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Nakisha Ervin-Knott

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Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2032

Years in position

2

Prior offices

Orleans Parish Civil District Court Division D


Compensation

Elections and appointments

Education

Contact

Nakisha Ervin-Knott (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.

Ervin-Knott (Democratic Party) won election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.

In 2011, she ran for the 41st Judicial District in Louisiana. She lost in the runoff election on November 19, 2011.[1][2]

Elections

2022

See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Nakisha Ervin-Knott (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2020

See also: City elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2020)

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Nakisha Ervin-Knott (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2014

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2014
Ervin-Knott ran for election to the Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
Primary: She was elected in the primary on November 4, 2014, receiving 58 percent of the vote. She competed against Lloyd J. Medley, Jr.
[3][2]

2011

Ervin-Knott ran unsuccessfully in the runoff election for the 41st Judicial District on November 19. She received 40.5% of the vote and was defeated by Clare Jupiter.[1]

Ervin-Knott won 35.78% of the vote in the primary.[4]

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Nakisha Ervin-Knott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Education

Ervin-Knott received a B.A. from Xavier University in 1995, and a J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 1998.[5]

Career

Prior to her election to the bench, Ervin-Knott was a partner at the law firm Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC.[6]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2014: "Leader in Law", New Orleans CityBusiness magazine
  • 2012: Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation

Associations

  • Volunteer attorney, Pro Bono Project
  • Vice chair and board member, ASI Federal Credit Union
  • Member, Association of Women Attorneys
  • Council of directors, Louisiana Association for Justice
  • Member, Louis A. Martinet Legal Society
  • Graduate, Ortique Leadership Institute
  • Past president, Independent Women’s Organization (IWO)[5]

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