--- title: "Michele Billeaud | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-billeaud-judge-louisiana-15th-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Michele Billeaud Louisiana 15th Judicial District Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Louisiana 15th 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 - From 1998 to 2001 she also led a section of the Lafayette Parish Public Defender’s Office - Joined Lisa Brener & Associates in 1996 and entered private practice in 1998 - Her early work included a clerkship at the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office in 1993–1994, followed by service as an assistant district attorney there from 1994 to 1996 ### Education - Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Orleans in 1988 and her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1993. ### Additional information - court: Louisiana 15th Judicial District Court · role: District Judge · start date: 2020 · notes: Elected 2020, Election Section 3 Division K, Term Ends 2026, Party R - Elected in 2020, she took office in Division K on January 1, 2021. - Beginning in 2002, she prosecuted cases in the Fifteenth Judicial District and helped establish the Lafayette Parish Drug Court Program. - Judge Billeaud was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1993. - Judge Billeaud presides over Division K of the 15th Judicial District Court, which covers Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion Parishes. - Republican‐elected judge of the 15th Judicial District Court in Louisiana, serving Division K in Lafayette Parish, with jurisdiction over both civil and certain criminal matters - Her court responsibilities include criminal Track 5 and civil matters. - She and her husband, Lawrence Billeaud, have two children. ## 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/michele-billeaud/) - [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/michele-billeaud/) - [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/michele-billeaud/) - [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/michele-billeaud-judge-louisiana-15th-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-billeaud-judge-louisiana-15th-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/michele-billeaud-judge-louisiana-15th-judicial-district-court-section-3-division-k-la", "name": "Michele Billeaud | KnowJudges", "description": "Michele Billeaud, Louisiana 15th Judicial District Court. 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