--- title: "Eva J Dossier | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eva-j-dossier-louisiana-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Eva J Dossier U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Eva J. Dossier is a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, serving in New Orleans since April 2024 - position: U.S. Magistrate Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 2023 · is current: true - position: Adjunct Professor — Tulane University Law School · start year: 2020 · end year: 2020 - position: Law Clerk to Hon. James B. Loken — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - position: Law Clerk to Hon. Lance M. Africk — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ### Education - Vanderbilt University Law School — Law — J.D. (2011) - Tulane University — Neuroscience — B.S. (2007) - Eva J. Dossier obtained a B.S. in Neuroscience from Tulane University (Dean’s Honor Scholar, cum laude) - a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, graduating Order of the Coif. ### Additional information - Eva J. Dossier was selected as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in September 2023 and sworn in on April 11, 2024 - position: Member, Lawyer Disciplinary Committee — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 2017 · end year: 2023 - She has also taught at Tulane Law School and served on the Lawyer Disciplinary Committee for the E.D. Louisiana from 2017–2023 - She was recognized with the Jack Martzell Professionalism Award from the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association in 2021 - position: Member — Stanley, Reuter, Thornton & Alford, LLC · end year: 2020 - position: Co-Managing Member — Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, LLC · start year: 2020 - Before joining the bench, she was a litigator at Stanley, Reuter, Thornton & Alford, LLC - focusing on state and federal litigation in Louisiana, including ethics and professional responsibility matters. - Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of Vanderbilt Law Review, John W. Wade Scholar, Vanderbilt Pro Bono Service Award, Scholastic Excellence Awards in Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Torts, and Wills and Trusts - Deans' Honor Scholar, cum laude - Editor‐in‐chief of the Vanderbilt Law Review and a John W. Wade Scholar, receiving multiple scholastic excellence awards in Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Torts, and Wills & Trusts ## 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=40) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=40) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=40) - [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) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eva-j-dossier-louisiana-us-magistrate) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/news/eva-j-dossier-selected-us-magistrate-judge) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/70112-la-eva-dossier-5143010.html) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eva-j-dossier-louisiana-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/eva-j-dossier-louisiana-us-magistrate", "name": "Eva J Dossier | KnowJudges", "description": "Eva J Dossier, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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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-civil-procedure.pdf). 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.