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Karen K. Herman

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Karen K. Herman
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Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2032

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Section I
Successor: Leon Roche

Compensation

Base salary

$182,007

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Emory University, 1991

Law

Tulane University School of Law, 1994

Contact

Karen K. Herman (Democratic Party) is an at-large member of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.

Herman (Democratic Party) won election for an at-large seat of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the general election was canceled.

Biography

Herman began her career in 1991 as a law clerk in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office. She worked in that capacity until 1994 but continued to work there as a prosecutor until 1999, when she left to raise a family. From 2004 through 2007, she practiced commercial litigation with law firm Herman, Herman, Katz and Cotlar, LLP. She served as the executive director for Court Watch NOLA (a watchdog organization she helped create that sends volunteers into courtrooms to monitor cases) prior to her judicial election in the fall of 2008.[1]

Education

Herman received her B.S. from Emory University in 1991 and her J.D. from the Tulane University School of Law in 1994.[2]

Elections

2022

See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large

Karen K. Herman won election outright against Joseph Cao and Marie Williams in the primary for Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal At large on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karen K. Herman
Karen K. Herman (D)
 
57.7
 
72,317
Image of Joseph Cao
Joseph Cao (R)
 
22.0
 
27,620
Image of Marie Williams
Marie Williams (D)
 
20.3
 
25,445

Total votes: 125,382
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Karen K. Herman (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Herman ran for re-election to the Orleans Parish Criminal Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot. [3]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Karen K. Herman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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