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Veronica DiCarlo Wicker (November 26, 1930 – December 10, 1994) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.


Education and career

Born in
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, Pennsylvania, Wicker received a
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degree from
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in 1952 and a Bachelor of Laws from
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in 1966. She was a
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to Judge
Lansing Leroy Mitchell Lansing Leroy Mitchell (January 17, 1914 – April 24, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Education and early career Born in Sun, Louisiana, Mitchell received ...
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1966 to 1977.


Federal judicial service

Wicker was a United States Magistrate for the Eastern District of Louisiana, from 1977 to 1979. On June 5, 1979, Wicker was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received her commission on September 26, 1979. Wicker served in that capacity until her death of cancer, on December 10, 1994, in New Orleans, Louisiana.


See also

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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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