--- title: "Mary Ann Vial Lemmon | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-ann-vial-lemmon" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Mary Ann Vial Lemmon U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge pro tem, Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit, 1990-present - position: Senior Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · start year: 2011 · senior status date: 2011-01-01 - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, having assumed senior status on January 1, 2011 - Judge, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 1996-2011 - position: Judge · court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · appointed by: William J. Clinton · nomination date: 1995-12-19 · confirmation date: 1996-07-10 · commission date: 1996-07-25 · start year: 1996 · end year: 2011 - position: Judge · court: Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Ninth Judicial District · start year: 1982 · end year: 1996 - position: Judge pro tem · court: Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit · start year: 1990 · end year: 1990 - Judge pro tempore, Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1st Judicial Circuit (1990) - position: Judge pro tem · court: Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Third Judicial District · start year: 1981 · end year: 1982 - position: Law clerk to Hon. Harry T. Lemmon · court: Supreme Court of Louisiana · location: Louisiana · start year: 1980 · end year: 1981 - position: Law clerk to Hon. Harry T. Lemmon · court: Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Judicial Circuit · location: Louisiana · start year: 1975 · end year: 1980 - Current Role: Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, based in New Orleans ### Education - Loyola University New Orleans School of Law — Law — J.D. (1964) - Loyola University New Orleans College of Law - BA — Loyola University New Orleans — + (FJC lists Loyola University New Orleans without year; specifies BA, JD) ### Additional information - Nominated by President Bill Clinton on December 19, 1995, to replace Peter Beer, confirmed by the Senate on July 10, 1996, and commissioned on July 25, 1996. - Practitioner, 1989-1989 - Private practice, Hahnville, LA, 1964-1975 - Began her legal career in private practice in Hahnville, Louisiana (1964–1975). - position: Private practice · location: Hahnville, Louisiana · start year: 1964 · end year: 1975 - Born 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. - Date of birth: 1941-01-01 - Birth place: New Orleans, LA ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383811) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383811) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383811) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1908/mary-ann-vial-lemmon/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1908/mary-ann-vial-lemmon/) - [Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383811) - [Wikidata: Mary Ann Vial Lemmon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6778923) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-ann-vial-lemmon) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Vial_Lemmon) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1908/mary-ann-vial-lemmon/) - [Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1383811) - [Wikidata: Mary Ann Vial Lemmon](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6778923) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-ann-vial-lemmon", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mary-ann-vial-lemmon", "name": "Mary Ann Vial Lemmon | KnowJudges", "description": "Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.