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The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, and Shreveport.
Lafayette Parish is a part of the region of Acadiana in southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km 2), of which 269 square miles (700 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [6]
Lafayette Parish: 055: Lafayette: 1823: from part of St. Martin Parish. French-born American Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette: 249,750: 270 sq mi (699 km 2) Lafourche Parish: 057: Thibodaux: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853.
Current Judges [7] [8]; Title Name Section Division Type Duty Station Party Term District Judge: C. Wendell Manning: 1: F: Civil: Morehouse Parish, Ouachita Parish: Republican: 2003- District Judge
Lafayette has a consolidated city–parish government, known as the Lafayette Consolidated Government; [123] parish voters agreed to consolidation of the city and parish governments in 1996. [ 38 ] [ 42 ] Lafayette's chief executive was initially called the city-parish president, but is now known as the mayor-president for the Lafayette ...
Martin has been with Lafayette Parish School System for 21 years, serving in various capacities across the parish. He began his career teaching social studies at N.P. Moss Middle School (now David ...
Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 U.S. census , the population was 57,576. [ 1 ] The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Crowley . [ 2 ]
Diana Simon: [55] First female litigator in Lafayette, Louisiana [Lafayette Parish, Louisiana] Vanessa Harris: [56] [57] First African American (female) to serve as a Judge of the Lafayette City Court (2021) [Lafayette Parish, Louisiana] Kristine Russell: [58] First female District Attorney for the Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (2018)