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Wendy Baldwin Vitter

Wendy Baldwin Vitter

Louisiana Eastern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Born 1961 in New Orleans, LA

FJC ID: 6455091

Wendy Baldwin Vitter (née Wendy Lee Freret Baldwin; born 1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
    2012–2019
    • project director · 2012–2013
    • general counsel · 2013–2019
  2. Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
    1992–1993
  3. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
    Assistant district attorney · 1987–1992
    • deputy chief of trials · 1989–1990
    • chief of trials · 1990–1992

Appointments

  1. Louisiana Eastern District Court
    2019–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. Tulane University Law School
  2. Sam Houston State University
    B.A. · 1982