Endorsements for the Saturday, March 25, 2017 special election

Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Division C: Paula Brown

This may constitute one of the hardest electoral decisions Orleans Parish voters have had to confront in years. Two evenly matched Orleans Civil Court Judges contend to succeed the retiring Dennis Bagneris.

Tiffany Chase has personally authored volumes of opinions, through her multi-year clerkship at the Louisiana Supreme Court. She understands the intricacies of judicial review and has a distinguished record on Civil District Court.

What decided this race for Paula Brown, however, is the incredible and empathetic discernment that this former Tulane basketball star-turned-prominent jurist has consistently demonstrated while serving on the CDC.

Her personality on the Bench radiates the independence-matched-with-caring that empowers a judge to look beyond the letter of the law, and find the spirit of its intent. Considering the number of criminal case reviews that the Fourth Circuit must reconsider on a consistent basis, Paula Brown radiates an emotional intelligence which insures that the letter of law will never inhibit the cause of justice.

Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Division B: Rachael D. Johnson

Rachael Johnson is a seasoned litigator with 12 years at the bar, and possesses a global knowledge of the law particularly on the property insurance matters that take up so much of the time of the Civil District Court.  Her experience with the Civil District Court as a law clerk for Nadine Ramsey also serves her well. With all the recent changes at the Civil Court, Johnson’s knowledge of  the inside workings of the building will come in handy for a judge seeking to fill the unexpired term of Regina Bartholomew-Woods.

This article originally published in the March 20, 2017 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.