Ivan L. R. Lemelle
| Ivan L. R. Lemelle | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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Assumed office June 29, 2015 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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In office April 7, 1998 – June 29, 2015 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Veronica D. Wicker |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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In office 1984–1998 |
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| Born | 1950 (age 66–67) Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Xavier University of Louisiana (B.S.) Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (J.D.) |
Ivan L. R. Lemelle (born 1950) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, Lemelle received a B.S. from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1971 and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1974. He was a law clerk for Robert Collins of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court from 1972 to 1974.
Lemelle was an Assistant district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1974 to 1977. He was in private practice in New Orleans from 1977 to 1981. He was an assistant city attorney of New Orleans from 1977 to 1978. He was an assistant state attorney general of Louisiana Department of Justice from 1980 to 1984.
Lemelle served as U.S. Magistrate of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1984 to 1998.
On February 12, 1997, Lemelle was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Veronica D. Wicker. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1998, and received his commission on April 7, 1998. He assumed senior status on June 29, 2015.
During 2009, Lemelle was assigned the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case alleged against Renée Gill Pratt and Mose Jefferson, brother of former U.S. representative William J. Jefferson, who simultaneously stood indicted on sixteen counts in federal court in Virginia. On 2009 July 28, Lemelle delayed the start of the racketeering trial to 2010 January 25. In two separate trials during August 2009, William J. Jefferson was convicted on 11 felony counts related to bribery; Mose Jefferson, on four.
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