Ronald Johnson at a glance
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Ronald Johnson
Biography
Professional career
- Attorney in private practice — Private practice · years: 36 years prior to 2020 (per National Judicial College: began 4th year on bench in 2023 after 36 years private practice)
- Assistant Attorney General — Office of the Louisiana Attorney General
- court: Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court · role: Judge · division: Division L · sections: Criminal Section 9
- Adjunct Professor — Southern University Law Center
Education
- Southern University Law Center — Law; cum laude, second in class — J.D. (1984)
- Southern University — Mechanical Engineering Technology — B.S. (1977)
Additional information
- He presides over Civil, Criminal, and Veterans Treatment Court dockets, and in February 2024, he established the Veterans Treatment Court at the 19th Judicial District Court to support innovative approaches to justice and community service.
- Elected to the 19th Judicial District Court on December 16, 2019, and assumed office on January 14, 2020.
- Civil Section 21 · location: East Baton Rouge Parish · election year: 2019 · term start: 2020
- East Baton Rouge Parish School Board from 1989 to 1995 and on the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Parks Commission from 1989 to 1992.
- He later received his Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center in 1984, graduating cum laude, and has practiced law for over 36 years
- He graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1972
- Attorney — Private practice · notes: Criminal and civil matters
- Beyond the bench, Judge Johnson has a long history of public service.
- Also active in ministry as an Assistant Pastor at The Greater Sixty Aid Baptist Church.
- handling hundreds of criminal and civil cases and serving as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana
- The middle child of eleven; his father worked for the Baton Rouge Water Company and his mother worked as a maid and court bailiff.
- Baton Rouge native; attended Baton Rouge High School.
- Judge Ronald R. Johnson is a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Serves alongside his brother, Donald R. Johnson, and his daughter, Eboni Johnson-Rose, on the 19th Judicial District Court.
- He and his wife Andrea have five children and several grandchildren.
- Registered Democrat.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Exhibits
Statewide
Louisiana trial judges may authorize electronic or photographic means for presenting evidence, preserving the record, counsel use, or judicial-administration purposes.
A trial judge may authorize ... the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidenceLouisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9) ↗
Recording and broadcasting
Statewide
Louisiana judges generally prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing courtroom proceedings unless a Canon 3A(9) exception applies.
a judge shall prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or taking photographs in the courtroomLouisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9) ↗
Appellate Extended Media Coverage
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.
An appellate court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, and taking photographs of public judicial proceedingsLouisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9) ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)
Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court
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Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster
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