District Offices

A wooden gavel is struck, echoing through the room as a blurred figure stands in the background, capturing a moment in the Louisiana Public Defender's Office courtroom.

District 1

District Defender

Michelle M. AndrePont

Parish

Caddo Parish

Main Office

Address

400 Travis St., Suite 2000
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone

TEL - (318) 221-2220
FAX - (318) 221-2247

Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:45pm
Towering above the bustling cityscape, the District 1 Louisiana Office of the State Public Defender in Shreveport stands tall with its grid-patterned windows. On this cloudy day, traffic lights nearby add a rhythmic glow to the scene as seen from street level.

Juvenile Division

Address

400 Travis Street, Suite 1801
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone

TEL - (318) 212-1801

Office Hours

Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:45pm
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Shreveport City Court Division

Address

1244 Texas Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone

TEL - (318) 673-5480

Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:45pm
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Funding Sources

Bar chart illustrating District 1 funding sources from 2018 to 2023, highlighting categories CUFs, Local, State, and Other Funding, as well as contributions from the Louisiana Office of the State Public Defender.

District Summary

Parish
Caddo
Number of Courts
3
Divisions of Court
12
Individuals Represented in CY 2023
9,809

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Parishes

Acadia Parish Allen Parish Ascension Parish Assumption Parish Avoyelles Parish Beauregard Parish Bienville Parish Bossier Parish Caddo Parish Calcasieu Parish Caldwell Parish Cameron Parish Catahoula Parish Claiborne Parish Concordia Parish DeSoto Parish East Baton Rouge Parish East Carroll Parish East Feliciana Parish Evangeline Parish Franklin Parish Grant Parish Iberia Parish Iberville Parish Jackson Parish Jefferson Parish Jefferson Davis Parish LaSalle Parish Lafayette Parish Lafourche Parish Lincoln Parish Livingston Parish Madison Parish Morehouse Parish Natchitoches Parish Orleans Parish Ouachita Parish Plaquemines Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Rapides Parish Red River Parish Richland Parish Sabine Parish St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. Helena Parish St. James Parish St. John The Baptist Parish St. Landry Parish St. Martin Parish St. Mary Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Tensas Parish Terrebonne Parish Union Parish Vermilion Parish Vernon Parish Washington Parish Webster Parish West Baton Rouge Parish West Carroll Parish West Feliciana Parish Winn Parish

Cities

Abbeville Alexandria Amite Arcadia Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Belle Chasse Benton Cameron Chalmette Clinton Colfax Columbia Convent Covington Crowley DeRidder Franklin Franklinton Gonzales Gonzales Gretna Houma Jena Jennings La Place Lafayette Lake Charles Leesville Livingston Luling Mansfield Mansfield Mansfield Marksville Minden Monroe Napoleonville Natchitoches New Iberia New Orleans New Roads Oberlin Opelousas Plaquemine Port Allen Rayville Ruston Shreveport Shreveport Shreveport Slidell St. Francisville St. Martinville Tallulah Thibodaux Vidalia Ville Platte Winnfield
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