Paula Brown (Louisiana)
Do you have a photo that could go here? Click here to submit it for this profile!
2018 - Present
2028
7
Paula Brown (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office on January 1, 2018. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Brown (Democratic Party) won re-election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 6, 2018, after the general election was canceled.
Brown was elected to this court in 2017 to succeed retired Judge Dennis Bagneris.
She was previously a judge of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court (Division J) in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. She was elected to this position on February 6, 2010, and her final term was set to expire on December 31, 2020.[1][2] She was re-elected to the Orleans Parish Civil District Court in 2014.[3]
Education
Brown began attending Tulane University on a basketball scholarship in 1982. She graduated from Tulane University's Freeman School of Business in 1986. She then received her J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 1992.[4]
Career
Brown spent over 17 years as a lawyer (both public and private sectors) prior to her judicial election in 2010. She began her career working for Marie Bookman. She has served as judicial law clerk under Justice Bernette Johnson in the district court and state supreme court. She has also served as trial counsel for the Regional Transit Authority and then for Harford Mutual Insurance Company. In 2004, she served on the civil district court as a judge pro tempore. She ran unsuccessfully against Chris Bruno for the full-time position in 2008, but was later elected in February 2010.[4][5][6]
Elections
2018
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District
Incumbent Paula Brown won election outright in the primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Paula Brown (D) | |
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2017
- Main article: Louisiana judicial elections, 2017
Brown filed to run in 2017 for the seat on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal vacated by Dennis Bagneris.[7] She faced Tiffany Gautier Chase on March 25, 2017.
Election results
March 25 election
Paula Brown defeated Tiffany Gautier Chase in the election for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, First District, Division C.
| Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, First District, Division C, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Paula Brown |
51.21% | 13,427 | |
| Democratic | Tiffany Gautier Chase | 48.79% | 12,791 | |
| Total Votes (351 of 351 reporting: 100%) | 26,218 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2014
See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Brown ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Judicial District.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
[3]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Louisiana Judge Paula Brown. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
External links
Reference
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results: Orleans," February 5, 2010
- ↑ www.nola.com, "Paula Brown wins Civil District Court judgeship," February 6, 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louisiana Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NOLA.TV, "Elect Paula Brown for Judge (video)," accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ NOLA.com: The Times-Picayune, "Paul Brown wins Civil District Court judgeship," February 6, 2010
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results: Orleans," October 4, 2008
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, accessed January 16, 2017
| |||||||||||
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Circuit |
John Guidry • Page McClendon • Jewel Welch • Wayne Chutz • Elizabeth Wolfe • Hunter Greene • Walter I. Lanier III • Allison H. Penzato • Mitch Theriot • Steve Miller (Louisiana) • Tess Percy Stromberg • Christopher Hester • | ||
| Second Circuit | James M. Stephens • Jeff Cox • Shonda Stone • Frances Pitman • Daniel Ellender • Jeff Thompson (Louisiana) • Marcus Hunter • Jeff Robinson (Louisiana) • | ||
| Third Circuit |
Elizabeth Pickett • Jonathan Perry (Louisiana) • Ledricka Johnson Thierry • H. Guy Bradberry • D. Kent Savoie • Shannon Gremillion • Gary J. Ortego • Sharon Wilson • Charlie Fitzgerald • Van H. Kyzar • Candyce Perret • Wilbur Stiles • | ||
| Fourth Circuit |
Terri Love • Roland Belsome • Paula Brown (Louisiana) • Daniel L. Dysart • Joy Cossich Lobrano • Karen K. Herman • Tiffany Gautier Chase • Rose Ledet • Nakisha Ervin-Knott • Sandra Cabrina Jenkins • Rachael Johnson • Dale Atkins • | ||
| Fifth Circuit |
Susan Chehardy • Fredericka Homberg Wicker • Jude Gravois • Marc Johnson • John Molaison Jr. • Stephen J. Windhorst • Timothy Marcel • Scott Schlegel • | ||
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana