--- title: "Brady Dennis O'Callaghan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brady-dennis-o-callaghan-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-2-division-h-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Brady Dennis O'Callaghan Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Brady Dennis O’Callaghan is a judge of the First Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, serving since his 2013 election - In 2004, he returned to Shreveport as Assistant District Attorney for Caddo Parish, prosecuting hundreds of cases including domestic violence, sex crimes, property crimes, violent crimes, and homicides - After two years in general civil practice in Baton Rouge, he joined the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office in 2001, where he helped found the Special Homicide Offender’s Taskforce and prosecuted violent crimes - Assistant District Attorney — Caddo Parish DA - He has also held the role of a judge pro tempore on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal ### Education - Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center — Law — J.D. (1999) - Judge O’Callaghan earned his B.A. with honors in philosophy from Yale University in 1995 and his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert School of Law at Louisiana State University in 1999. ### Additional information - court: Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court · role: Judge · start date: 2013 · notes: Section 2 Division H, elected 2013, Term Ends 2026 - Elected in 2013, Judge O’Callaghan initially presided over criminal cases for five years, then family court cases for three years, before moving to the civil court bench. - Louisiana Law Review write-on 1996 - Prosecutor Orleans Parish DA — Orleans Parish DA - He is second vice-president of the Louisiana District Judges Association, has been past president of the association, and held the role of Chair of the Louisiana Judiciary Commission, which oversees judicial ethics complaints. - He has lectured extensively on ethics, criminal constitutional law, jury selection, capital litigation, and related topics ## 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 ### electronic or photographic presentation of evidence Scope: statewide Louisiana trial judges may authorize electronic or photographic means for presenting evidence, preserving the record, counsel use, or judicial-administration purposes. Evidence excerpt: A trial judge may authorize ... the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### broadcast recording photography Scope: statewide Louisiana judges generally prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing courtroom proceedings unless a Canon 3A(9) exception applies. Evidence excerpt: a judge shall prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or taking photographs in the courtroom [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### appellate extended media coverage Scope: statewide Louisiana appellate courts may permit extended media coverage in public appellate proceedings, subject to the authority of the court and presiding judge or panel. Evidence excerpt: An appellate court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, and taking photographs of public judicial proceedings [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/brady-dennis-ocallaghan/) - [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/brady-dennis-ocallaghan/) - [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/brady-dennis-ocallaghan/) - [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brady-dennis-o-callaghan-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-2-division-h-la) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://judgeocallaghan.org) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brady-dennis-o-callaghan-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-2-division-h-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brady-dennis-o-callaghan-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-2-division-h-la", "name": "Brady Dennis O'Callaghan | KnowJudges", "description": "Brady Dennis O'Callaghan, Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court. 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Collected 2026-07-26.