How do judges of the Louisiana Court of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Louisiana Court of Appeal / Joined 2015 / Active

Emile Pierre

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Emile Pierre is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, serving since 2015. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2015 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2015	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pierre authored 4 published opinions for the court (2003). Most cited: State v. Bradley (46 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2003	State v. Bradley	858 So. 2d 80	46
2003	State v. Enclade	858 So. 2d 8	22
2003	Bell v. Kreider	858 So. 2d 58	13
2003	Caruso v. Canal Indem. Co.	858 So. 2d 31	6

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Louisiana Court of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Emile Pierre on?: Emile Pierre is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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11 years on the Louisiana Court of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).