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Judge Ann Murry Keller was elected in August of 1987 to Section A of Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court. Prior to her election, Judge Keller was the Indigent Defender Attorney representing the children in Section C of Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court. As the children's attorney in Juvenile Court, Judge Keller represented hundreds of abused and neglected children as well as delinquent children and status offenders.

Judge Amanda C. Calogero was elected in November of 2018 to Section "B" of the Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court. For the 7 years prior to her election, Judge Calogero oversaw the Juvenile arm of the District Attorney’s Office as the Juvenile Chief, supervising all of the juvenile delinquency, child dependency, and child support cases. She had been an Assistant District Attorney with Jefferson Parish since 1998. Prior to her position in Juvenile Justice, Judge Calogero screened cases involving child abuse in the Family Violence Department and successfully prosecuted numerous sex- crime and homicide cases. In one specific case, in 2000, she was the first prosecutor in her jurisdiction to present DNA evidence that introduced "Y-filer" evidence for the first time in Jefferson Parish.

Barron C. Burmaster was elected to Section "C" on November 16, 2013 and is currently serving as Chief Judge. Judge Burmaster also serves as the presiding Judge for the Jefferson Parish Juvenile Drug Court. He attended McDonogh 26 Elementary School, Gretna Middle School, and West Jefferson High School. The Judge served as Student Council President at Gretna and was president of the Class of 1981 at West Jefferson, where he also served as president of the National Honor Society and commander of the Air Force Junior ROTC program. He received a full academic scholarship to attend Loyola University graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies. He then received a full academic scholarship to attend Loyola Law School receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1989. After graduation, Judge Burmaster served as the Criminal Law Clerk for the Judges of 24th District Court until May 1991 when he was appointed an Assistant District Attorney.