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# Cade R. Cole

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- court: Supreme Court of Louisiana · role: Associate Justice · start date: 2025-03-10 · end date: 2036-12-31 · notes: Elected unopposed Jan 29 2025, sworn April 3 2025 by retired Justice Jeannette Knoll, succeeded James T. Genovese
- American judge and Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, elected in January 2025 and sworn in on April 3, 2025, serving a full 10‐year term through December 31, 2036
- Elected without opposition to the Louisiana Supreme Court in January 2025, succeeding Justice James T. Genovese
- Law Clerk — Louisiana Supreme Court - Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll · start year: 2008
- Assistant District Attorney — 14th and 38th Judicial Districts
- Associate Attorney — Sigler & Raglin Attorneys at Law
- court: DeQuincy Municipal Court · role: City Magistrate / Judge · notes: Served as DeQuincy City Magistrate per LawyerDB bio

### Education

- Tulane University Law School — CALI Award: Income Tax, Energy Regulation, Obligations II — J.D. (2008)
- Tulane University — B.A. (2005)

### Additional information

- court: Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals - Local Tax Division · role: Judge · end date: 2025 · notes: Only judge in Louisiana with statewide jurisdiction per
- Special Master — U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana - Hurricane Claims · start year: 2021 · end year: 2025
- Owner — TJ Cade Law · start year: 2012 · end year: 2023
- In 2013, he received the President’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association for resolving an indigent defense funding crisis.
- Born in 1983 in DeQuincy, Louisiana, Cole graduated from DeQuincy High School, obtained a B.A. from Tulane University, and a J.D. from Tulane University School of Law, where he was recognized for top performance in multiple courses.
- City Attorney — City of Sulphur, Vinton, and DeQuincy
- The youngest of seven justices and chairs the Judicial Budgetary Control Board.
- Louisiana’s first state and local Tax Judge, presiding over billions in complex tax disputes
- Tulane Honor Board President
- He is admitted to both the Louisiana and Florida bars and trained as a mediator at the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University
- He also chaired the Judicial Budgetary Control Board and Court Cost Committee, and served on the Judicial Council and Supreme Court Historical Society Board
- He has been recognized by law enforcement leaders across Louisiana for his fair and principled judicial approach

## 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.lasc.org/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Official roster](https://www.lasc.org/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://www.lasc.org/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
- [Wikidata: Cade Cole](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127466714)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/cade-cole-justice-louisiana-supreme-court-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lawyerdb.org/lawyer/cade-cole/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cade_Cole)
- [Wikidata: Cade Cole](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127466714)

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