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# Jeanette Theriot Knoll

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1997-present
- Honors include judicial awards in 1995/2002, Political Hall of Fame (2000), Justice Hall of Fame (2007) and Crimefighters Outstanding Jurist
- Twelfth District first assistant district attorney, 1972–1982; and unpaid Selective Service advice

### Education

- University of Virginia School of Law — judicial process — LL.M. (1996)
- Loyola University School of Law — Law — J.D. (1969)
- Loyola University — political science — B.A.

### Additional information

- court: Supreme Court of Louisiana, 3rd District · notes: Elected 1996, re-elected 2006, retired December 31, 2016; successor James Genovese
- She won Supreme Court election in 1996, serving January 1997–December 2016.
- prof, 1996-1996
- Her academic qualifications include Loyola degrees in political science/history (1966) and law (1969), and a Virginia judicial-process LL.M. (1996).
- Elected to the Third Circuit in 1982 as Louisiana’s first woman elected to a reviewing court, she was re-elected in 1993.
- Her work included Avoyelles indigent defense, 1969–1972
- Date of birth: 1948-01-01
- Alicia Jeannette Theriot Knoll was born January 23, 1943 in Baton Rouge, one of ten children of Alfred Theriot and Marie Bailey.
- court: Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
- Opera scholarships supported Mannes and Loyola voice study; she studied with Kurt Adler and performed with New Orleans orchestras.
- Raised in Gueydan and New Orleans, she graduated from St. James Major High School.
- The collected biographical information identifies 58,000-plus writ applications, 184 full opinions and hundreds of other opinions.
- She led the Business and Professional Women’s Club and served the Avoyelles arts council.
- She married Eddie Knoll and has five sons.

## 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/4586/jeanette-theriot-knoll/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4586/jeanette-theriot-knoll/)
- [Supreme Court of Louisiana current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4586/jeanette-theriot-knoll/)
- [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/4586/jeanette-theriot-knoll/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeanette-theriot-knoll-4586)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/Jeannette_Theriot_Knoll)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Knoll-Jeannette-Theriot)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4586/jeanette-theriot-knoll/)

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