Fredericka Homberg Wicker

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Fredericka "Ricky" Homberg Wicker currently serves on the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.She was sworn in on February 3, 2006.

Judge Wicker graduated from Tulane Law School in 1977. While there, she represented Tulane on the International Moot Court Team. She also served as a Senior Fellow.

Upon graduation Ricky became an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish. In 1979 Ricky moved to the United States Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted white collar crime and political corruption cases, ending her career there as Chief of Narcotics. In 1984 Ricky entered the private practice of law. She was an associate at Kierr Gainsburgh Benjamin Fallon & Lewis and at Lewis & Kullman, where she became a partner. In October, 1993 Ricky returned to prosecution when she joined the Jefferson Parish District Attorney. There she litigated until she was elected to the Twenty Fourth Judicial District Court in September, 1996. She served with the Twenty Fourth Judicial District Court until winning her seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.^[1]

Associations

Throughout her career Ricky has been active both professionally and in a civic capacity. She was a member of the adjunct faculty at Tulane and taught trial advocacy at Loyola Law School and for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. She has been a lecturer and discussion leader at both the Louisiana Judicial and National Judicial Colleges. She is currently a Masters candidate at the National Judicial College. Ricky is a member of numerous bench bar committees. She is a past-president of the Louisiana District Judges Association. At the 24th JDC, Ricky was a member of the management team and ran the Domestic Early Intervention Triage Program through which the 24th JDC seeks to address domestic cases in a more efficient and effective manner. She was the administrative judge of the I CAN Drug Court of Jefferson Parish until her appointment to the Fifth Circuit in February.

Academic Ties

Ricky conducts an internship program that allows college and law students to obtain a meaningful courthouse experience by assisting the judge in research and writing.

See also

• Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal

References

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