Louisiana Judicial District 41
Parish: Orleans
LA Judicial District Number: 41
Contact(s)
District Defender/Supervisor
2601 Tulane Avenue
7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70119
7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70119
Overview
Delivery Mechanism:
Staff
Public Defender Office:
Yes
Specialized Juvenile Court:
Yes
Private Caseload:
Not Permitted
Budget
Report Year:
2007
Annual Budget:
$4,876,110
Staff
Report Year:
2005
Total Staff:
50
Staff Attorneys F/T (Full-Time):
20
Staff Attorneys P/T (Part-Time):
4
Contract Attorneys:
7
Part-Time Investigators:
5
Non-Attorney Staff:
11
Orleans Public Defenders contracts all of their juvenile cases to a non-profit, Juvenile Regionalized Services. Juvenile conflict cases are handled by the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.
Caseload
Orleans Parish is not able to report accurate caseload data at this time.
Note: Staffing, caseload and financial information is taken from public records filed with the Louisiana Public Defender Board. The most recent data on staffing is from 2005. LJC is working to update that information shortly. The state reports adding about 80 staff positions across the state since the last staffing report. Caseload and expenditure data is current through 2007.
Demographics
Parish:
Orleans
Race
Education
Income
Other Demographic Information
| OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | 41st District (Orleans) | Louisiana |
| English Not Spoken at Home | 8% | 9% |
| Number of Persons Living with a Disability | 102,122 | 880,047 |
| Population Density (per square mile) | 2678 | 103 |
| Population, 2006 estimate | 223,388 | 4,287,768 |
| Population, pct change, 00 to 06 | -54% | -4% |
| Foreign born | 4% | 3% |