party office residence article_title name occupation
democrat chief justice of the new orleans , louisiana bernette joshua johnson
 bernette joshua johnson attorney , judge
bernette joshua johnson

bernette joshua johnson -lrb- born june 1943 -rrb- is an african-american democrat lawyer from her native new orleans , louisiana , who has been since 2013 the chief justice of the louisiana supreme court .
she succeeded another woman , catherine d. kimball of ventress in pointe coupee parish , who retired for health reasons .
