--- title: "Joseph H.L. Perez-Montes | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-h-l-perez-montes-louisiana-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Joseph H.L. Perez-Montes U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate — Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell · start year: 2010 · end year: 2015 - Legal Career: Law clerk to Senior U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell (2009–2010) Associate at Gold Weems Law Firm in Alexandria, LA (2010–2015), specializing in labor and employment law - Law Clerk to Hon. Dee D. Drell — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · start year: 2009 · end year: 2010 - Alexandra VanBlaricum — alexandra_vanblaricum@ (Law Clerk) - United States Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ### Education - Tulane University School of Law — Law; summa cum laude — J.D. (2009) - Louisiana College — History; summa cum laude — B.A. (2004) ### Additional information - court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · role: Federal Magistrate Judge · start date: 2015 · notes: First appointed 2015; tenure 2015-Present per; current term ends 2031 per; chambers in Alexandria, LA - Magistrate, District Court, W.D. Louisiana, 2015-present - He has also taught undergraduate labor and employment law courses since 2011 and has delivered numerous professional and academic lectures - Appointed in 2015 to a renewable eight-year term. - Judicial Service: Appointed as Magistrate Judge in 2015 Regularly presides over labor and employment cases, as well as other federal matters - Judge Perez-Montes has extensive experience in labor and employment law, including cases involving employee benefits, discrimination, and harassment. ## 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=42) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=42) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=42) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9280/joseph-hl-perez-montes/) - [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/9280/joseph-hl-perez-montes/) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-h-l-perez-montes-louisiana-us-magistrate) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_H.L._Perez-Montes) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://online.law.tulane.edu/faculty-spotlight/hon-joseph-h-l-perez-montes) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lawyerdb.org/lawyer/Joseph-H-L-Perez-Montes/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9280/joseph-hl-perez-montes/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-h-l-perez-montes-louisiana-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-h-l-perez-montes-louisiana-us-magistrate", "name": "Joseph H.L. 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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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.