The Hon. Elizabeth A. Engolio is a judge for the 18th Judicial District Court of Louisiana. She was elected to the bench in 2016.
The 18th Judicial District includes the Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Engolio served as Chief Judge of the 18th Judicial District and has presided over the Iberville Drug Court since 2017. In addition to her judicial responsibilities, she also volunteers as a mentor judge for the Louisiana Supreme Court Mentor Program and a supervising judge for FINS. In 2010, Engolio appeared before the Louisiana Legislature in support of Act 744, designed to suspend time limitations for a trial when a material witness is unavailable due to military service.
She received a bachelor’s degree in interpersonal and organizational communication from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2001. Engolio then completed a J.D. at Southern University Law Center in 2004. While a law student, she was a law clerk at Marionneaux & Marionneaux and a judicial law clerk to her grandfather, the late Hon. Edward N. Engolio, Sr., who preceded her on the 18th Judicial District Court.
Engolio began her legal career in solo practice and worked as an assistant district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. Her practice areas included probate, contracts, business, personal injury, and family law cases. As a prosecutor, Engolio handled felony, drug forfeiture, misdemeanor, juvenile, and drug cases. She was also involved in the appeals process for the office, including handling writ applications and post-conviction appeals.
Engolio was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee and was a member of the Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center Multi-Disciplinary Team, the Capital Area Law Enforcement Planning Commission, and the Multi-Jurisdictional Youth Center Commission.
She was also a member of the Louisiana Judicial College Board of Governors, the Capital Area Law Enforcement Planning Commission Executive Board, The Hospice of Baton Rouge Executive Board, the Plaquemine Service League Executive Board, the Iberville Ready Start Network Executive Board, the Plaquemine Rotary Club, and the Plaquemine Garden Club.
Active in her community, Engolio has been involved with the Friends of St. Paul Church, the Friends of the Plaquemine Locks, We Are the Difference, the Westside Visitation Center, the Krewe of Okeanos, and the YMCA.
She was born and raised in Plaquemine, Louisiana, and attended St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge.
Engolio is registered as a Democrat.