Cade Cole

Cade R. Cole (born 1983) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2025. His current term ends December 31, 2036. Cole chairs the Judicial Budgetary Control Board and Court Cost Committee, is vice chair of the Technology Fund Review Committee, and is a member of the Judicial Council and Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Directors.

Education Cole received a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School. While in law school, he received the award for highest performance in Obligations II, Income Tax, Public Utility law and Energy Regulation. After law school, Cole served as a law clerk to Justice Jeannette Knoll of the Louisiana Supreme Court before entering private practice in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was also a prosecutor and an Assistant District Attorney in the Louisiana 38th and 14th Judicial Districts. He also served as a member of the vetting committee for federal judicial appointments in Louisiana during the first term of President Donald Trump. He was sworn into office on April 3, 2025 by retired Justice Jeannette Knoll. He was elected without opposition to a full 10 year term ending December 31, 2036.

Memberships and awards Cole is a member of the Florida and Louisiana bars. He previously served as Louisiana State College Republican Chair and as a member of the Federalist Society. He was appointed to the Louisiana Service Commission by Governor Mike Foster.

Cole received the 2013 President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association for work to stabilize indigent defense funding.

Cole has served the Louisiana State Bar Association as Tax Section Chair, House of Delegates Member, and Member of the CLE Programming Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Tax Law Advisory Commission for the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization.