--- title: "Freddie Pitcher Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/freddie-pitcher-jr-7449" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Freddie Pitcher Jr. Louisiana Court of Appeal · Judge ## Profile - Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1992-present - focusing on commercial, casualty, employment, and appellate litigation From 2002 to 2015, he held the role of Chancellor and Professor of Law at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. - Circuit Judge · First Circuit Court of Appeal · 1990 · 2000 - District Judge · 19th JDC · 1978 · 1990 - 1987 – Elected first African American judge in the 19th Judicial District Court of East Baton Rouge Parish - Assistant District Attorney · 19th JDC · 1976 · 1978 - Special Counsel - Criminal Division · Louisiana Attorney General · 1973 · 1976 - held the role of Associate Justice ad hoc on the Louisiana Supreme Court on multiple occasions ### Education - Southern University Law Center — J.D. (1973) - Southern University School of Law in — J.D. (1973) - Southern University A&M — Political Science — B.A. (1966) ### Additional information - Practitioner, 1991-1991 - He became the first African-American elected to a judgeship in Baton Rouge with his election to the City Court in a citywide election in April 1983. - Born April 28, 1945 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Pitcher graduated from McKinley High School in 1962 - Date of birth: 1945-04-28 - Distinguished Louisiana jurist, legal scholar, and community leader, best known as the first African American elected to a judgeship in Baton Rouge and later to the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal - Before joining the bench, Pitcher was a partner in the law firm Pitcher, Tyson Avery, and Cunningham and later in Phelps Dunbar LLP - He also teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution and has extensive mediation experience - Pitcher is a member of the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, and Louisiana State Bar Association. - He has received multiple honors, including the G. Leon Netterville Award from Southern University and the Citizen of the Year award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity - He is also the author of View from the Bench: Breaking Barriers, reflecting on his judicial career and advocacy ## 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.courtlistener.com/person/7449/freddie-pitcher-jr/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7449/freddie-pitcher-jr/) - [Louisiana Court of Appeal current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7449/freddie-pitcher-jr/) - [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7449/freddie-pitcher-jr/) - [Freddie Pitcher, Jr. - Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions](https://www.perrydampf.com/neutrals/freddie-pitcher-jr) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/freddie-pitcher-jr-7449", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/freddie-pitcher-jr-7449", "name": "Freddie Pitcher Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Freddie Pitcher Jr., Louisiana Court of Appeal. 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