--- title: "Eldon E. Fallon | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eldon-e-fallon" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Eldon E. Fallon 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: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 1995-present - Senior Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 2024 - Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 1995 · end year: 2024 · appointed by: William J. Clinton · nomination date: 1995-02-03 · confirmation date: 1995-05-08 · commission date: 1995-05-10 - Before joining the judiciary, Fallon practiced law in New Orleans from 1962 to 1995 and held the role of an adjunct professor at Tulane University Law School from 1975 to 1993. - Adjunct professor — Tulane University Law School · start year: 1975 · end year: 1993 ### Education - Yale University — LL.M. (1963) - Yale Law School — Law — LL.M. (1963) - Tulane University of Louisiana — J.D. (1962) - Tulane University Law School — Law — J.D. (1962) - Tulane University of Louisiana — B.A. (1959) ### Additional information - Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed in 1995 and elevated to senior status in 2024, known for his work in high-profile multidistrict litigation cases - Private practice — New Orleans, Louisiana · location: New Orleans, LA · start year: 1962 · end year: 1995 - Date of birth: 1939-01-01 - He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the American Law Institute - 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/1380616) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380616) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1380616) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1029/eldon-e-fallon/) - [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/1029/eldon-e-fallon/) - [Wikidata: Eldon E. Fallon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5354028) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eldon-e-fallon) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon_E._Fallon) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1029/eldon-e-fallon/) - [Wikidata: Eldon E. Fallon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5354028) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eldon-e-fallon", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eldon-e-fallon", "name": "Eldon E. Fallon | KnowJudges", "description": "Eldon E. Fallon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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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.