Desiree Cook-Calvin pledges ‘holistic’ approach if elected Juvenile Court judge
She would employ drug and mental-health counseling, parenting classes, and she’d make sure sentences are appropriate.
Jacqueline Carroll-Gilds says background as lawyer, registered nurse prepared her for Juvenile Court bench
She ran a mental-health agency for troubled youth for 11 years.
Citing his extensive judicial experience, Paul Sens waves off accusations of nepotism, impropriety
As a municipal judge, Sens said he has a track record of moving cases through. Now he's seeking a seat in Criminal District Court.
Byron Williams would set goal of being one of Criminal District Court’s most efficient judges
He would inherit one of the city’s most backlogged dockets.
Marie Williams says she’d straighten out dysfunctional courtroom if elected criminal judge
She put herself in the spotlight by recording a meeting with Judge Frank Marullo in which she says he offered her a job to get out of the race.
Frank Marullo wants to extend his 40-year run as judge, but he may be too old to take office
If elected to another term, he said he would lobby to loosen mandatory minimum sentencing.
Graham Bosworth says he’d modernize criminal court by setting up online calendar, allowing email motions
Bosworth is challenging Marullo, Louisiana’s longest-serving judge, as well as attorney Marie Williams.
Michelle Scott-Bennett says she’d improve how domestic court deals with people who represent themselves
People should pay attention to this court, she said, because they may have a case there.
Monique Barial would encourage mediation if elected domestic judge
She said she wouldn’t make everyone show up at 9 a.m., only to wait hours for a hearing.
Janet Ahern says experience, passion for family law are reasons to elect her domestic court judge
She said she’d stagger the docket and reduce the time before initial hearings.
