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# Marla Abel

Louisiana 17th Judicial District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Louisiana 17th Judicial District Court
- 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 Marla M. Abel is a career attorney and district judge for the 17th Judicial District Court, serving all of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, with a term ending in 2026
- Law school activities included moot court board and Fifth Circuit staff attorney externship

### Education


### Additional information

- It identifies Division C criminal/civil/family jurisdiction, a term through 2026, Republican affiliation and bar House of Delegates service.
- The collected biographical information identifies a Georgia Southern justice studies bachelor’s degree, Mississippi College JD (2008) and additional Tulane civil-law study.
- It details a Lafourche legal career representing businesses, governments, individuals and foster children, and a 17th District clerkship covering criminal, domestic, juvenile and civil work.
- Activities include Louisiana Bar Foundation fellowship, Bayou Region Community Partnership Panel, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 50 More Years campaign, Lawyers in the Classroom, Thibodaux Service League and Mother Teresa Women’s Giving Circle.

## 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/marla-abel/)
- [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/marla-abel/)
- [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/marla-abel/)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c043a9f2e3e33988fd8575e4) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.