--- title: "M. Terrance Hoychick | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/m-terrance-hoychick-eunice-city-court-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # M. Terrance Hoychick Eunice City Court · City or Parish Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Eunice 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 - The elected City Judge for Ward 6 of the Eunice City Court in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, serving since his 2014 election and re‐election in 2020 ### Education ### Additional information - It records election in December 2014 and reelection in 2020. - Attorney at Private practice, Eunice, LA - former partner of Nilas Young and Lynette Young Feucht - 35 years as of 2014. - Member at Louisiana State Bar Association - AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell, Top Lawyers LA 2013. - Business Law Instructor at LSU Eunice (1979-1989). - It details private practice, Eunice Train Derailment plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel/steering committee co-chair and LSU Eunice business law teaching (1979–1989). - Before joining the judiciary, Hoychick practiced law in private practice and held the role of co‐lead counsel and co‐chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the high‐profile Eunice Train Derailment litigation He also taught business law at Louisiana State University–Eunice from 1979 to 1989 - Admissions listed: Louisiana and Western District (1978), Fifth Circuit (1980), Eighth Circuit and Eastern District of Arkansas (1984). - gives birth in Basile in 1952, Southwestern Louisiana political science BA (1974) and LSU JD (1978). - Born in 1952, Hoychick is an American lawyer with expertise in personal injury, maritime tort, and workers’ compensation law. - Chairman, Eunice Attorneys Group - Co-lead counsel & co-chairman, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee at Eunice Train Derailment litigation (federal court appointment). - Civic leadership includes Louisiana Baptist Convention, Acadia Baptist Center, Eunice Men’s Tennis League, Kiwanis presidency and Eunice Community Health Center. - He is recognized for his legal work and community leadership, and has been listed as a reputable attorney by Martindale‐Hubbell - Memberships include Louisiana and American bar, Louisiana Trial Lawyers and Association of Trial Lawyers of America. ## 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://archive.eunicetoday.com/local/hoychick-seeking-city-court-judgeship) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/m-terrance-hoychick-eunice-city-court-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/m-terrance-hoychick-eunice-city-court-la", "name": "M. 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