The Hon. Alan A. Zaunbrecher is a judge for the 22nd Judicial District Court of Louisiana. He was elected to the bench on October 14, 2017, filling a vacancy created by the elevation of the Hon. Allison Penzato to the Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.
The 22nd Judicial District encompasses Washington Parish and St. Tammany Parish.
Prior to his election, Zaunbrecher was a partner at Zaunbrecher Treadaway, a law firm he co-founded in 2006. Before that, he spent time as a sole practitioner in his own private practice (1988 to 2006).
Zaunbrecher earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Tulane University in 1976. He then completed an LL.M. in admiralty law and a J.D. at Tulane University School of Law in 1979. He is licensed to practice in Louisiana (1979), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1979), the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (1979), and Texas (1994).
After graduating from law school, Zaunbrecher began his legal career as an assistant district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. He also held assignments as a special assistant attorney general for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office.
His memberships have included the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Slidell Bar Association, and the Washington Parish Bar Association. He has also been involved with the North Shore Republican Men’s Club, the West St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, and the Louisiana Wildfowl Carvers & Collectors Guild, and he has served on the Executive Board of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, the Host Executive Committee for the Super Bowl XXXI, the President’s Council of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
Born and raised in Rayne, Louisiana, Zaunbrecher and his wife, Susan, have three children. He attends St. Peter’s Catholic Church and the Men of St. Joseph Bible Study. When not presiding over legal proceedings, he is an active gardener and numismatist.
He is registered as a Republican.
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