Regina Bartholomew is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, grew up in the 7th Ward and resides in Algiers. She is a graduate of a New Orleans Public School, having obtained her high school diploma from John F. Kennedy Senior High in 1989. She graduated from Southern University at New Orleans where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a minor in Political Science in 1994. Ms. Bartholomew earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1999. While in law school, she was inducted into the National Order of Barristers and was featured in Who’s Who Among Students in American Law Schools. Ms. Bartholomew is a lifelong Democrat.
Ms. Bartholomew’s most recent employment was as General Counsel for the Orleans Parish School Board, from where she is currently on leave. Prior to this, Regina worked as an attorney in private practice, and with the United States Government at the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor. Upon completing law school, she completed a judicial clerkship with Judges Becnel, Jasmine and Snowdy at the Fortieth Judicial District Court in Edgard, Louisiana.
Ms. Bartholomew has devoted her life to many civic and bar association activities. She is a member of the American, National, and the New Orleans Bar Associations. She is formerly a member of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Practice Assistance & Improvement Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Minority Involvement Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society. Ms. Bartholomew has also served as a board member of AIDSLaw of Louisiana, Inc., and a board member and secretary of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Foundation and Camp Fire USA Greater New Orleans Council. She was a Co-Chair of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Foundation’s Law Camp and the CLE Programs Committee of the Young Lawyers’ Section of the New Orleans Bar Association. She has served as a liaison for the Pro Bono Project of New Orleans and as a Judge for Teen Court of New Orleans.
Ms. Bartholomew has received several awards and recognitions while in law school, including an Excellence Award for her participation in the Clinical Education Program, the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Medal for Excellence in Advocacy, the Anzelmo-Stewart Scholarship, the Hannah and Herman Levy Scholarship, and the Association of Trial Lawyers J. Skelly Wright Chapter Award.
In addition to her career and civic and bar activities, Ms. Bartholomew is a devoted mother to her two sons, David, 10 and Reginald, 5.