--- title: "Kim P. Stansbury | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-p-stansbury-morgan-city-court-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Kim P. Stansbury Morgan City Court · City or Parish Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Morgan City Court - State: Louisiana - Role: City or Parish 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 - Also listed as an attorney at law in Morgan City, LA - Position: City Judge, City Court of Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, LA ### Education ### Additional information - The City Judge for the City Court of Morgan City in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, serving since 1996 and currently acting as Secretary of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - It details Morgan City judgeship beginning in 1996 or 1997 and retirement in 2026, with 4,203 traffic and 109 juvenile cases reported for 2025. - Retirement timing and 2025 caseload figures have not been independently verified. - It names wife Pat and mentions raising children and mid-1990s private practice. - gives birth in 1951, Nicholls State BS in 1973, LSU JD and Louisiana bar admission in 1976. - Judge Stansbury presides over the City Court of Morgan City, which handles misdemeanor cases, certain civil matters (up to $15,000), small claims (up to $5,000), and other limited civil and criminal cases. - The biography describes increasing emphasis on rehabilitation and coordination with juvenile justice, family/children and education agencies, and support for the Morgan City Youth Center. - His judicial service includes experience in both criminal and civil matters, and he is recognized in Louisiana judicial and bar association listings - It lists personal injury, general, family, probate, admiralty and maritime practice, federal admissions in Louisiana’s three districts and Martindale recognition. - Unresolved dates:** The service starting year differs across overview sources. ## 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) - [LA Batch 12 supplied biography research source](https://app.lla.la.gov/publicreports.nsf/0/f80c9d9c821b460b8625888b006907c6/$file/00027895.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-p-stansbury-morgan-city-court-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kim-p-stansbury-morgan-city-court-la", "name": "Kim P. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC). Collected 2026-07-26.