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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Louisiana: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 99
Hall, Dominic Augustin (1804-1820)
Dick, John (1821-1824)
Robertson, Thomas Bolling (1824-1828)
Harper, Samuel Hadden (1829-1837)
Lawrence, Philip Kissick (1837-1841)
McCaleb, Theodore Howard (1841-1861)
Boyce, Henry (1849-1861)
Durell, Edward Henry (1863-1874)
Billings, Edward Coke (1876-1893)
Boarman, Alexander (1881-1916)
Parlange, Charles (1894-1907)
Saunders, Eugene Davis (1907-1909)
Foster, Rufus Edward (1909-1925)
Jack, George Whitfield (1917-1924)
Dawkins, Benjamin Cornwell, Sr. (1924-1966)
Beattie, Charlton Reid (1925)
Burns, Louis Henry (1925-1928)
Borah, Wayne G. (1928-1949)
Porterie, Gaston Louis Noel (1939-1953)
Caillouet, Adrian Joseph (1940-1946)
Christenberry, Herbert William (1947-1975)
Wright, James Skelly (1949-1962)
Dawkins, Benjamin Cornwell, Jr. (1953-1984)
Hunter, Edwin Ford, Jr. (1953-2002)
West, Elmer Gordon (1961-1992)
Putnam, Richard Johnson (1961-2002)
Ainsworth, Robert Andrew, Jr. (1961-1966)
Ellis, Frank Burton (1962-1969)
Heebe, Frederick Jacob Reagan (1966-2014)
Boyle, Edward James, Sr. (1966-2002)
Cassibry, Fred James (1966-1987)
Mitchell, Lansing Leroy (1966-2001)
Rubin, Alvin Benjamin (1966-1977)
Comiskey, James August (1967-1975)
Scott, Nauman Steele (1970-2001)
Gordon, Jack Murphy (1971-1982)
West, Roger Blake (1971-1978)
Stagg, Thomas E., Jr. (1974-2015)
Schwartz, Charles, Jr. (1976-2012)
Sear, Morey Leonard (1976-2004)
Davis, W. Eugene (1976-1983)
Veron, Earl Ernest (1977-1990)
Collins, Robert Frederick (1978-1993)
Duplantier, Adrian Guy (1978-2007)
Arceneaux, George, Jr. (1979-1993)
Carr, Patrick Eugene (1979-1998)
Wicker, Veronica DiCarlo (1979-1994)
Parker, John Victor (1979-2014)
Shaw, John Malach (1979-1999)
Beer, Peter Hill (1979-2018)
Polozola, Frank Joseph (1980-2013)
McNamara, A. J. (1982-2014)
Mentz, Henry Alvan, Jr. (1982-2001)
Feldman, Martin Leach-Cross (1983-2022)
Duhe, John Malcolm, Jr. (1984-1988)
Livaudais, Marcel, Jr. (1984-2008)
Little, F. A., Jr. (1984-2006)
Walter, Donald Ellsworth (1985-present)
Haik, Richard T. (1991-2016)
Trimble, James Travis, Jr. (1991-present)
Doherty, Rebecca F. (1991-2020)
Clement, Edith Brown (1991-2001)
Melancon, Tucker L. (1994-present)
Berrigan, Helen Ginger (1994-2024)
Duval, Stanwood R., Jr. (1994-2017)
Vance, Sarah S. (1994-present)
Jones, Okla II (1994-1996)
Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr. (1994-2010)
Fallon, Eldon E. (1995-present)
Lemmon, Mary Ann Vial (1996-present)
Lemelle, Ivan L. R. (1998-present)
Tyson, Ralph E. (1998-2011)
James, Robert Gillespie (1998-present)
Barbier, Carl J. (1998-present)
Brady, James J. (2000-2017)
Engelhardt, Kurt Damian (2001-2018)
Zainey, Jay C. (2002-present)
Africk, Lance M. (2002-present)
Drell, Dee D. (2003-present)
Minaldi, Patricia Head (2003-2018)
Hicks, S. Maurice, Jr. (2003-present)
Jackson, Brian Anthony (2010-present)
Foote, Elizabeth Erny (2010-present)
Brown, Nannette Jolivette (2011-present)
Milazzo, Jane Margaret Triche (2011-present)
Morgan, Susie (2012-present)
Dick, Shelly Deckert (2013-present)
deGravelles, John Wheadon (2014-present)
Doughty, Terry Alvin (2018-present)
Ashe, Barry Weldon (2018-present)
Summerhays, Robert Rees (2018-present)
Juneau, Michael Joseph (2018-2023)
Vitter, Wendy Baldwin (2019-present)
Guidry, Greg Gerard (2019-present)
Cain, James David, Jr. (2019-present)
Joseph, David Cleveland (2020-present)
Papillion, Darrel James (2023-present)
Long, Brandon Scott (2023-present)
Edwards, Jerry, Jr. (2023-present)