District Offices

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District 28

Catahoula, Concordia Parishes District Defender Derrick Carson
District Defender

Derrick Carson

Parish

LaSalle Parish

Main Office

Address

3150 N. First Street
Jena, LA 71342

Phone

TEL - (318) 992-0881
FAX - (318) 992-0887

Office Hours

Monday - Thursday: 8:00am - 3:00pm
Friday: Closed
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Funding Sources

District Summary

Number of Courts
1
Divisions by Court
1
Individuals Represented in CY 2025
405

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Parishes

Acadia Parish Allen Parish Ascension Parish Assumption Parish Avoyelles Parish Beauregard Parish Bienville Parish Bossier Parish Caddo Parish Calcasieu Parish Caldwell Parish Cameron Parish Catahoula Parish Claiborne Parish Concordia Parish DeSoto Parish East Baton Rouge Parish East Carroll Parish East Feliciana Parish Evangeline Parish Franklin Parish Grant Parish Iberia Parish Iberville Parish Jackson Parish Jefferson Parish Jefferson Davis Parish LaSalle Parish Lafayette Parish Lafourche Parish Lincoln Parish Livingston Parish Madison Parish Morehouse Parish Natchitoches Parish Orleans Parish Ouachita Parish Plaquemines Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Rapides Parish Red River Parish Richland Parish Sabine Parish St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. Helena Parish St. James Parish St. John The Baptist Parish St. Landry Parish St. Martin Parish St. Mary Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Tensas Parish Terrebonne Parish Union Parish Vermilion Parish Vernon Parish Washington Parish Webster Parish West Baton Rouge Parish West Carroll Parish West Feliciana Parish Winn Parish

Cities

Abbeville Alexandria Amite Arcadia Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Belle Chasse Benton Cameron Chalmette Clinton Colfax Columbia Convent Covington Crowley DeRidder Franklin Franklinton Gonzales Gonzales Gretna Houma Jena Jennings La Place Lafayette Lake Charles Leesville Livingston Luling Mansfield Mansfield Mansfield Marksville Minden Monroe Napoleonville Natchitoches New Iberia New Orleans New Roads Oberlin Opelousas Plaquemine Port Allen Rayville Ruston Shreveport Shreveport Shreveport Slidell St. Francisville St. Martinville Tallulah Thibodaux Vidalia Ville Platte Winnfield
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