--- title: "Ivan L. R. Lemelle | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ivan-l-r-lemelle" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Ivan L. R. Lemelle 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: senior - 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, 1998-present - Senior Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 2015 · appointment: Assumed senior status June 29, 2015 · details: Senior Judge, incumbent - Confirmed April 3, 1998, commission April 7, 1998 · details: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1998-2015 - District Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 1998 · end year: 2015 · appointment: Nominated by President William J. Clinton on February 12, 1997, to seat vacated by Veronica D. Wicker - Magistrate Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 1984 · end year: 1998 · appointment: U.S. Magistrate/U.S. Magistrate Judge · details: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1984-1998 - Assistant Attorney General — Louisiana Department of Justice · location: State of Louisiana · start year: 1980 · end year: 1984 - Assistant district attorney, Orleans Parish, LA, 1974-1977 - Assistant District Attorney — Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office · location: Orleans Parish, Louisiana · start year: 1974 · end year: 1977 - Law clerk — Hon. Robert Collins, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court · location: Orleans Parish, Louisiana · start year: 1972 · end year: 1974 ### Education - Loyola University New Orleans School of Law — J.D. (1974) - Xavier University of Louisiana — cum laude — B.S. (1971) ### Additional information - Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 1977-1981 - Private practice — Private practice · location: New Orleans, Louisiana · start year: 1977 · end year: 1981 - Assistant city attorney, New Orleans, LA, 1977-1978 - Assistant City Attorney — City of New Orleans · location: New Orleans, Louisiana · start year: 1977 · end year: 1978 - Date of birth: 1950-01-01 - Birth place: Opelousas, 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/1390651) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390651) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390651) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1905/ivan-l-r-lemelle/) - [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/1905/ivan-l-r-lemelle/) - [Wikidata: Ivan L. R. Lemelle](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15451783) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/ivan-l-r-lemelle) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_L._R._Lemelle) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.congress.gov/nomination/105th-congress/209) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1905/ivan-l-r-lemelle/) - [Wikidata: Ivan L. R. Lemelle](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15451783) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ivan-l-r-lemelle", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ivan-l-r-lemelle", "name": "Ivan L. R. Lemelle | KnowJudges", "description": "Ivan L. R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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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.