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# Scott J. Crichton

Supreme Court of Louisiana · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015-present
- After retiring from the Supreme Court in 2024, Crichton joined Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions as a mediator and arbitrator in 2025, bringing his extensive trial and appellate experience to dispute resolution.
- court: Supreme Court of Louisiana · role: Associate Justice - 2nd District · start date: 2015 · end date: 2024-12-31 · notes: Succeeded Justice Jeffrey Victory; succeeded by John Guidry; elected unopposed 2014
- Scott Jackson Crichton, born June 1, 1954, in Shreveport, Louisiana, held the role of an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 2014 to 2024, completing a ten-year term
- court: 1st Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana · role: Judge · start date: 1991 · end date: 2015 · notes: Elected 1990 as Democrat; served Caddo Parish
- Prior to his Supreme Court tenure, he was a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport from 1991 to 2014, initially elected as a Democrat.
- Assistant District Attorney — Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office
- He also serves as Of Counsel for the Law Offices of Mary Watson Smith, L.L.C., and operates Scott J. Crichton Law, LLC

### Education

- Louisiana State University Law Center in — J.D. (1980)
- Undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1976
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — B.A.
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — J.D.

### Additional information

- He was also active in judicial education, receiving the 2022 Judge Benjamin Jones Judges in the Classroom Award and the 2024 President’s Award from the Louisiana Judicial College Board of Governors.
- Practitioner, 2014-2014
- prof, 2014-2014
- Before his judicial career, he practiced civil and criminal litigation from 1980 to 1990
- J.D. — LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center — 1980 — Law
- Date of birth: 1954-06-01
- focusing on appellate advocacy in complex civil law matters
- Attorney - Private Civil Practice
- Chair — Louisiana Judicial College
- Adjunct Faculty Member — LSU-Shreveport
- Crichton attended the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, for high school, known for its rigorous curriculum and honor code.
- Crichton taught as an adjunct faculty member at Tulane Law School and contributed to the LSU Law Center Trial Advocacy Program
- While on the Supreme Court, Crichton chaired the Louisiana Judicial College and the court’s Executive Management Committee, and held the role of the court’s designee to the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Executive Management Institute Board.

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/4572/scott-j-crichton/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4572/scott-j-crichton/)
- [Supreme Court of Louisiana current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4572/scott-j-crichton/)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4572/scott-j-crichton/)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-j-crichton-4572)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Crichton)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lasc.org/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4572/scott-j-crichton/)

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