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# Charlene Larche-Mason

New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court · Municipal and Traffic Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Municipal and Traffic Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- The first woman elected to preside over traffic matters in New Orleans, serving as Judge for Division C of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans since 2020
- Assistant City Attorney — City Attorney's Office New Orleans · start year: 1999
- She became the first female judge in the city’s history to preside over traffic cases and the first woman elected to the Municipal and Traffic Court bench

### Education

- Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D. (1997)
- Bachelor's — Xavier University of Louisiana — 1993 — Political Science; cum laude

### Additional information

- court: New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court · role: Judge Division C · start date: 2020-08-13 · notes: First female judge elected to preside over traffic matters in history of City of New Orleans; term ends 2028
- Elected without opposition on July 30, 2020, to lead Division C of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.
- Named Employee of the Year by Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu in 2017 for her prosecutorial innovations
- Deputy City Attorney — City of New Orleans · start year: 2004 · end year: 2008
- Attorney — Private Practice · start year: 1997 · end year: 2004
- Chief Prosecutor — City of New Orleans
- In this role, she worked daily inside the Municipal and Traffic Court building for over 12 years, spanning three mayoral administrations.
- She interned with then-State Senator Marc H. Morial and began her public service as a 911 operator with the New Orleans Police Department
- A native New Orleanian raised in the Treme neighborhood, she attended Ursuline Academy and graduated cum laude in Political Science from Xavier University.
- Larche-Mason has served twice on the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee and is a Silver Star, Life Member of the Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

## 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/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [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/charlene-larche-mason-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.ballotready.org/people/charlene-larche-mason)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://mtcourt.nola.gov/about/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/Charlene_Larche-Mason)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianajudgesnoir.org/judge-charlene-larche-mason/)

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