--- title: "Brian Anthony Jackson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-anthony-jackson" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Brian Anthony Jackson U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: U.S. District 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, District Court, M.D. Louisiana, 2010-present - American federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0 - court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana · role: District Judge · start date: 2010-06-15 · notes: Nominated by Barack Obama Oct 29 2009, confirmed June 15 2010, commission issued June 15 2010 - Private Practice — Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, Louisiana · start year: 2002 · end year: 2010 - First Assistant U.S. Attorney (Interim U.S. Attorney 2001) — Middle District of Louisiana · start year: 1994 · end year: 2002 - Associate Deputy Attorney General — U.S. Department of Justice · start year: 1998 · end year: 1999 - Assistant Director, Evaluation and Review of Staff, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys — U.S. Department of Justice · start year: 1992 · end year: 1994 - Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana — U.S. Department of Justice · start year: 1988 · end year: 1992 - Assistant U.S. Attorney — Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 1990 · end year: 1990 - 1985–1988: Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), U.S. Department of Justice - General Attorney, Los Angeles District Office / Assistant General Counsel — Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice · start year: 1985 · end year: 1988 - general attorney, Los Angeles District Office, 1985-1987 - Current role: Active judge, Middle District of Louisiana ### Education - Georgetown University Law Center — Law — LL.M. (2000) - Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D. (1985) - Xavier University of Louisiana — B.S. (1982) ### Additional information - interim U.S. attorney, 2001-present - assistant U.S. attorney, 1990-present - Served as Chief Judge 2011-2018. - Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 2002-2010 - assistant general counsel, 1987-1988 - Date of birth: 1960-01-01 - Birth place: New Orleans, LA ## 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/1393251) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393251) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393251) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1603/brian-anthony-jackson/) - [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/1603/brian-anthony-jackson/) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-anthony-jackson) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://baffc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BAJ-Bio-2021.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1603/brian-anthony-jackson/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-anthony-jackson", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-anthony-jackson", "name": "Brian Anthony Jackson | KnowJudges", "description": "Brian Anthony Jackson, U.S. District Court for the Middle 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.