Judges win elections not proposed for the places of Baton Rouge in the Court of Appeal of the first round, 19th JDC – the lawyer

Two Baton Rouge judges ascended higher benches on Friday after qualifying without court competition, Louisiana’s state records show.

Wilson Fields, the Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial District Court, did not face the competition in his application to fill the place of the long -standing appellate judge John Michael Giddle in the first appeal court. And the Batton Ruzh City Judge City Court Carson Markantel had no opposition to the grabbing of the vacancy left by Kelly Balfour, who left for the 19th JDC after being elected in the first chain in November.

Giddle went to Baton Rouge Court of Appeal for New Orleans, earlier this month, when he took office as justice of the Louisian Supreme Court.

The 56-year-old Fields will take over the reins, representing the lonely sub-argument of the first chain in Eastern Baton Rouge with a majority-black population. Fields, Democrat, is the brother of American representative Cleo Fields. Before becoming a judge, Wilson Fields was chosen on the subway of the East Baton Rouge subway and the Louisiana Senate, before he turned 27. There is no date for Fields swearing yet. His term ends on January 31, 2030.

“I am very grateful and thank God that he blessed me with this opportunity to be able to go and serve in the first chain,” the judge said. “I thank the Baton Rouge community for allowing me to serve here in the District Court for the last 23 years. And now we are looking forward to serving the first chain. “

Markantel is a Republican of Lake Charles. The longtime private lawyer, a former percentage and former public defender was elected Judge of the Baton Rouge City Court in 2021. He could not be coming to comment on his victory on Friday.

The two men qualified for court competitions in the nationwide election, which will be held on Saturday, March 29. The early vote for Primers begins on March 15 and lasts until March 22.

In the parish of Livingston, three Republican candidates have ranked for a judge for minors in the 21st court regional court, according to the Secretary of State Records. Rebecca Lee and Jenny Ford, both public defenders, will fight the lawyer’s prosecutor Jessica Ledet, according to the documents. The winner will replace former District Court Judge Blair Down Edwards, who won the first chain last year.