A state intermediate appellate court / Established 1924

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Baton Rouge · An intermediate appellate court in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Court of Appeal is an intermediate appellate court in Louisiana, the tier between the state's trial courts and the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Its judges are chosen by partisan election, the same method Louisiana uses for its court of last resort. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former.

136

Judges in history

Currently serving

Partisan

Selection

10-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
William T. Westerfield	1935
Morris Lottinger Sr.	1950
Frank Stich	1952
James R. Dawkins	1953
Ernest Nathan Morial	1974
Cecil C. Lowe	1975
Lawrence Chehardy	1981
Robert J. Klees	1981
Jeannette Knoll	1982
Thomas C. Wicker Jr.	1985
Mary Ann Vial Lemmon	1990
Charles Allen Marvin	1990
David Williams	1990
Henry Brown	1991
Sylvia Cooks	1992
Vanessa Guidry-Whipple	1992
Freddie Pitcher Jr.	1992
Gene Thibodeaux	1992
Ulysses G. Thibodeaux	1992
Marc T. Amy	1994
Brady Michael Fitzsimmons	1995
Gay Gaskins	1995
James Edward Kuhn	1995
James Jay Caraway	1996
Thomas Daley	1996
John Guidry	1997
Elizabeth Pickett	1997
Susan M. Chehardy	1998
Harmon Drew Jr.	1998
James McKay	1998
Dennis Bagneris	1999
Terri Love	2000
Walter I. Lanier III	2002
Billy Ezell	2003
John Larry Lolley	2003
Edwin Lombard	2003
Michael McDonald	2003
Roland Belsome	2004
James Genovese	2005
Jewel Welch	2005
John T. Pettigrew	2006
Jimmie C. Peters	2007
Paul A. Bonin	2008
Marc Johnson	2009
Daniel Dysart	2010
Jude G. Gravois	2010
Phyllis M. Keaty	2010
Rose Ledet	2010
John Saunders	2010
Emile Pierre	2015

Former judges

Judge	Years
Clarence E. McManus	2006–2012
Max Tobias	2006–2007
Jefferson D. Hughes III	2005–2013
Herbert A. Cade	2003–2011
Leon Cannizzaro	2003–2008
Edward Gaidry	2002–2012
David Gorbaty	2001–2010
Walter Rothschild	2001–2012
Robert Downing	2000–2010
Madeline Jasmine	2000–2009
James Cannella	1999–2006
Marion E. Edwards	1999–2012
Glenn B. Gremillion	1999–2008
Michael Kirby	1999–2000
Robert Kostelka	1998–2003
John L. Weimer	1998–2001
Richard Garvey	1996–1997
Charles B. Peatross	1996–2011
Michael J. Sullivan	1996–2009
Yelverton West	1996–2004
Hillary Crain	1995–2011
Jimmy Kuhn	1994–2014
Oswald A. Decuir	1993–2012
Randolph Parro	1993–2014
Curtis Calloway	1992–2008
Joseph Emile Coreil	1992–1992
Douglas Gonzales	1992–2002
Moon Landrieu	1992–2009
Miriam Waltzer	1992–2002
Elora Fink	1991–1992
Charles Jones	1991–2012
Jeffrey P. Victory	1991–1995
Durwood Conque	1987–2014
Frank Foil	1987–2005
Mark Allen Babineaux	1986–1997
Sol Gothard	1986–2005
Bruce Naccari	1986–1988
Garland Pavy	1986–1987
Roy Tuck Jr.	1986–1987
Joan Bernard Armstong	1984–2011
William H. Byrnes	1982–2003
Burrel J. Carter	1982–1998
Charles Jr Grisbaum	1982–2002
Fred Sexton Jr.	1982–2007
Henry L. Yelverton	1982–1999
Robert Lobrano	1981–1999
Jasper Jones	1980–1989
Walter O. Bigby Sr.	1979–1980
Luther F. Cole	1979–1986
Ned Doucet	1979–2003
Jimmy M. Stoker	1979–1996
Albert Tate Jr.	1979–1986
J Louis Watkins Jr.	1979–1997
Michael E. McNulty	1976–1987
Bourg Baron	1974–1976
Peter Hill Beer	1974–1979
James L. Dennis	1974–1975
Cleveland J. Marcel	1974–1984
Preston Hufft	1972–1984
Israel M. Augustine Jr.	1970–1982
James C. Gulotta Sr.	1970–2004
Edward Stoulig	1970–1979
Fred A. Blanche Jr.	1969–1978
John Allen Dixon Jr.	1968–1970
Frederick Stephen Ellis	1966–1982
Jess Johnson	1963–1968
Henry F. Turner	1962–1970
William A. Woods	1962–1974
L J. Samuel	1961–1985
Julian E. Bailes Sr.	1960–1972
James E. Bolin	1960–1978
Enos C. McClendon Jr.	1960–1978
Richard Johnson Putnam	1960–1961
Allen Harwell	1954–1962
Miller Hoc	1954–1960
George Pugh	1954–1956
Rainold Hoc	1950–1963
P Davis Martinez	1950–1966
Louis Yarrut	1950–2005
Robert F. Kennon	1945–1951
J Frank McInnis	1945–1946
Richard Kilbourne	1944–1945
George W. Hardy Jr.	1943–1967
Payne Breazeale	1942–1943
Joseph A. Loret	1941–1947
Clay Elliott Hoc	1924–1935

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the Louisiana Court of Appeal are chosen in partisan elections to 10-year terms. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project (bulk data); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).