As of March 1, 2021[update], the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana is Duane A.

[1][2] This district comprises the following parishes: Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, and Washington.

[4][5] On February 13, 1845, Louisiana was reorganized into a single District with one judgeship, by 5 Stat.

507, Louisiana was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each.

The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.

The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.