Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal

The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana.

Baton Rouge (1st)
Shreveport (2nd)
Lake Charles (3rd)
New Orleans (4th)
Gretna (5th)
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There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes.[1] Each circuit is subdivided into three districts.[2]

As with the Louisiana Supreme Court, the regular judicial terms on the courts of appeal are ten years.

The courts of appeal are housed in the following cities in Louisiana:

First Circuit – Baton Rouge. See Samuel A. LeBlanc I, Luther F. Cole, Douglas Gonzales, John Michael Guidry, Jefferson D. Hughes III, Samuel A. LeBlanc I, Morris Lottinger Jr., Morris Lottinger Sr., Albert Tate Jr., and J. Louis Watkins Jr.

Second Circuit – Shreveport. See H. Welborn Ayres, Walter O. Bigby, James E. Bolin, Henry Newton Brown Jr., Jeff Cox, Harmon Caldwell Drew, Harmon Drew Jr., A. B. George, Fred W. Jones Jr., Pike Hall Jr., George W. Hardy Jr., Robert F. Kennon, Cecil Cherry Lowe (ad hoc), Charles A. Marvin, J. Frank McInnis, William Norris, III, Charles B. Peatross, O. E. Price, Robert Roberts Jr., Carl E. Stewart, Lynn Kyle Watkins, and Jeffrey P. Victory.

Third Circuit – Lake Charles. See William A. Culpepper, Alfred Briggs Irion, Jeannette Knoll, Jonathan Perry, Elizabeth Pickett, Albert Tate Jr., and Henry L. Yelverton.

Fourth Circuit – New Orleans. See Philip Ciaccio and Albert Estopinal Jr.

Fifth Circuit – Gretna. See Charles Grisbaum Jr., and Greg G. Guidry.

Jurisdiction

The Circuit Courts of Appeal have appellate jurisdiction over all civil matters, all matters appealed from family and juvenile courts, and most criminal cases that are tryable by a jury. A court of appeal also has supervisory jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders and decrees in cases which are heard in the trial courts within their geographical circuits. One unique feature of the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana is that they are able to review questions of fact, as well as questions of law, in civil cases. In appeals of criminal cases, however, the appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeal extends only to questions of law.[2]

1st Circuit

Parishes Included:

Circuit Seat: First Circuit Courthouse (Baton Rouge)

Current Judges[3]
TitleNameDistrictSubdistrictElection SectionDivisionPartyTerm
Chief JudgeVanessa Guidry-Whipple1DDemocrat1991–
Circuit JudgeJohn Michael Guidry22DDemocrat1997–
Circuit JudgeJ. Michael "Mike" McDonald21BRepublican2003–
Circuit JudgePage McClendon3BRepublican2002–
Circuit JudgeJewel E. "Duke" Welch21CRepublican2004–
Circuit JudgeToni M. Higginbotham21ARepublican2010–
Circuit JudgeWilliam J. Crain3DRepublican2013–
Circuit JudgeMitchell R. Theriot1BRepublican2012–
Circuit JudgeGuy Holdridge11CRepublican2015–
Circuit JudgeWayne Ray Chutz3ARepublican2015–
Circuit JudgeAllison H. Penzato3CRepublican2017–
Circuit JudgeWalter I. Lanier, III1ARepublican2019–

2nd Circuit

Parishes Included: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, Winn

Circuit Seat: Second Circuit Courthouse (Shreveport)

Current Judges[4]
TitleNameDistrictElection SectionDivisionPartyTerm
Chief JudgeFelicia Toney Williams11CDemocrat1993–
Circuit JudgeD. Milton Moore, III12BDemocrat2002–
Circuit JudgeJohn Larry Lolley12ADemocrat2003–
Circuit JudgeFrances Jones Pitman32BRepublican2013–
Circuit JudgeJeanette G. Garrett32CIndependent2013–
Circuit JudgeShonda D. Stone31ADemocrat2016–
Circuit Judge"Jeff" Cox2CRepublican2017–
Circuit JudgeJames M. Stephens2ADemocrat1998–
Circuit JudgeJay McCallum2AIndependent2018–
Circuit Judgevacant2B

3rd Circuit

Parishes Included: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Vernon

Circuit Seat: Third Circuit Courthouse (Lake Charles)

Current Judges[5]
TitleNameDistrictElection SectionDivisionPartyTerm
Chief JudgeUlysses Gene Thibodeaux21CDemocrat1992–
Circuit JudgeSylvia R. Cooks32DDemocrat1992–
Circuit JudgeJohn D. Saunders31CDemocrat1993–[6]
Circuit JudgeElizabeth A. Pickett1ADemocrat1997–
Circuit JudgeBilly H. Ezell22BRepublican2003–
Circuit JudgeShannon J. Gremillion1CDemocrat2008–
Circuit JudgePhyllis M. Keaty35ARepublican2010–
Circuit JudgeJohn E. Conery33ERepublican2013–
Circuit JudgeD. Kent Savoie22ARepublican2015–
Circuit JudgeVan H. Kyzar1BDemocrat2017–
Circuit JudgeCandyce Perret1CRepublican2017–
Circuit JudgeJonathan W. PerryRepublican2019–

4th Circuit

Parishes Included: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard

Circuit Seat: Fourth Circuit Courthouse (New Orleans)

Current Judges[7]
TitleNameDistrictDivisionPartyTerm
Chief JudgeJames F. McKay, IIIat largeDemocrat1998–
Circuit JudgeTerri F. Love1EDemocrat2000–
Circuit JudgeEdwin A. Lombard1ADemocrat2003–
Circuit JudgeRoland Belsomeat largeDemocrat2004–
Circuit JudgeDaniel L. Dysart3ADemocrat2010–
Circuit JudgeJoyce Cossich Lobrano2ARepublican2010–
Circuit JudgeRose Ledet1GDemocrat2010–
Circuit JudgeSandra Cabrina Jenkins1HDemocrat2012–
Circuit JudgeRegina Bartholomew-Woods1DDemocrat2017–
Circuit JudgePaula A. Brown1CDemocrat2017–
Circuit JudgeTiffany G. ChaseDemocrat2017–
Circuit JudgeDale N. AtkinsDemocrat2018–

5th Circuit

Parishes Included: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist

Circuit Seat: Fifth Circuit Courthouse (Gretna)

Current Judges[8]
TitleNameDistrictElection SectionDivisionPartyTerm
Chief JudgeSusan M. Chehardy1DRepublican1998–
Circuit JudgeFredericka H. Wicker1BRepublican2006–
Circuit JudgeJude G. Gravois2HDemocrat2011–
Circuit JudgeMarc E. Johnson12CDemocrat2009–
Circuit JudgeRobert A. Chaisson3IDemocrat2011–
Circuit JudgeStephen J. Windhorst1ERepublican2012–
Circuit JudgeHans J. Liljeberg1FRepublican2012–
Circuit JudgeJohn J. Molaison, Jr.GRepublican2018–

References
  1. Map of judicial circuits of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
  2. Louisiana State Judiciary homepage
  3. "Judges". Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit, 22 Nov. 2016. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.
  4. "Court Personnel Overview". Court of Appeal, Second Circuit State of Louisiana. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.
  5. "Personnel Directory: Judges". State of Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.
  6. "John Saunders". Bloomberg. Accessed 3 Apr. 2017
  7. "Judicial Biography: Active Judges". State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.
  8. "Court Personnel". Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.
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