Helen Berrigan
| Helen Berrigan | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #12 |
| Station: | New Orleans, LA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 03/10/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 2001 - 2008 |
| Preceded by: | Patrick Carr |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | New Rochelle, NY |
| Bachelors: | U. of Wisconsin, B.A., 1969 |
| Law School: | Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1977 |
| Grad. School: | American U., M.A., 1971 |
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Helen Berrigan is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Berrigan was the Previous Chief Judge of the Court serving as the court's lead judicial administrative officer in conjunction with the Clerk of Court in the day to day operations of the court from 2001 to 2008.[1]
Early life and education
A native of New York State, Berrigan graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969 then later graduated from American University from Washington, DC with her Master's Degree in 1971 then earned her Juris Doctor at Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge, LA in 1977.[1]
Professional career
After Law School, Berrigan started as a Staff Attorney for the Louisiana Governor's Pardon, Parole and Rehabilitation Commission from 1977 to 1978 before spending the rest of her pre-judicial legal career as a Private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1978 to 1994.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Louisiana
On the unanimous recommendation of Louisiana U.S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Berrigan was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 18, 1993 to a seat vacated by Patrick Carr. Berrigan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1994, and received commission on March 10, 1994. Berrigan served as the Chief Judge of the court from 2001 to 2008.[1]
See also
External links
- Judge Berrigan's Webpage at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Berrigan
- Judge Berrigan's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Berrigan's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Patrick Carr |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1994–Current Seat #12 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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