Chief Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, District 6

🏛️ What the job does

The Chief Justice is the senior member of the seven-member Louisiana Supreme Court, the state's highest court, which hears appeals and oversees the state court system. Under the Louisiana Constitution the justice oldest in point of service is Chief Justice, and sits as a justice from District 6, which covers parts of East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Ascension parishes, plus Plaquemines Parish. Justices are elected to 10-year terms.