Catrice Johnson-Reid was recently appointed to the bench of New Orleans Workers’ Compensation Court. She will conduct hearings and render decisions in the Eastern Division. Her decisions are appealable to Louisiana’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her judicial career, Judge Johnson-Reid worked in private practice, where she developed a workers’ compensation law specialty, in addition to medical malpractice, class action, and personal injury.

Judge Johnson-Reid is a native New Orleanian who attended Loyola University New Orleans and Southern University Law Center. Judge Johnson-Reid is sure to be a valuable addition to the workers’ compensation judicial community.