--- title: "Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-l-bourgeois-jr-louisiana-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. is a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, appointed on February 20, 2013 by the judges of that district and serving a renewable eight‐year term that will expire February 20, 2029 - Deputy Criminal Chief and Assistant U.S. Attorney — U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana · end year: 2013 - court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana · role: U.S. Magistrate Judge · start date: 2013-02-20 · notes: Sworn Feb 20 2013 by Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson and Judge James J. Brady; official station Baton Rouge; reappointed; prior service verified via General Order - Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court - Middle District of Louisiana, 2003–2013-02-01 - Associate - Commercial Litigation — Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C - Professor, Louisian State Univ. - Law School ### Education - Georgetown University Law Center — Law; magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Administrative Editor American Criminal Law Review — J.D. (2001) - Louisiana State University — Microbiology; with honors — B.S. (1998) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, M.D. Louisiana, 2013-present - J.D. — Georgetown Univ. — 2001 - B.S. — Louisiana State Univ. — 1998 - Date of birth: 1976 - Practitioner, Latham & Watkins - Birth place: Baton Rouge, 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9274/richard-l-bourgeois-jr/) - [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/9274/richard-l-bourgeois-jr/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Richard Lewis Bourgeois Jr.](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-l-bourgeois-jr-louisiana-us-magistrate) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](http://www.brba.org/Images/AroundTheBar/june2015_ATB.pdf) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lamd.uscourts.gov) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Middle_District_of_Louisiana) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9274/richard-l-bourgeois-jr/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Richard Lewis Bourgeois Jr.](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-l-bourgeois-jr-louisiana-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/richard-l-bourgeois-jr-louisiana-us-magistrate", "name": "Richard L. 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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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.