--- title: "F. Stanton Hardee, III | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/f-stanton-hardee-iii-kaplan-city-court-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # F. Stanton Hardee, III Kaplan City Court · City or Parish Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Kaplan City 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 - Judge F. Stanton Hardee, III is the elected Chief Judge of the City Court of Kaplan, Louisiana, serving a six‐year term and re‐elected in 2020 - Judge at Kaplan City Court (from 2015) - Licensed to practice law in Louisiana in 2006 and worked as a felony prosecutor for the Louisiana Attorney General and in multiple parishes, later becoming Louisiana Drug Prosecutor of the Year in 2013 - Judge Hardee is a fourth‐generation Kaplan native and a 1992 Kaplan High School salutatorian - As a part‐time judge allowed to practice law, he was subject to the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel ### Education - It lists Kaplan High salutatorian (1992), a B.S. in French from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1996), U.S. Army infantry officer service, a J.D. from Southern University Law Center (2005), felony prosecution from 2006ΓÇô2014, election as Kaplan City Judge in 2014, and reelection in 2020. - Southern University Law Center in — J.D. (2006) ### Additional information - He was elected Kaplan City Judge in 2015 and re‐elected in 2020 - In 2018, he and the ODC filed a joint petition for consent discipline, leading to a one‐year suspension of his law license (with most of the term deferred) and a five‐year Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (JLAP) monitoring agreement. - In January 2017, Judge Hardee was charged in Utah with multiple misdemeanors after an incident involving alleged sexual battery, failure to disclose identity, interference with an arresting officer, and intoxication. - Judge Hardee presides over these cases and is the only elected city judge in the jurisdiction - Kaplan City CourtΓÇÖs official biography identifies F. Stanton Hardee, III as its judge. - He pleaded no contest and satisfied all plea terms. - The source page prints the Army service end year as ΓÇ£19997ΓÇ¥; that source typo is not normalized. ## 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) - [www.kaplancitycourt.org](https://www.kaplancitycourt.org/judge-hardee) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/f-stanton-hardee-iii-kaplan-city-court-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/f-stanton-hardee-iii-kaplan-city-court-la", "name": "F. 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