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# Piper D. Griffin

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Associate Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Associate Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, serving since January 1, 2021, and a lifelong New Orleans resident with over three decades of legal service
- court: Supreme Court of Louisiana · role: Associate Justice - District 7 · start date: 2021-01-01 · end date: 2030 · notes: Elected 2020 to District 7 representing portions of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, succeeding Bernette Joshua Johnson
- court: Orleans Parish Civil District Court · role: Judge, Chief Judge 2008-2010 · start date: 2001 · end date: 2020-12-31 · notes: Elected 2001 after 14 years practicing; served as Chief Judge 2008-2010; nearly 20 years service
- representing parts of Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, succeeding Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson

### Education

- Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in — J.D. (1987)
- University of Notre Dame — Government — B.A. (1984)

### Additional information

- 2020 Thomas Jefferson Justice By the People Award (American Board of Trial Advocates)
- Attorney - Casualty Litigation — Private Practice, New Orleans Area · start year: 1987 · end year: 2001
- Date of birth: 1962-02-02
- She was the first African American woman to chair the Young Lawyers Section of the New Orleans Bar Association and was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court as a Constitutional Law Bar Examiner
- Griffin is also a frequent speaker for the Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, and Louisiana Judicial College
- Before and after her judicial roles, Griffin has held leadership positions in the Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Judicial Council, and Louisiana Association of District Court Judges.
- Birth place: New Orleans

## 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/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Official roster](https://www.lasc.org/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://www.lasc.org/bicentennial/justices.html)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
- [Wikidata: Piper D. Griffin](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98801359)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/piper-d-griffin-justice-louisiana-supreme-court-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_D._Griffin)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/piper-griffin/)
- [Wikidata: Piper D. Griffin](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98801359)

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