Full Name
Hon. Donna Phillips Currault
Job Title
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court or Organization
Eastern District of Louisiana
Speaker Bio
The Honorable Donna Phillips Currault serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Before joining the federal bench in June 2020, she was a member of Gordon, Arata, Montgomery Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC, where she handled complex commercial litigation matters including class and collective actions, business disputes, and business torts. She regularly represented employers in claims brought under federal and state anti-discrimination statutes and advised clients on employment agreements and non-competition/non-solicitation issues, prepared policies and handbooks, and conducted training on employment matters.
Judge Currault graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law in 1989 and was selected for Order of the Coif. While in law school, she was a Managing Editor and member of the Tulane Law Review. She also served as a Senior Fellow for Tulane Law School’s Legal Research and Writing program. From 1989-1990, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Morey L. Sear, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Judge Currault is a Life Fellow of the Federal Bar and American Bar Foundations and a Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and Litigation Counsel of America. She is a member of the Tulane Law Review Advisory Board, St. Thomas More Inn of Court, and the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. Judge Currault currently serves as a Director of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association and was recently elected to serve as the Fifth Circuit Director for the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. She is a past President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2021-22), former member of the New Orleans Chapter FBA Board of Directors (2002-2023), past Chair of the FBA’s Labor & Employment Section (2015-16), and past Chair of the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization’s Employment Law Advisory Commission. She formerly served as the Code I Bar Examiner and is currently on the Testing Committee for the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions.
Judge Currault graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law in 1989 and was selected for Order of the Coif. While in law school, she was a Managing Editor and member of the Tulane Law Review. She also served as a Senior Fellow for Tulane Law School’s Legal Research and Writing program. From 1989-1990, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Morey L. Sear, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Judge Currault is a Life Fellow of the Federal Bar and American Bar Foundations and a Fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation and Litigation Counsel of America. She is a member of the Tulane Law Review Advisory Board, St. Thomas More Inn of Court, and the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. Judge Currault currently serves as a Director of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association and was recently elected to serve as the Fifth Circuit Director for the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. She is a past President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (2021-22), former member of the New Orleans Chapter FBA Board of Directors (2002-2023), past Chair of the FBA’s Labor & Employment Section (2015-16), and past Chair of the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization’s Employment Law Advisory Commission. She formerly served as the Code I Bar Examiner and is currently on the Testing Committee for the Louisiana Committee on Bar Admissions.
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