Workplace Relations — Fifth Circuit

About this office

The Circuit Director of Workplace Relations provides confidential and impartial assistance to judges and judiciary employees on workplace conduct matters, serves as the primary expert on resolving internal employment disputes and related workplace conduct issues throughout the Fifth Circuit, and assists with the revision and implementation of all court EDR Plans and related policies.

Office hours

Regular hours

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday–Friday

Excluding federal holidays.

Your Employee Rights and How to Report Wrongful Conduct

Fifth Circuit EDR Plan Fifth Circuit FPDO EDR Plan Judicial Conduct and Disability Act Fifth Circuit Judicial Council Rules for Judicial-Conduct and Judicial-Disability Proceedings Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Form

EDR Coordinators for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Federal Public Defenders Offices

Kate Padbury

504-310-7784 kate_padbury@ca5.uscourts.gov

Maura Doherty

504-589-7953 maura_doherty@fd.org

Heather Pou

504-310-8472 heather_pou@ca5.uscourts.gov

Jamei Richey

504-310-8098 jamei_schaeffer@ca5.uscourts.gov

Circuit Director of Workplace Relations

Rebecca Coman

504-310-7785 rebecca_coman@ca5.uscourts.gov

National Office of Judicial Integrity

Michael Henry

Judicial Integrity Officer

202-502-1603 AO_OJI@ao.uscourts.gov

EDR Coordinators, the Director of Workplace Relations, and the Office of Judicial Integrity are resources for current and former employees of the federal courts and Federal Public Defender Offices in the Fifth Circuit, as well as applicants for employment who have been interviewed.

If you are a member of the public and have a concern about judicial conduct or disability, please file a complaint here.

If you are a litigant in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and have a question about your case, please contact the Clerk's Office.