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# Erin Wiley Lanoux

Ascension Parish Court · City or Parish Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Ascension Parish Court
- State: Louisiana
- Role: City or Parish 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

- Erin Wiley Lanoux is the elected Judge of Ascension Parish Court in Louisiana, serving since January 2019 and re‐elected in 2024 for a second term through 2030
- Legal Career: Partner at Percy, Lanoux & Mumphrey in Ascension Parish Former City Attorney for Gonzales, LA Earlier legal work at Phelps Dunbar LLP (2003–2007)

### Education

- Louisiana State University — Economics — B.S.

### Additional information

- J.D. — LSU Law Center — 2003 — Law
- Judge Lanoux presides over all traffic cases, misdemeanor crimes, civil claims, and juvenile/child in need of care cases in Ascension Parish.
- Louisiana Law Review, numerous academic awards
- Her father, Jeff Wiley, has held the role of Sheriff of Ascension Parish.
- Born and raised in Gonzales, Louisiana, she completed studies at East Ascension High School.
- She has also served on the Ascension Chamber of Commerce Board and completed Leadership Ascension

## 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)
- [LA Batch 12 supplied biography research source](https://www.ascensionparishcourt.net/judgelanoux)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c043a9f2e3e33988fd8575e4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.