Judge Freddie Pitcher

"The Honorable Freddie Pitcher, Jr., is a native South Baton Rougean.   He graduated from McKinley High School in 1962 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Southern University in 1966.  He completed legal studies and received the Juris Doctor degree from Southern University Law Center in 1973.  After several years of vigorous private legal practice, he was elected city-wide as the first African American City Court Judge in the history of Baton Rouge.  Four years later, in 1987, he stood for a seat on the 19th Judicial District.  Again, he was successful in a city-wide election.  The seat on the 19th Judicial Court Bench was another first for an African American.  In the fall elections of 1992, he was unopposed in his run for Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals.  This seat was also a first.