As a district judge, Clement presided over such high-profile cases as the 2000 trials of former Louisiana governor Edwin W. Edwards (D) and former state insurance commissioner Jim Brown (D) on fraud charges. Edwards was acquitted; Brown was convicted of lying to the FBI and sentenced to six months in prison.
Lawyers who know Clement or have tried cases before her describe her as a judicial conservative who leans toward the defense in civil cases, and as a no-nonsense judge who is strict about deadlines and insists on professionalism from lawyers.
Can't hold it against Clement that Edwards was acquitted then. I am still amazed he was convicted. The old degenerant was adored down here. I heard otherwise educated people saying they didn't care what he did, they just loved the old scamp. He was regarded with affection, tolerance and love by so many, and not just dems.
He started out good, he really did. Rewrote the State Constitution, was smart, etc. But it is hard to stay straight in La politics. Heck, it is hard to stay straight as a citizen. I could tell you stories. The place is corrupt from top to bottom.