Michelle Odinet

Michelle Miller Odinet (born c. 1968) is an American lawyer who was elected as a Lafayette, Louisiana City Court Judge in November 2020.

[3][4] The extended Miller family have "deep roots" in New Orleans, and in 1989, Odinet was "crowned Queen of the Hermes Ball.

[5][4] Odinet joined the New Orleans district attorney's office as a prosecutor part time in June 1991.

[9][10] In December 2021, Odinet took an unpaid leave of absence following the surfacing of a video of her repeatedly using a racist epithet.

[13] The Louisiana Supreme Court appointed Vanessa Harris to replace Odinet from December 17, 2021 through February 28, 2022.