Edith Joy Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Edith Brown Clement
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Born 1948 in Birmingham, AL
FJC ID: 454
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1991–2001Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana1975–1991
Law clerk , Hon. Herbert W. Christenberry · 1973–1975
Appointments
2001–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)- 1991–2001 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1973- University of AlabamaB.A. · 1969