Why I’m running
Not the Supreme Court. Not a courtroom drama. A traffic ticket, an eviction notice, a small claim, a misdemeanor charge. For most people in Shreveport, this court is the justice system — and how it treats them is how they judge all of it.
“I believe Shreveport deserves a City Court that is fair, efficient, and respectful to every person who enters the courtroom. My goal is to strengthen public confidence in the court through professionalism, preparation, and impartial application of the law.”
First, the basics
Most voters have never had a reason to learn this. It matters, because it defines exactly what this job is — and what it isn't.
Misdemeanor criminal cases
Concurrent jurisdiction over state misdemeanors
City ordinance violations
Offenses under Shreveport’s municipal code
Traffic and parking
Citations issued within the city limits
Civil claims up to $25,000
Contract and damage disputes
Small claims up to $5,000
Simplified process, often without a lawyer
Evictions
Landlord and tenant proceedings
Handled by the 1st Judicial District Court and Caddo Parish Juvenile Court.
The commitments
The law applied evenly, whether you arrive with an attorney or on your own. No one should feel the outcome was decided before they spoke.
Trinicia has stood on both sides of the courtroom — as a prosecutor for Caddo Parish and as a defense attorney. That perspective is the whole argument for impartiality: she has seen what it costs when a court stops listening, from both chairs.
Every person who enters City Court — defendant, victim, witness, attorney, or family member — deserves to be treated with dignity and heard with patience.
Judicial temperament is not a soft quality. It is the difference between a court the public trusts and one it avoids. Trinicia’s commitment is to a courtroom where preparation and courtesy are the standard, not the exception.
Cases heard promptly, procedures explained in plain language, and a docket that respects the fact that people take off work to be there.
A missed shift can cost someone their job. Delay is not a neutral inconvenience in a court where most people appear without counsel — it is a real cost borne by the people least able to absorb it.
The case for Trinicia
As a Caddo Parish prosecutor, Trinicia carried the state's burden of proof. She worked with victims, witnesses, and officers, and she learned what it costs a community when cases are handled carelessly.
As a defense attorney, she has stood next to people facing the loss of their license, their housing, or their liberty — many of whom had never spoken in a courtroom before and did not understand what was happening to them.
A judge who has only ever done one of those jobs is working from half a picture. Impartiality is not a slogan on a yard sign. It is a habit built by having genuinely understood both sides of the room.
This race will be decided by a small number of voters in Division D. If you live here, your vote carries real weight — and so does bringing one neighbor with you.
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