Confirmed

Professionally Diverse

Darrel Papillion

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

NominatedMarch 20, 2023

ConfirmedMay 30, 2023

  • Darrel Papillion was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on May 30, 2023.

  • Previously, he was a partner at Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, LLC, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he has focused on wrongful death and personal injury cases. He worked there from 2009.

  • Before that, he was a partner at Moore, Walters, Thompson, Thomas, Papillion & Cullens, A.P.L.C. He worked there from 2001 to 2009.

  • Papillion was an associate at Moore, Walters & Thompson, A.P.L.C. from 1999 to 2001 and at McGlinchey Stafford A.P.L.C. from 1995 to 1999.

  • He served as a law clerk for Justice Catherine Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1994 to 1995.

  • He graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1994 and from Louisiana State University and A&M College in 1990.