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# Nicole Sheppard

Louisiana 42nd Judicial District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Louisiana 42nd 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

- Chief Judge, Orleans Parish Civil District Court — from 2025
- Judge, Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Division J — elected 2017
- Adjunct Professor, Dillard University
- Adjunct Professor, Southern University at New Orleans
- Adjunct Professor, Delgado Community College

### Education

- Bachelor's — Southern University at New Orleans
- Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Won the general election November 18, 2017; term scheduled to end in 2026.
- Founder, Sheppard Williams Law Firm — 2017
- Host · Traffic Time (local television talk show)
- Host · Real Life: Law Edition (local television talk show)
- Academic Committee Co-chair and Board Vice Chair · Algiers Charter School 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.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/nicole-sheppard/)
- [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/nicole-sheppard/)
- [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/nicole-sheppard/)
- [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/nicole-sheppard-judge-louisiana-42nd-judicial-district-court-civil-court-division-j-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lasc.org/press_room/annual_reports/reports/2018_Guide_to_Louisiana_Courts.pdf)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianaweekly.com/judge-nicole-sheppard-has-been-appointed-orleans-parish-cdcs-new-chief-judge/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/07/30/roger-goodell-testify-rams-saints-nfc-championship-game)

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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.