NEW ORLEANS – The investiture ceremony for the first African American Chief Justice of the Louisiana State Supreme Court took place today at noon on the steps of the Louisiana Supreme Court in the French Quarter.
Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson was surrounded by her family, friends and colleagues as she took the oath of office.
The ceremony began with the statement “welcome to history” and the crowd roared with joyous shouts and applause following the statement. Followed by the opening statement was the invocation, presentation of colors and recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance led by Chief Justice Johnson’s grandchildren, Nia and Noah Johnson.
Among those who spoke were the wife of Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Cheryl Landrieu–a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; John H. Musser IV, president of the Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association past-president and board member Patrick Vance and U.S. District Judge Ivan Lamelle.
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