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Hon. Jane Milazzo

USDC Eastern District of Louisiana

Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo (born March 2, 1957) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Education and Career

A native of Napoleonville, Louisiana, Milazzo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from Nicholls State University. She then earned a Juris Doctor in 1992 from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

Milazzo began her career as an elementary school teacher. She then began working in 1986 as a paralegal for a Napoleonville, Louisiana law firm. In 1989, she shifted to being a law clerk while attending law school. From 1992 until 1998, she served as an associate at her family’s law firm, and from 1998 until 2008, she was a partner in that firm. In 2008, Milazzo was elected a state district judge in Louisiana.

Milazzo is the daughter of former Louisiana politician Risley C. Triche and Clara Triche of Napoleonville, Louisiana. She is married to John W. Milazzo Jr. and they have four children.

Federal Judicial Service

On March 16, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Milazzo to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that had been vacated by Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon.  She received her judicial commission October 12, 2011.

Notable Cases

  • 2022, MDL No. 2740: IN RE: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation, Civil lawsuits that allege the breast cancer drug Taxotere can cause permanent injuries to tear ducts. U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) made the decision Feb. 1, concluding that it was in the best interest of all parties in the lawsuits against drugmaker Sanofi Aventis to try the cases before Judge Jane Triche Milazzo. Milazzo has tried similar cases involving Taxotere and allegations that the drug causes permanent hair loss.