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Freddie Pitcher, Jr.
(retired judge)
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Chancellor and
Professor of Law
Fpitcher@sulc.edu
(225) 771-2552
Courses taught:
Alternative Dispute Resolutions,
Negotiations, Trial Practice, Pre-Trial
Litigation.
Judge Freddie Pitcher, Jr., a long time
adjunct faculty member of the Southern
University Law Center, was elevated to the
rank of full professor with his appointment
as Chancellor of the Southern University Law
Center.
Pitcher has a career of many firsts. He
became the first African American elected to
a judgeship in Baton Rouge with his election
to the City Court in a city-wide election in
April 1983. He was the first African
American elected to the 19th Judicial
District in a parish-wide election in 1987.
In 1992, he achieved another first with his
election to the Louisiana First Circuit
Court of Appeal, without opposition. Pitcher
has also served as an associate justice ad
hoc on the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Upon his retirement from the bench in May
1997, Pitcher was named a partner in the
Baton Rouge office of Phelps Dunbar LLP, an
international law firm. His practice focused
on the areas of commercial, casualty, and
employment litigation. He was also a member
of the firm’s appellate practice group.
Prior to his election to the bench, Judge
Pitcher was the principal partner in the
firm Pitcher, Tyson, Avery, and Cunningham.
He has also served as a special counsel in
the Office of the Attorney General for the
State of Louisiana, and as an assistant
district attorney for East Baton Rouge
Parish.
Pitcher is a member of the American Bar
Association, National Bar Association,
Louisiana State Bar Association, and the
Baton Rouge Bar Association. He is admitted
to practice before the United States
Eastern, Middle, and Western District Courts
of Louisiana and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
He earned the bachelor’s degree in
political science from Southern University
in 1966 and a juris doctor degree from
Southern in 1973.
Chancellor Pitcher authored close to 200
judicial opinions while serving on the
Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal.
