--- title: "Brandon Scott Long | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brandon-scott-long" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Brandon Scott Long 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 - U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in December 2023 - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - from 2023 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2014-2023; deputy chief, Narcotics Unit, 2017-2018 - Assistant U.S. Attorney — U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia - 2010 to 2014 - Associate — King & Spalding, Washington, DC - Private practice - 2005 to 2010 ### Education - Duke University — J.D. (2005) - University of Texas at Austin — B.A. and B.B.A., 1999 ### Additional information - On June 8, 2023, President Biden nominated Long to replace the late Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman. - Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on June 8, 2023 to seat vacated by Martin Leach-Cross Feldman. - confirmed by Senate on December 14, 2023. - commission issued December 19, 2023. - sworn in December 21, 2023. - Deputy Chief of Staff (on detail) — Federal Bureau of Investigation - 2020 to 2021 - Acting Chief of Staff — Federal Bureau of Investigation - 2020 to 2021 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2010 - Brandon Scott Long was born in 1976 in Metairie, Louisiana. - Date of birth: 1976 ## 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/13761411) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761411) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761411) - [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) - [Judge Brandon Scott Long](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761411) - [Wikidata: Brandon Scott Long](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119164252) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brandon-scott-long) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Scott_Long) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](http://vettingroom.org/tag/eastern-district-of-louisiana/) - [Judge Brandon Scott Long](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761411) - [Wikidata: Brandon Scott Long](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119164252) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brandon-scott-long", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brandon-scott-long", "name": "Brandon Scott Long | KnowJudges", "description": "Brandon Scott Long, 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.