Roneagle in the Spotlight: Judge Tiffany Gautier Chase

Judge Tiffany Gautier Chase is a native of New Orleans and 1988 graduate of McDonogh #35 Senior High School. While at McD #35 she revitalized the Future Attorney’s Club.  In Tiffany’s senior year at McD #35, she participated in the Executive Internship Program which allowed her to attend court hearings, work at a law firm and attend law school classes at Tulane University School of Law. She is the daughter of Adella Gautier, “Adella Adella the Storyteller,” who is a 1965 graduate of McD #35.  Tiffany received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Loyola University and her Juris Doctorate from Loyola School of Law.

Judge Chase had the honor of being selected as a judicial law clerk at the Louisiana Supreme Court where she served a total of 7 years.  She also worked as a lawyer representing people who were injured by others.  Judge Chase has served as judge of Division A of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans since May 2007.  In 2010, she worked with the Louisiana Bar Association-Access to Justice Committee to create Civil District Court’s Self-Represented Litigant Help Desk, the first self-contained legal help desk in a Louisiana court.  There are now eight Help-Desks across Louisiana that are modeled after this one. Judge Chase was appointed in 2013, by the Louisiana Supreme Court as Chairperson of the Louisiana Court Security Committee.  She serves as Louisiana’s Delegate to the American Bar Association-State Court Trial Judges Committee; serves on the District Court Rules Committee; Executive Committee of the District Judges’ Association, Louisiana Judicial Council and previously served as co-chair for two years of Louisiana Judicial College- Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School.  In 2010, Judge Chase received the President’s Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association, honored by Family Services of Greater New Orleans and received the Corporate Pro Bono Institute’s Award for her work with the Self Help Desk.