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# Terri Love

Louisiana Court of Appeal · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
- State: Louisiana
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Circuit Judge · Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal · 2000 · present · Chief Judge 2012-14
- Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2000-present
- In 2024, Judge Love sought the Louisiana Supreme Court seat vacated by Bernette Johnson but withdrew before the runoff, allowing New Orleans Civil District Court Judge Piper Griffin to win by default
- Judge Terri F. Love is a retired judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, serving in the 1st District from 2000 until the end of her term on December 31, 2024
- Judicial Roles: Judge Ad Hoc, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (1993) Elected to Orleans Parish Civil District Court (1995) Elected to the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, 1st District (2000) Re-elected in 2014; served 14 years on the appellate court
- Judge Ad Hoc · Juvenile Court · 1993 · 1994
- Private practice - Family Law · 1990 · 1993
- Attorney · Jefferson, Bryan, Gray & Jupiter · 1986 · 1990

### Education

- In 2007, she studied international law at the International Judicial Academy in The Hague, Netherlands
- University of Virginia — Judicial Process — LL.M. (2004)
- Jackson State University — Political Science — B.A. (1983)
- The NYU School of Law’s Institute for Appellate Judges and the George Mason University School of Law Collegium.
- The New York University School of Law's Institute for Appellate Judges
- Tulane University School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Practitioner, 1999-1999
- prof, 1999-1999
- Chief Deputy City Attorney · City of New Orleans · 1994 · 1995

## 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/7429/terri-love/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7429/terri-love/)
- [Louisiana Court of Appeal current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7429/terri-love/)
- [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/7429/terri-love/)
- [Terri Love](https://ballotpedia.org/Terri_Love)
- [Honorable Terri F. Love Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit | Alumni and Constituency Relations | Jackson State University](https://www.jsums.edu/alumni/2018/12/12/honorable-terri-f-love-louisiana-court-of-appeal-fourth-circuit)

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