St. Bernard Courthouse reopens after 3-year renovation for mold remediation and remodeling

State District Judge Jacques Sanborn stands at the bench in the main courtroom before calling to order the first session of court to be held in the reopened 74-year-old St. Bernard Parish Courthouse on Monday, after it was closed three years for mold remediation and remodeling. The first session was criminal arraignments. With the judge are Sheriff James Pohlmann and, at left, Maj. Mark Poche. Seated below is Capt. Errol Schultz, bailiff and director of Courthouse services. Other state District judges returning to the Courthouse are Kirk Vaughn, who is the longest serving judge in the 34th Judicial District Court, and judges Manny Fernandez, Robert Buckley and Perry Nicosia. Also shown is the newly-styled Clerk of Court’s Office on the first floor, with Clerk Randy Nunez at the rear of the room, talking withChief Deputy Clerk Connie Spencer.