Louisiana Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Jan. 5
Judge Terri Fleming Love has become Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal following the retirement of former Chief Judge James F. McKay III. Chief Judge Love officially became Chief Judge January 4, 2022.
Chief Judge Love was elected to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 2000, and is the senior member of that court. She joined the Fourth Circuit after serving on the Orleans Parish Civil District Court bench since 1995.
Chief Judge Love earned her Bachelor of Arts from Jackson State University in 1983 and her Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in 1986. She additionally earned a Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004. She participated in the Institute of Judicial Administration at New York University School of Law in 2001; George Mason School of Law Collegium in 2002; and the International Judicial Academy, The Hague, Netherlands in 2007.
She is Past Judicial Committee Chair of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, and a member of the National Bar Association, American Judges Association, National Association of Women Judges, the American Bar Association Appellate Judges’ Conference, New Orleans Bar Association, and the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Chief Judge Love is engaged in community service through various volunteer activities. She has chaired the City of New Orleans’ annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Commission. She is a Certified instructor and active member of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education. Since 2008, she has volunteered as a mentor for the College Track program to help high school students prepare for college and expose them to different professional pathways. Chief Judge Love has served as the Activity Director for the Senior Citizens Ministry of her church, the Greater Saint Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church. She is also an active member of the Omicron Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and is a board member of the Amistad Research Center.
Chief Judge Love is married to Ellria Love and they are the proud parents of two children.
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