GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA 2015 ANNUAL REPORT of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court MAPS OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS LOUISIANA DISTRICT COURTS Claiborne Union Morehouse JUDICIAL DISTRICTS Homer Farmerville Bastrop West 1 Bossier Carroll Lake 26 Webster Provi- Benton 3 Oak dence Caddo 4 Grove East Lincoln Carroll Ruston Minden 2 Ouachita Richland Shreveport Monroe Rayville Bienville 5 Madison Arcadia Jackson Tallulah Jonesboro 6 Coushatta Red 37 Franklin DeSoto River Winn Caldwell Winnsboro Tensas Mansfield 39 Winnfield Columbia St. Joseph 42 8 Catahoula Natchitoches LaSalle Harrisonburg 11 Jena Grant 28 Sabine 10 Colfax 7 Many 35 Natchitoches Concordia Rapides Vidalia Alexandria Vernon Leesville Avoyelles 9 Marksville 30 12 West St. Feliciana East Helena Washington St. Feliciana Greensburg Franklinton Francisville Clinton Tangipahoa Beauregard Allen 13 20 Evangeline DeRidder Oberlin 27 Pointe East 22 Ville Platte Coupee Baton St. Landry 21 36 33 New Roads Rouge Opelousas St. Tammany Port Allen Baton Livingston Amite West Rouge Covington Baton Livingston Jefferson 18 Rouge 19 14 Davis Acadia Jennings Crowley St. Martin Iberville Calcasieu Lafayette Plaquemine Ascension 40 Lafayette St. Martinville Edgard Lake Charles 31 15 Donaldsonville St. 23 New Orleans Napoleonville James Assumption St. Orleans 16 Convent Iberia St. John Charles 34 Cameron Vermilion New Iberia St. Hahnville 24 St. Bernard Cameron 38 Abbeville Martin Chalmette Lafourche 29 St. Mary Jefferson 25 Gretna Franklin Plaquemines 32 Thibodaux Terrebonne 17 Houma Pointe-a-la-Hache LOUISIANA COURTS Claiborne Morehouse OF APPEAL CIRCUITS West Bossier Union Webster Carroll East Caddo Lincoln Carroll 2 Ouachita Richland Bienville Madison Jackson Red Franklin DeSoto Caldwell River Tensas Winn Catahoula Natchitoches LaSalle Sabine Grant Concordia Rapides Vernon Avoyelles West East Washington 3 Feliciana Feliciana St. Helena Tangipahoa Evangeline Beauregard Allen Pointe East 1 St. Landry Coupee Baton Rouge West Livingston St. Tammany Baton Rouge Jefferson Acadia Davis Iberville Calcasieu Lafayette St. Martin Ascension St. Orleans Assumption James St. John St. Iberia St. Charles Cameron St. Bernard Vermilion Martin 5 Jefferson 4 Lafourche St. Mary Plaquemines Terrebonne SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA • Annual Report 2015 MAPS OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS Claiborne Morehouse West Bossier Union Effective January 1, 1999 Webster Carroll East Caddo Lincoln Carroll Ouachita Richland Bienville Madison Jackson 4 Red Franklin DeSoto Caldwell River Tensas Winn Catahoula Natchitoches LaSalle Sabine 2 Grant Concordia Rapides Vernon Avoyelles West East Washington Feliciana Feliciana St. Helena Tangipahoa Jefferson Orleans Evangeline 1 Beauregard Allen Pointe East St. Landry Coupee Baton Rouge Jefferson West Livingston St. Tammany Baton Orleans St. Bernard Rouge 7 Jefferson 5 Acadia Davis Iberville 7 Calcasieu Lafayette St. Martin Ascension 1 St. Plaquemines Orleans James St. John 3 Assumption St. 1 St. Iberia Charles Charles 6 Cameron St. St. Bernard Vermilion Martin Jefferson Lafourche Jefferson St. Mary 6 Plaquemines Terrebonne *Districts 1, 6 & 7 Detail: Jefferson Parish Precincts in the First Louisiana Supreme Court District are 1-H through 9-H; 1-K through 35-K; 1 through 46; 51 through 108; 115 through 138; 150 through 155; 157A; 157B; 158; 170; 186; 198 and 199. Jefferson Parish Precincts in the Sixth Louisiana Supreme Court District are 1-G1; 1-LA, l-LB; 2-L; 182 through 185; 189 through 197; and 246A through 250. Jefferson Parish Precincts in the Seventh Louisiana Supreme Court District are 1-G; 2-G through 11-G; 1-W through 9-W; 156; 171 through 181; 187; 188; 210 through 217; and 225 through 238. Orleans Parish Precincts in the First Louisiana Supreme Court District are 3-20; 4-8 through 4-11; 4-14 through 4-23; 5-13 through 5-18; and 17-17 through 17-21. The remainder of Orleans Parish Precincts are in the Seventh Louisiana Supreme Court District. Annual Report 2015 • SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA This page was left blank for pagination purposes. THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA From left: Justice Jefferson D. Hughes, III, Justice Greg G. Guidry, Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, Justice John L. Weimer, Justice Marcus R. Clark, Justice Scott J. Crichton. CHIEF JUSTICE BERNETTE JUSTICE GREG G. GUIDRY JUSTICE MARCUS R. CLARK JOSHUA JOHNSON First Supreme Court District Fourth Supreme Court District Seventh Supreme Court District Jefferson, Orleans, St. Helena, St. Tam- Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Jefferson and Orleans Parishes.* many, Tangipahoa, and Washington Claiborne, Concordia, East Carroll, Parishes.* Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lin- coln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, JUSTICE SCOTT J. Rapides, Richland, Tensas, Union, CRICHTON West Carroll, and Winn Parishes.* Second Supreme Court District Allen, Beauregard, Bossier, Caddo, JUSTICE JEFFERSON D. DeSoto, Evangeline, Natchitoches, Red HUGHES, III River, Sabine, Vernon, and Webster Fifth Supreme Court District Parishes.* Took office January 1, 2015 Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe JUSTICE JEANNETTE Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West THERIOT KNOLL Feliciana Parishes.* Third Supreme Court District Acadia, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cam- JUSTICE JOHN L. WEIMER eron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Sixth Supreme Court District Landry, and Vermilion.* Assumption, Iberia, Jefferson, La- fourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, and * See Court District Maps on preceding pages. Terrebonne Parishes.* ABOUT THIS REPORT RESOURCES ON THE WEB AT WWW.LASC.ORG The Supreme Court Annual Report is a useful guide to judicial personnel The STATISTICAL DATA section summarizes two-year activity trends and contacts throughout the state, as well as an overview of the Court’s in juvenile, civil, criminal and traffic categories for courts at all levels in progress in 2015, and includes maps of electoral districts for the Supreme the state. Court, the Courts of Appeal, and District Courts. The 2015 LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT ANNUAL REPORT and the GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS featuring a list of judges, clerks and administrators (complete with contact phone numbers) for the Courts of Appeal, District Courts, and City and Parish Courts statewide are now available on the Louisiana Supreme Court web site at www.lasc.org/press_room/publications.asp. 1 GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS he Guide to Louisiana Courts features a statewide list of Tjudges, clerks and administrators—complete with contact phone numbers—for Courts of Appeal, District Courts, and City and Parish Courts. FIRST CIRCUIT (BATON ROUGE) Parishes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tan- gipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana Judges Domicile District Vanessa Guidry-Whipple, Chief Judge Bourg First John Michael Guidry Baton Rouge Second John T. Pettigrew Houma First J. Michael McDonald Baton Rouge Second Chief Judge Page McClendon Mandeville Third Vanessa Guidry-Whipple Jewel E. Welch Baton Rouge Second Toni Manning Higginbotham Baton Rouge Second Mitch Theriot Lockport First William J. Crain Madisonville Third Ernest Drake Amite Third Guy Holdridge Gonzales First Wayne Ray Chutz Denham Springs Third Clerk of Court: Christine L. Crow1 Phone: (225) 382 3000 Rodd Naquin2 SECOND CIRCUIT (SHREVEPORT) Parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Rich- land, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, Winn Judges Domicile District Henry N. Brown, Jr., Chief Judge Bossier City Second Felicia Toney Williams Tallulah Third James E. Stewart, Sr.3 Shreveport Third Chief Judge J. Jay Caraway Bossier City Second Harmon Drew, Jr. Minden Second Henry N. Brown, Jr. D. Milton Moore, III Monroe First John Larry Lolley Monroe First Frances Pitman Shreveport Third Jeanette Garrett Shreveport Third 1. Retired October 15, 2015. 2. Appointed Acting Clerk of Court Clerk/Court Administrator: Lillian Evans Richie Phone: (318) 227 3700 October 16, 2015; appointed Clerk of Court January 14, 2016. 3. Retired September 6, 2015. SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA • Annual Report 2015 GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS 2 THIRD CIRCUIT (LAKE CHARLES) Parishes: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Cata- houla, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Vernon Judges Domicile District Ulysses G. Thibodeaux, Chief Judge Lake Charles Second Sylvia R. Cooks Lafayette Third John D. Saunders Ville Platte First Jimmie C. Peters Jena First Marc T. Amy Abbeville Third Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Pickett Many First Ulysses G. Thibodeaux Billy H. Ezell Lake Charles Second James T. Genovese Opelousas Third Shannon James Gremillion Alexandria First Phyllis Montgomery Keaty Lafayette Third John Conery New Iberia Third D. Kent Savoie Sulphur Second Clerk of Court: Charles Kelly McNeely Phone: (337) 433 9403 FOURTH CIRCUIT (NEW ORLEANS) Parishes: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard Judges Domicile District James F. McKay, III, Chief Judge New Orleans At Large Dennis R. Bagneris, Sr. New Orleans First Terri Fleming Love New Orleans First Max N. Tobias, Jr. New Orleans First Edwin A. Lombard New Orleans First