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# Marc E. Johnson

Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2009-present
- Law Clerk — City Attorney's Office in Kenner
- Attorney - Private Practice — Practiced law nearly 20 years serving the legal needs of the community

### Education

- Xavier University of Louisiana — Political Science — B.A.
- Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- court: Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal · role: Judge - First African American elected to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal · start date: 2009-04-04 · notes: Elected April 4, 2009; current term expires 2034
- City Councilman District 1 — Kenner City Council · start year: 1994 · end year: 2009
- Assistant Parish Attorney — Parish of Jefferson
- Public Defender — Jefferson Parish Indigent Defenders Board
- Intern — U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston
- Long‐serving appellate judge in Louisiana
- representing the 1st District, Division C, of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
- Notable for being the first African American elected to this court

## 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.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/marc-e-johnson/)
- [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/marc-e-johnson/)
- [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/marc-e-johnson/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7410/marc-johnson/)
- [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/7410/marc-johnson/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/marc-e-johnson-judge-louisiana-5th-circuit-court-of-appeal-1st-dist-elec-sec-2-div-c-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://fifthcircuit.org/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://louisianajudgesnoir.org/judge-marc-e-johnson/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7410/marc-johnson/)

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