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# Mark J. Shea

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

- court: New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court · role: Judge · start date: 2009 · notes: Elected as Judge in Traffic Court Section C in 2009, now Division D
- Associate — Shea Law Offices · start year: 1984

### Education

- Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D. (1984)

### Additional information

- In 2009, he was elected to the Municipal & Traffic Court, initially in Section “C” and now in Division “D”
- Served 22 years as a staff attorney with the Orleans Indigent Defender Program (1984–2007).
- Staff Attorney — Orleans Indigent Defender Program · start year: 1984 · end year: 2007
- Mark J. Shea was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in October 1984 and began his legal career as an associate at Shea Law Offices with his father, John.
- As Division D judge, Shea hears municipal ordinance violations, traffic cases, and related matters.
- Known for promoting electronic case management and virtual traffic court to improve efficiency.
- Veteran public defender turned judge, recognized for his long service in the Orleans Indigent Defender Program and his ongoing role in handling municipal and traffic cases in New Orleans, with a focus on modernizing court processes
- He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Jefferson Bar Association, St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Association, American Judges Association, Louisiana City Court Judges Association, and serves on the 4th and 5th Circuit Judges Association

## 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/mark-j-shea-new-orleans-municipal-and-a-traffic-court-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.pinsoutinnovation.com/donald-stewart/new-orleans-traffic-court-judges)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://mtcourt.nola.gov/about/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://nola.gov/municipal-traffic-court-of-new-orleans/about/honorable-mark-j-shea/)

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