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William Jerrol Crain
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- October 21, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 22, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 20, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 46
- Confirmed
- December 9, 2025
- Commissioned
- December 19, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Covington, Louisiana, 1986-2008
- Judge, Louisiana District Court, Twenty-Second Judicial District, 2009-2012
- Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit, 2013-2019
- Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2019-2025
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