--- title: "Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett is a Republican‐affiliated judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court (Caddo Parish), elected in 2014, re‐elected in 2020, and serving until 2026 - She has been named a “Top Attorney” in Shreveport multiple years and inducted into Southern University Law Center’s Wall of Fame in 2016 - Elected to the First Judicial District Court in November 2014, she became Caddo Parish District Court Judge in January 2015 - Attorney Mental Health University Health System / LSU Health Sciences Center — University Health System · start year: 2011 · end year: 2014 - She also held the role of behavioral health attorney for Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (now Oschner LSU Health) from 2011 to 2014 - Law Clerk for Chief Justice Pascal Calogero Jr Louisiana Supreme Court — Louisiana Supreme Court ### Education ### Additional information - court: Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court · role: Judge · start date: 2015-01 · notes: Election Section 3 Division K, elected Nov 2014, term ends 2026, domestic then drug court - Garrett returned to Shreveport as an associate attorney, then in 2010 opened her own law practice handling domestic, civil, criminal, estate planning, and personal injury cases. - Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Southern Hills, Garrett graduated from Southwood High School, obtained a B.A. in Psychology from Louisiana Tech University in 2002, and a J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 2006. - After law school, she clerked for the late Pascal Calogero, Jr., Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans - Garrett has been active in the Louisiana State Bar Association and Shreveport Bar Association, serving in leadership roles in the Young Lawyers Section and Women’s Section. ## 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.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett/) - [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett/) - [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett/) - [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/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.ballotready.org/people/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-leigh-waddell-garrett-judge-louisiana-1st-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la", "name": "Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett | KnowJudges", "description": "Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett, Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC). Collected 2026-07-26.