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Mary Ann Lemmon

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

15

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Years in office: 1996 - 2011

Education

Bachelor's

Loyola University

Law

Loyola Law, 1964

Personal

Birthplace

New Orleans, LA

Contact

Official website

Mary Ann Lemmon is anArticle III federal judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She joined the court in 1996 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton.^[1] Lemmon assumed senior status onJanuary 1, 2011.

Early life and education

A Louisiana native, Lemmon graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with her Juris Doctor degree in 1964.^[1]

Professional career

Lemmon started out as a private practice attorney in the State ofLouisiana from 1964 to 1975 before becoming a law clerk for former State Appeals Judge and State Supreme Court Justice Harry Lemmon in the Louisana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1980 and in theLouisiana Supreme Court from 1980 to 1981. In 1981, Lemmon became Judge pro tempore in the 23rd District Court of Louisana from 1981-1982 before becoming a district court judge in the Louisana Twenty-ninth District Court from 1982 to 1996. Lemmon also had appealtte experience as a Judge pro tempore in the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990.^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Louisiana

On the recommendation of Louisiana U.S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Vance was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton on December 19, 1995 to a seat vacated byPeter Beer. Lemmmon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 10, 1996 on a Senate vote and received commission onJuly 25, 1996.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

Mose Jefferson case

Mose Jefferson, a political operative of former Congressman William Jefferson, originally sought a delay to his sentencing. Jefferson was convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice for attempting to bribe the Orleans Parish School Board President with $50,000.^[2] Jefferson reported to prison on March 28, 2010, to begin serving his sentence.^[3] Despite reporting to prison, Jefferson faced a second federal trial for stealing money that was earmarked for charitable and educational programs.^[3] The trial was delayed after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jefferson was then transferred to a prison hospital at Butner Federal Medical Center in North Carolina, where he died at the age of 68, before the trial began.^[4]

See also

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

External links

Suggest a link

• The Robing Room- Rate Judge Lemmon
• Judge Lemmon's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Vitter  •  Greg Guidry  •  Jay Zainey  •  Jane Triche-Milazzo  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •  Susie Morgan  •  William J. Crain  •  Barry Ashe  •  Darrel Papillion  •  Brandon Long (Louisiana)
Senior judges	Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Eldon Fallon  •  Mary Ann Lemmon  •  Ivan Lemelle  •  Carl Barbier  •  Lance Africk  •
Magistrate judges	Karen Wells Roby  •  Michael B. North  •  Janis van Meerveld  •  Donna Phillips Currault  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Porteous  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Edward Henry Durell  •  Edward Coke Billings  •  Edith Clement  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Charles Parlange  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Eugene Davis Saunders  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Martin Feldman  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Charles Schwartz  •  Peter Beer  •  Marcel Livaudais  •  Charlton Reid Beattie  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louis Henry Burns  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  George Arceneaux  •  Edward Boyle  •  Adrian Caillouet  •  Patrick Carr (Louisiana)  •  Fred Cassibry  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Robert Collins  •  James Comiskey  •  Adrian Duplantier  •  Frank Ellis  •  Jack M. Gordon  •  Okla Jones  •  Henry Mentz  •  Lansing Mitchell  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Roger West (Louisiana)  •  Veronica Wicker  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	Edith Clement  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBill Clinton
1993	Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson
1994	Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams
1995	Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata
1997	Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash
1998	Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young
1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
2000	Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore