Wendy Vitter

Wendy Vitter
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Assumed office
May 15, 2025
Preceded byNannette Jolivette Brown
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Assumed office
May 29, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byHelen Ginger Berrigan
General Counsel of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans
In office
2012  February 7, 2019
Personal details
Born
Wendy Lee Freret Baldwin

1961 (age 6364)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1990)
Children4
Residence(s)Metairie, Louisiana
EducationSam Houston State University (BA)
Tulane University (JD)

Wendy Baldwin Vitter (née Wendy Lee Freret Baldwin; born 1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.