--- title: "Barry Weldon Ashe | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-weldon-ashe" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Barry Weldon Ashe U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - from 2018 - Law Clerk to Judge Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 1984-1985 ### Education - Tulane University Law School — J.D. (1984) - Tulane University — B.A. (1978) ### Additional information - Member of the New Orleans chapter of the Federalist Society since 2006. - Nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017; that nomination was returned. Renominated January 8, 2018 to the seat vacated by Ivan L. R. Lemelle, confirmed by Senate voice vote August 28, and commissioned August 30, 2018. - Partner, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, New Orleans - 1985-2018 - U.S. Navy, lieutenant junior grade - 1978-1981. - Born in New Orleans in 1956. - Benjamin Franklin High School - Practice included appellate, products-liability, pharmaceutical, class-action, complex civil and commercial litigation. - Of 68 appellate decisions reviewed, 55 were affirmed, five reversed or vacated, and eight affirmed in part and reversed in part. - Recorded caseload: 66% civil matters, including personal injury, contracts and civil rights; 15% criminal cases. - B.A. summa cum laude - Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha Award for distinction in political science. - J.D. magna cum laude - Order of the Coif; senior managing editor of the Tulane Law Review. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5153446) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5153446) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5153446) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8536/barry-weldon-ashe/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8536/barry-weldon-ashe/) - [Wikidata: Barry W. Ashe](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41518466) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-weldon-ashe) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Ashe) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.fedbar.org/directory/hon-barry-w-ashe/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8536/barry-weldon-ashe/) - [Wikidata: Barry W. Ashe](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41518466) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-weldon-ashe", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/barry-weldon-ashe", "name": "Barry Weldon Ashe | KnowJudges", "description": "Barry Weldon Ashe, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.