Fredericka Homberg Wicker
Fredericka Homberg Wicker (independent) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2006. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Wicker (independent) won re-election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 3, 2020, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Judge Wicker graduated from Tulane Law School in 1977. While there, she represented Tulane on the International Moot Court Team. She also served as a senior fellow.[1]
Career
Upon graduation, Judge Wicker became an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish. In 1979, Wicker moved to the United States Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted white-collar crime and political corruption cases, ending her career there as chief of narcotics.
In 1984, Wicker went into private practice as an associate at Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis. She became a partner at Lewis & Kullman. In October 1993, Wicker became district attorney for Jefferson Parish. She was elected to the Twenty Fourth Judicial District Court in September 1996 and served there until winning her seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.[1]
Wicker was a member of the adjunct faculty at Tulane. She has been a lecturer at the Louisiana Judicial and National Judicial Colleges.
Awards and associations
Wicker is a past president of the Louisiana District Judges Association.
Elections
2020
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 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. Fredericka Homberg Wicker (Independent) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2010
Wicker was re-elected after running unopposed.
- Main article: Louisiana judicial elections, 2010[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Fredericka Homberg Wicker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District |
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