--- title: "Greg Gerard Guidry | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/greg-gerard-guidry" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Greg Gerard Guidry U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 2019-present - Incumbent judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in 2019 - On January 16, 2019, President Trump nominated Guidry to replace Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt, who had been elevated to the Fifth Circuit - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - from 2019 - Judge, Supreme Court of Louisiana - 2009 to 2019 - Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fifth Judicial Circuit - 2006 to 2008 - Judge, Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District - 2000 to 2006 - Judge, Louisiana 24th Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish (2000–2006) - title: Assistant U.S. Attorney — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana - location: Eastern District of Louisiana - 1990 to 2000 - title: Assistant Attorney General — Louisiana Department of Justice - location: Louisiana - 1989 to 1990 - title: Associate — Liskow & Lewis - location: New Orleans, Louisiana - description: Private practice - 1985 to 1989 ### Education - In 2010, he received a Master of Judicial Studies from the National Judicial College - Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — J.D. (1985) - B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1982 and a J.D. from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1985, graduating in the Order of the Coif and being selected for the Louisiana Law Review. - Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — B.A. (1982) - Louisiana State University — magna cum laude — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Elected 2008, re-elected 2018. - Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 1985-1989 - Born July 1960 in Jefferson, Louisiana. - Date of birth: 1960-01-01 - FJC - Chief of Violent Crime Unit and Chief of Drug Unit. - He also studied classical civilizations and Roman law at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa during a Rotary International Foundation Scholarship year - Birth place: Jefferson, LA ## 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.fjc.gov/node/6631571) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6631571) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6631571) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8579/greg-gerard-guidry/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8579/greg-gerard-guidry/) - [Wikidata: Greg G. Guidry](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194094) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/greg-gerard-guidry) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_G._Guidry) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Guidry) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8579/greg-gerard-guidry/) - [Wikidata: Greg G. Guidry](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194094) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/greg-gerard-guidry", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/greg-gerard-guidry", "name": "Greg Gerard Guidry | KnowJudges", "description": "Greg Gerard Guidry, 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.