GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA ANNUAL REPORT 2011 of the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS 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 * ACT 621 of 2006 Regular Legislative Session Coushatta Red 37 Franklin reorganizes and consolidates the Orleans Parish DeSoto River Winn Caldwell Winnsboro Tensas civil and criminal courts to the 41st Judicial Mansfield 39 Winnfield Columbia St. Joseph 42 8 District Court by January 1, 2010; consolidates Catahoula Natchitoches LaSalle civil and criminal sheriffs by January 1, 2010; Harrisonburg 11 Jena consolidates Orleans Parish civil, criminal, juve- Grant 28 Sabine 10 Colfax 7 nile, 1st City and 2nd City Courts judicial expense Many 35 funds by January 1, 2009; abolishes the recorder Natchitoches Concordia of mortgages, register of conveyances and notarial Rapides Vidalia Alexandria archives by January 1, 2009, and merges those Vernon Avoyelles Leesville 9 offices with the Clerk of Civil District Court until Marksville 30 the Clerk of the 41st Judicial District Court is 12 West St. Feliciana East Helena Washington St. Feliciana Greensburg Franklinton created January 1, 2010; consolidates Orleans Par- Tangipahoa 13 Francisville Clinton st Beauregard Allen 20 ish Juvenile Court with the 41 Judicial District Evangeline DeRidder Oberlin 27 Pointe East 22 Ville Platte Coupee Baton Court effective January 1, 2015. ACT 873 of the St. Landry 21 36 33 New Roads Rouge Opelousas St. Tammany 2008 Regular Legislative Session amends ACT 621 Port Allen Baton Livingston Amite West Rouge Covington Baton Livingston to change the effective date from January 1, 2010 Jefferson 18 Rouge 19 to December 31, 2014. 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 West OF APPEAL CIRCUITS 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 2011 GUIDE TO LOUISIANA COURTS 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 Plaquemines St. Orleans James St. John 3 Assumption St. 1 St. Iberia Charles Charles 6 Cameron St. St. Bernard Jefferson Vermilion Martin 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 2011 • SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA CHIEF JUSTICE CATHERINE D. KIMBALL Fifth Supreme Court District Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana Parishes. JUSTICE GREG G. GUIDRY JUSTICE MARCUS R. CLARK First Supreme Court District Fourth Supreme Court District Jefferson, Orleans, St. Helena, St. Tam- Bienville, Caldwell, Catahoula, Clai- many, Tangipahoa, and Washington borne, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Parishes. Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Rapides, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll, and Winn Parishes. JUSTICE JEFFREY P. VICTORY JUSTICE JOHN L. WEIMER Second Supreme Court District Sixth Supreme Court District Allen, Beauregard, Bossier, Caddo, DeSo- Assumption, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, to, Evangeline, Natchitoches, Red River, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Sabine, Vernon, and Webster Parishes. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Terrebonne Parishes. JUSTICE JEANNETTE JUSTICE BERNETTE J. THERIOT KNOLL JOHNSON Third Supreme Court District Seventh Supreme Court District Acadia, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson and Orleans Parishes. Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry, and Vermilion Parishes. ABOUT THIS REPORT RESOURCES ON THE WEB AT WWW.LASC.ORG The Supreme Court Annual Report is a useful guide to judicial The 2011 LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT personnel and contacts throughout the state, as well as an ANNUAL REPORT and the GUIDE TO LOUISIANA overview of the Court’s progress in 2011, and includes maps of COURTS featuring a list of judges, clerks and administrators electoral districts for the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, (complete with contact phone numbers) for the Courts of Appeal, and District Courts. District Courts, and City and Parish Courts statewide are now available on the Louisiana Supreme Court web site at www.lasc. The STATISTICAL DATA section summarizes two-year org/press_room/publications.asp. activity trends in juvenile, civil, criminal and traffic categories for courts at all levels in the state. 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 Burrell J. Carter, Chief Judge Greensburg Third Vanessa Guidry-Whipple Bourg First Randolph H. Parro Thibodaux First James E. Kuhn Ponchatoula Third Chief Judge John Michael Guidry Baton Rouge Second Burrell J. Carter John T. Pettigrew Houma First Edward J. “Jimmy” Gaidry Bourg First J. Michael McDonald Baton Rouge Second Page McClendon Mandeville Third Jefferson D. Hughes Walker Third Jewel E. Welch Baton Rouge Second Toni Manning Higginbotham Baton Rouge Second Clerk of Court: Christine L. Crow Phone: (225) 382 3000 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. Shreveport Third Gay Caldwell Gaskins Shreveport Third Chief Judge J. Jay Caraway Bossier City Second Henry N. Brown, Jr. Charles B. Peatross1 Shreveport Third Harmon Drew, Jr. Minden Second D. Milton Moore, III Monroe First John Larry Lolley Monroe First Clerk/Court Administrator: Lillian Evans Richie Phone: (318) 227 3700 1. Retired January 19, 2012. SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA • Annual Report 2011 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 Oswald A. Decuir New Iberia Third Jimmie C. Peters Jena First Chief Judge Marc T. Amy Abbeville Third Ulysses G. Thibodeaux Elizabeth A. Pickett Many First Billy H. Ezell Lake Charles Second David Painter Lake Charles Second James T. Genovese Opelousas Third Shannon James Gremillion Alexandria First Phyllis