Nannette V. Jolivette Brown (born November 19, 1963) is the
chief United States district judge of the
. She previously served in the role of city attorney for the city of
New Orleans from the time that Mayor
Mitch Landrieu hired her in May 2010 until becoming a federal judge in 2011. As city attorney, Brown was responsible for all city contracts and oversaw all legal matters for the city.
Early life and education
Brown received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1985, and then attended
Tulane Law School
Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,[Juris Doctor
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in 1988 and a
Master of Laws in Energy and Environment in 1998.
Career
From 1988 to 1992, Brown practiced corporate and environmental litigation at the New Orleans office of the firm of Adams & Reese LLP, From 1996 to 1998 she was working for the Onebane Law Firm. From 2000 to 2003, Brown was employed by Milling, Benson, Woodward LLP. Between 2004 and 2007, she practiced at the firm Chaffe McCall LLP
and again with this firm from 2009 until 2010.
From 2007 to 2009, she was a visiting assistant clinical professor at
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a private law school in New Orleans, Louisiana affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola's law school opened in 1914 and is now located on the Broadway Campus of the university in the hi ...
.
Federal judicial service
Brown was nominated to fill the seat of Judge
Stanwood Duval
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by President
Barack Obama on March 2, 2011.
The United States Senate confirmed her by
unanimous consent on October 3, 2011.
She received her judicial commission the following day.
She became Chief Judge on May 15, 2018, after
Kurt D. Engelhardt was appointed to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
See also
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List of African-American federal judges
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List of African-American jurists
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List of first women lawyers and judges in Louisiana
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Louisiana. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their ...
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1963 births
Living people
20th-century American women lawyers
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Louisiana city attorneys
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Loyola University New Orleans faculty
Tulane University Law School alumni
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni