City of Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish / Parish Attorney

Agency file

Parish Attorney

Source file: Open Data BR — City-Parish Employee Salaries / ingested Jun 18, 2026

The Parish Attorney is a government agency that delivers public services and programs within its jurisdiction.

In 2025, this agency had 92 employees with median total compensation of $48,925; the highest distinct record was $140,517.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $5M
Employees: 92
Median total: $48,925
Highest record: $140,517

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$1,246$127,763+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 92 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($48,925) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $51,258 (94%)
Overtime — $1,185 (2%)
Other — $2,166 (4%)
Benefits — $0 (0%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$5,664

$29,815

$48,925

$79,658

$111,524

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $111,524 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $5,664. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

Senior Spc Assistant Parish Attorney

12 · $92,837

Assistant Parish Attorney

11 · $55,192

Special Assistant Parish Attorney

10 · $77,649

College Student Intern

8 · $3,103

Legal Investigator

7 · $42,240

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$4.8M —	89 —	$46,665 —
2025	$5M ▲ 4.6%	92 ▲ 3.4%	$48,925 ▲ 4.8%

Record list

Employees

Page 1

Theresa Dorcelus

Assistant Parish Attorney/Parish Attorney

2025 total comp

$15,764

Sub-department: Parish Atty-Administration
Base pay: $13,547
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $2,216
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $15,764
Middle name: J

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 500
Employment End Date: Feb 17, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3310
Pay Location Code: 510
Severance Pay: $2,216
Total Overtime Hours: 0

At Parish Attorney, Theresa Dorcelus serves as a Assistant Parish Attorney within Parish Atty-Administration. Their 2025 pay totaled $15,764.

Allison Williams

Assistant Parish Attorney/Parish Attorney

2025 total comp

$14,114

Sub-department: Parish Atty-Litigation & Risk
Base pay: $13,864
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $250
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $14,114

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 500
Employee Reimbursement: $250
Employment End Date: Sep 5, 2025
Employment Status: Inactive
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3310
Pay Location Code: 550
Total Overtime Hours: 0

At Parish Attorney, Allison Williams serves as a Assistant Parish Attorney within Parish Atty-Litigation & Risk. Their 2025 pay totaled $14,114.

Latoya Jordan

Senior Spc Assistant Parish Attorney/Parish Attorney

2025 total comp

$12,904

Sub-department: Parish Atty-Litigation & Risk
Base pay: $12,904
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $12,904
Middle name: D

Source-specific fields

Department Number: 500
Employment Status: Active
Engineer License: No
Job Code: 3314
Pay Location Code: 550
Total Overtime Hours: 0
Unique ID: 0x274FC5A6396131C1DCF9FC17418EABBAA66BF8BF

Latoya Jordan holds the role of Senior Spc Assistant Parish Attorney at Parish Attorney within Parish Atty-Litigation & Risk. In 2025, their total compensation was $12,904.