Sheva Sims at a glance
- Current role
- City or Parish Court Judge
- Current assignment
- Shreveport City Court
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Sheva Sims
City or Parish Court Judge · Shreveport City Court
Biography
Professional career
- In March 2026, the Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Judge Sims for nine months without pay after an investigation into several alleged misconducts.
- Judge Sheva M. Sims is a lifelong Shreveport, Louisiana resident and Chief Judge of Shreveport City Court Division D, best known for her 31+ years of legal and judicial service — but in March 2026 she was suspended without pay for nine months by the Louisiana Supreme Court over multiple misconduct allegations
- Judge Sims was first elected to the Shreveport City Court bench in 2011, re‐elected in 2014 and again in 2020 without opposition
- Judge, Shreveport City Court, Division D, Shreveport City Court; from 2011-12
- Complaints came from litigants, property managers, and retired Justice E. Joseph Bleich, who alleged she wrongly released multiple domestic abuse defendants on their own recognizance
- She also worked as a high school math teacher, held the role of a minister of music, and is active in tutoring and community outreach
Education
- Bachelor's (inferred) — Dillard University
- (inferred) — Southern University Law Center — J.D.
- B.S. in Mathematics from Dillard University
Additional information
- Practicing Attorney, Private Practice
- Before joining the judiciary, she practiced law for over 17 years in civil and criminal litigation, small claims, and domestic cases.
- Educator, Tutor, Mentor
- Highly decorated jurist with decades of legal and community service, but her recent suspension underscores serious ethical and conduct concerns.
- She has received multiple awards, including the Martin Luther King Jr.
- Her service extends beyond the courtroom: she has led educational and reentry programs for incarcerated women, organized legal education outreach, and held leadership roles in civic and professional organizations.
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)
Shreveport City Court
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
Identity source checked July 29, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 29, 2026.
Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 29, 2026
View Louisiana Supreme Court official judicial roster ↗Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9) ↗LA Batch 10 supplied biography research source
Identity source · HTML · Source checked October 3, 2026
View LA Batch 10 supplied biography research source ↗