New Orleans – At general meetings held during the 2023 Fall Judges Conference, officers were elected by the membership of judicial associations representing different levels of courts in Louisiana. The officers are as follows:
CONFERENCE OF COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES Chair: Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Pickett, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal Vice-Chair: Chief Judge Terri F. Love, 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Secretary-Treasurer: Judge Jude G. Gravois, 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Immediate Past Chair: Chief Judge Frances J. Pitman, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal
LOUISIANA DISTRICT JUDGES ASSOCIATION President: Judge Lala B. Sylvester, 10th Judicial District Court First Vice President: Judge Lee V. Faulkner, Jr., 24th Judicial District Court Second Vice President: Chief Judge Robin D. Pittman, Orleans Criminal District Court Secretary: Judge Kelly E. Balfour, 19th Judicial District Court Treasurer: Chief Judge Bruce Hampton, 3rd Judicial District Court Immediate Past President: Judge Patricia E. Koch, 9th Judicial District Court
LOUISIANA CITY JUDGES ASSOCIATION President: Senior Judge Theodore M. “Trey” Haik, III, New Iberia City Court 1st Vice President: Senior Judge Matthew H. Hagen, Houma City Court 2nd Vice President: Judge Erin Wiley Lanoux, Ascension Parish Court 2 Secretary: Senior Judge Gary K. Hays, Pineville City Court Treasurer: Senior Judge Sherb Sentell, III, Minden City Court Immediate Past President: Judge Brian H. Barber, Sr., Shreveport City Court
LOUISIANA COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES President: Chief Judge Desiree Duhon Dyess, 10th Judicial District Court Vice President: Chief Judge Gail Grover, East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court Secretary: Senior Judge Theodore M. “Trey” Haik III, New Iberia City Court Treasurer: Judge Jeffrey C. Cashe, 21st Judicial District Court TRUSTEES AT LARGE: City Courts: Senior Judge Bryan D. Haggerty, City Court of East St. Tammany District Courts: Judge Jeff Joyce, 4th Judicial District Court Family Courts: Judge Cynthia Clay Guillory, 14th Judicial District Court Juvenile Courts: Judge Amanda Chauvin Calogero, Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court
RETIRED JUDGES ASSOCIATION The Retired Judges Association elects new officers in the spring of 2024. The following officers will continue in service until that time. President: Retired 19th Judicial District Court Judge Curtis Calloway Vice President: Retired 15th Judicial District Court Judge Ronald Cox Secretary: Retired East Baton Rouge Family Court Judge Luke La Vergne
Louisiana Supreme Court Mission: To preserve the integrity of the judiciary, to build and maintain public trust, to provide effective and efficient administration of justice in the Supreme Court, to ensure proper administration and performance of all courts under Supreme Court authority, and to ensure the highest professional conduct, integrity, and competence of the bench and bar.
