--- title: "Joseph Landry | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-landry-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Joseph Landry New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court · Municipal and Traffic Court Judge ## Profile - Court: New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court - State: Louisiana - Role: Municipal and Traffic Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - “Joe” Landry is the Democratic Party judge for Division F of the Orleans Parish Municipal & Traffic Court in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a term ending December 31, 2026 - court: Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans · role: Judge · notes: Section D per 2014 LLA audit - It lists nine years as municipal prosecutor, temporary judgeships in Municipal and First City courts, and partnership at Guste, Barnett & Shushan - Before becoming a judge, Landry worked as a Municipal Court prosecutor for nine years and held the role of a temporary judge in Municipal and First City courts ### Education ### Additional information - It says Landry was elected in April 2009 and unopposed in 2018, with the latest term ending December 2026. - Division F referenced on petition; confirmed active in 2023 financial disclosure () and 2025 city salary listings; full name appears as Joseph B. Landry - gives a 1956 New Orleans birth, Loyola business administration bachelor’s degree in 1978 and Loyola JD in 1981; student bar presidency in 1980–1981 and Louisiana admission in 1981. - New Orleans Municipal & Traffic Court, Division F, hearing municipal ordinance violations, traffic matters, and related cases. - As a municipal and traffic court judge, he handles issues such as bail decisions, criminal and civil cases, evictions, family matters, and juvenile cases - Practice areas included civil trials, real estate, probate, insurance, personal injury, oil and gas, corporate and commercial law. - Affiliations include New Orleans, Louisiana and American bar associations, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. - Division F handles municipal and traffic cases. ## 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.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf) - [Official roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf) - [Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2025_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf) - [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-landry-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://app.lla.state.la.us) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://app.lla.la.gov) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lasc.org) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://change.org/petitions/orleans-parish-judge-municipal-and-traffic-court-division-f-joseph-landry) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-landry-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-landry-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la", "name": "Joseph Landry | KnowJudges", "description": "Joseph Landry, New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court. 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