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# Shonda D. Stone

Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Democratic Party judge on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, serving in the Third District since 2016, with a term ending December 31, 2034
- court: Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal · role: Judge · start date: 2016-03-05 · end date: 2034-12-31 · notes: Elected March 5, 2016, succeeding James Stewart
- court: Caddo Parish Juvenile Court · role: Judge · start date: 2009 · end date: 2016 · notes: Joined 2009; last term would have expired Dec 31, 2020; left upon election to 2nd Circuit
- Caddo Parish Juvenile Court Judge (2008–2016)
- Position: Judge, Third District, Section 1, Division A, Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
- Adjunct Professor at American Humanics and Louisiana State University
- Professor of Criminal Justice at Grambling State University

### Education

- Bachelor's — Southern University
- Southern University Law Center — Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Term ends 2034 per Louisiana Judiciary profile
- Judge of the Year Award from the Louisiana CASA in 2012
- Attorney — Private practice in Shreveport - family and children's law

## 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.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/shonda-d-stone/)
- [Official roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/shonda-d-stone/)
- [Louisiana Judiciary public directory official judicial roster](https://www.louisianajudiciary.com/judges/shonda-d-stone/)
- [Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 3A(9)](https://www.lasc.org/Court_Rules?p=CJC)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shonda-d-stone-judge-louisiana-2nd-circuit-court-of-appeal-3rd-dist-elec-sect-1a-la)
- [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.ballotready.org/people/shonda-d-stone)

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