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New Chief Judge for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Release Date: 
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

With the elevation today of the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown has begun her seven-year term as the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Judge Jolivette Brown is the first African American female district court judge appointed to a federal court in Louisiana and is the first African American judge to serve as Chief Judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana.