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 1992 / Active

Freddie Pitcher Jr.

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Freddie Pitcher Jr. is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, serving since 1992. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Tenure: Since 1992 · 34 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pitcher authored 19 published opinions for the court (1993–1997). Most cited: Rainone v. Exxon Corp. (7 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. 19 of these were attributed to Pitcher by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1995	Rainone v. Exxon Corp.†	654 So. 2d 707	7
1993	State v. Mickey†	626 So. 2d 24	7
1994	LeJeune v. Causey†	634 So. 2d 34	5
1995	Noveh v. Broadway Inc.†	657 So. 2d 687	4
1994	Landerman v. Liberty Services Inc.†	637 So. 2d 809	4
1993	D'Amico v. City of Baton Rouge†	620 So. 2d 1199	4
1993	Sandbom v. Basf Wyandotte Corp.†	618 So. 2d 1019	4
1993	State v. Williams†	633 So. 2d 332	3
1997	State v. Jarreau†	692 So. 2d 33	2
1993	Webb v. Whitley†	630 So. 2d 1	2
1993	Samanie & Barnes v. Lawler†	619 So. 2d 1166	2
1993	Harvey v. Amoco Production Co.†	620 So. 2d 401	2
1993	Reynolds v. Select Properties, Ltd.†	616 So. 2d 742	2
1993	Brewer v. State, ex rel. Department of Corrections†	618 So. 2d 991	1
1993	Plaquemines Parish Government v. State Mineral Board†	615 So. 2d 1051	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 Freddie Pitcher Jr. on?: Freddie Pitcher Jr. is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

Sources

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34 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).