Robin D. Pittman

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Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Section F
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2026

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Loyola University, New Orleans

Law

Loyola Law School

Contact

Robin D. Pittman is a judge for Section F of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Pittman (Democratic Party) won re-election for the Section F judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in Louisiana outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Pittman was a Democratic candidate for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 2018. She ran in the special election on March 24, 2018, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Madeleine M. Landrieu.

Biography

Pittman received her B.A. from Loyola University - New Orleans in 1991, going on to earn her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1996. Pittman began her career in 1997 as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish. There she served as a screener of narcotics, homicide, and sex offenses cases. In 2000, she joined the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (a division of the state Supreme Court) as a deputy. She held that position through 2005 before joining the law firm of Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, LLC as a litigation associate in 2006. In November 2008, she was elected to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.[1][2]

Elections

2020

See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)


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

The primary election was canceled. Robin D. Pittman (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2018

See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

Dale Atkins defeated Robin D. Pittman in the special election for District 1, Division F of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.[3]

Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Special Election, 2018
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dale Atkins 58.34% 19,720
Robin D. Pittman 41.66% 14,081
Total Votes 33,801
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," March 24, 2018

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Pittman ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [4]

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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