--- title: "Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo 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, 2011-present - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - from 2011 - Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo is an incumbent judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, appointed by President Barack Obama on March 16, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on October 11, 2011, by a unanimous 98–0 vote - Judge, Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Third Judicial District - 2008 to 2011 - In 2008, she was elected state district judge for Louisiana’s 23rd Judicial District - She held the role of a law clerk during law school, was an associate at her family’s law firm from 1992–1998, and later a partner from 1998–2008. - Private practice - Associate then Partner — Law Offices of Risley Triche / Risley Triche, LLC - location: Napoleonville, Louisiana - details: Associate 1992-1998, Partner 1998-2008; spent entirety of legal career at family firm - 1992 to 2008 - Law clerk — Napoleonville law firm - location: Napoleonville, Louisiana - details: Law clerk while attending LSU Law Center - 1989 to 1992 - Before joining the federal judiciary, Milazzo served as an elementary school teacher, then as a paralegal in Napoleonville, Louisiana, from 1986. ### Education - Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center — J.D. (1992) - Nicholls State University — B.A. (1977) ### Additional information - On March 16, 2011, President Obama nominated her to replace Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, who had assumed senior status. - Private practice, Napoleonville, LA, 1992-2008 - Paralegal — Law firm in Napoleonville - location: Napoleonville, Louisiana - details: Paralegal while preparing for law school - 1986 to 1989 - Born March 2, 1957, in Napoleonville, Louisiana. - Date of birth: 1957-01-01 - Initially appointed as Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo and later adopted the current name - Milazzo remains active on the bench, continuing her career in public service and judicial leadership in Louisiana - Birth place: Napoleonville, 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/1393796) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393796) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393796) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2243/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo/) - [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/2243/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo/) - [Wikidata: Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560997) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Triche-Milazzo) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://professionals.justia.com/lawyer/jane-triche-milazzo-1506686) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.nicholls.edu/news/2015/u-s-district-court-judge-to-headline-nicholls-commencement/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2243/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo/) - [Wikidata: Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560997) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jane-margaret-triche-milazzo", "name": "Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo | KnowJudges", "description": "Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo, 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.