https://cdwr.ca5.uscourts.gov/
Hours:Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.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.
Your Employee Rights and How to Report Wrongful Conduct
Fifth Circuit EDR Plan
Fifth Circuit FPDO EDR Plan
Judicial Conduct and Disability
EDR Coordinators for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
and Federal Public Defenders Offices
Kate Padbury
504-310-8397
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 Schaeffer
504-310-8098
jamei_schaeff@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 click 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.