Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier has served as a Louisiana State Court Judge since March 2010. She currently serves as a State Court Judge in Section “B” of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. Judge Flemings-Davillier was elected to the Criminal District Court in November 2012 to fill an unexpired term starting in January 2013. Previously, she was elected in February 2010 to the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, where she served until elected to the Criminal District Court.
Since taking the Criminal District Court bench in January 2013, Judge Flemings-Davillier has worked to manage the Court docket in an efficient and professional manner. In addition to managing a complex docket, Judge Flemings-Davillier serves as the Judicial Liaison over Court Intervention Services, which oversees Drug Court, Domestic Violence Monitoring Court, Mental Health Court, Pretrial Services, Veteran’s Court and Re-Entry Court. In addition, she serves on the Court’s Rules, Pretrial Services, Legislative, and Magistrate Oversight Committees. Judge Flemings-Davillier has been appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson (retired) to serve on the Louisiana Judicial College Governing Board and previously on the Louisiana Body Camera Task Force.
Judge Flemings-Davillier serves as a member on the Federal Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, the City of New Orleans Blueprint for Safety Domestic Violence Advisory Committee, and the City of New Orleans Criminal Justice Coordination Committee – Ethnic and Racial Disparities Working Group.
Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier graduated from St. Mary’s Academy High School in 1987 with honors. In 1991, she graduated Cum Laude from Loyola University New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology. Thereafter, she attended Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law on a full academic scholarship and received her Juris Doctorate in 1994.
Prior to her election to the Judiciary, Judge Flemings-Davillier’s professional career spanned approximately 15 years as a practicing attorney at Phelps Dunbar, LLP. She also served as a Federal Judicial Law Clerk to United States District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In addition, she served as a volunteer attorney with The New Orleans Pro Bono Project, representing children in foster care in the “Child in Need of Care” Program in Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.
Judge Flemings-Davillier has served on numerous civic and community boards, including the Crimestoppers, Incorporated Board of Directors; the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board – Hearing Committee; the Contemporary Arts Center Board of Directors; and the Louisiana Children’s Museum Board of Directors. She has participated in several professional training programs, including the State of Louisiana Judicial Leadership Council; Loyola University New Orleans, Institute of Politics; ADR, Inc. and Mediation Training Institute – Louisiana State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; and Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice – Train the Trainor.
Judge Flemings-Davillier is an active Lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Omicron Lambda Omega Graduate Chapter; a member of The New Orleans (LA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; and a member of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated.
In recognition for her service to the community, she has been awarded the City Business Leadership in Law Award; Crystal Gavel Award (Louisiana State Bar Association); Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Award (Loyola University School of Law); Woman of the Year, Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women; Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, New Orleans Chapter Mother of the Year Award; Distinguished Service as a Pro Bono Volunteer Award (2003, 2004 and 2006); and Young Leadership Award (Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.).
Judge Flemings-Davillier recently authored “Our Sheroes” – published in the March 2019 GNO Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc. newsletter. She has also previously authored an article, called “The Place I Call Home” published in the “In A Word” newsletter.