The mission of the Jefferson Juvenile Court is to fairly and impartially decide cases and administer justice through the comprehensive delivery of services to children and families, and the community so that: children reach their full potential and families and the community function in the best interest of the children.

Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court was established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1958. Juvenile Court has jurisdiction over children within the 24th Judicial District, Jefferson Parish. In general, matters of juvenile delinquency, Families in Need of Services, Child in Need of Care, Adoption, Juvenile Traffic Violations, Criminal Neglect of Family & Child Support, and certain special proceedings are heard in Juvenile Court. This jurisdiction and the type of proceedings are published in the Louisiana Children's Code.

The first judge of newly created Juvenile Court for Jefferson Parish was Leo McCune. Upon Judge McCune's retirement in 1972, Sol Gothard was elected and served as Judge of Section A until 1988. Thomas P. McGee was elected to the newly created Section B in 1974, and served as Judge of that section until his retirement in 1996. Nancy Amato Konrad was elected to a new Section C in 1980. The judges currently serving are:

Section A - Hon. Ann Murry Keller

Section B - Hon. Andrea Price Janzen - Chief Judge

Section C - Hon. Nancy Amato Konrad

Judicial Administrator: Dawn A. Palermo
Deputy Judicial Administrator: Tim Tyler
Operations Manager: Damon Anderson

Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court
1546 Gretna Blvd., P. O. Box 1900
Harvey, LA 70059
Telephone: (504) 367-3500
Fax: (504) 227-0707

Office Hours are 8:30A.M. - 4:30P.M.

Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.