ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Ron Gathe ’92

Ron Gathe ’92 was nominated by President Joe Biden, confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as the US Attorney for the Middle District by U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson of Baton Rouge in December. The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District acts as the federal district attorney for a nine-parish area: East Baton Rouge, Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Gathe succeeds fellow CHS Class of 1992 alumnus Brandon Fremin who served in the role after President Donald Trump nominated him.

“The outstanding academic foundation I was able to build at Catholic High School gave me the tools needed throughout my legal career such as technical writing and oral advocacy. Those skills and others have been advanced by working with other Catholic alumni like former US Attorney Brandon Fremin ’92.”

Prior to being named US Attorney, Gathe served as an assistant district attorney in the 19th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Baton Rouge from 2001 to 2021, serving as section chief from 2009 to 2021. He also was practicing law at his own law firm, the Law Offices of Ronald C. Gathe Jr. & Associates in Zachary.

Gathe, a graduate of Xavier University and Southern University Law Center, is the first Black person nominated by a president for the position in the Middle District since the district was created in 1972.