Hamilton is chief 16th JDC judge

Roger P. Hamilton Jr. was selected as chief judge for the 16th Judicial District by the district.
According to the Louisiana Constitution, the chief judge exercises administrative functions prescribed by rule of court. His term as chief judge will run from Sept. 24, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2026.
Hamilton was elected to serve as district court judge in Division H of the 16th Judicial District Court in 2020.
Currently, he serves as a member on the American Judges Association Criminal and Juvenile Justice Committee and the Louisiana Supreme Court Judicial Security Committee.
Hamilton was born and raised in St. Martin Parish. His family moved from St. Martin Parish to Iberia Parish where he graduated from New Iberia Senior High School in 1994. He attended Nicholls State University and graduated cum laude in 1998.
He was selected into the Nicholls State University Hall of Fame in 1998 and graduated in 2001 from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center with his juris doctor.
His parents are Carmen and the late Roger Hamilton Sr. He has one daughter, Regan Paige Hamilton.
Hamilton served as president of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation and was a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates. He coached girls basketball at Catholic High in New Iberia and at Loreauville High School.
Hamilton began his legal career in 2001 as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Paul J. deMahy. He began working as an assistant district attorney in May 2002 and continued until December 2020. He also served as general counsel to the Lafayette Parish School Board and the city of Jeanerette.
Hamilton served as an adjunct professor at South Louisiana Community College and Nicholls State University.
Judge Lewis Pitman’s term as chief judge ended on Sept. 18. He had served as chief judge since Oct. 1, 2018.