--- title: "Susie Morgan | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susie-morgan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Susie Morgan U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Louisiana, 2012-present - Attorney, Partner (2009) — Phelps Dunbar LLP · location: New Orleans, Louisiana · years: 2005-2012 - On June 7, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Morgan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to fill the vacancy left by the impeachment of Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr - She then joined the Shreveport law firm Wiener, Weiss and Madison, becoming a partner in 1985 and practicing there for over 24 years - Law clerk — Hon. Henry A. Politz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · years: 1980-1981 - Began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Henry Anthony Politz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1980 to 1981 ### Education - Juris Doctor, graduating Order of the Coif, from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1980 ### Additional information - Private practice, New Orleans, LA, 2005-2012 - at Phelps Dunbar in New Orleans, becoming a partner in 2009 — 2005–2012 - Private practice, Shreveport, LA, 1981-2005 - Associate (1981), Partner (1985) — Wiener, Weiss and Madison · location: Shreveport, Louisiana · years: 1981-2005 - Susie Morgan, born Donna Sue Morgan on April 22, 1953, in Winnsboro, Louisiana, obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 and a Master of Arts in 1976 from Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe). - Date of birth: 1953-01-01 - Highly experienced jurist with a career spanning over 40 years in law and public service. - Birth place: Winnsboro, 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.fjc.gov/node/1393946) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393946) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393946) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2307/donna-sue-morgan/) - [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/2307/donna-sue-morgan/) - [Wikidata: Susie Morgan](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7649049) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susie-morgan) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Morgan) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/DonnaMorgan-QFRs.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2307/donna-sue-morgan/) - [Wikidata: Susie Morgan](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7649049) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susie-morgan", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susie-morgan", "name": "Susie Morgan | KnowJudges", "description": "Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 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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-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. 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.