Mario Leija Running for District Judge

Attorney Mario Leija is running for the upcoming open position on the Fourth Judicial District Court. That position will be open with the retirement of Judge Wilson Rambo of West Monroe.

Leija has worked at Leija Law since 1996, and he is now a partner at the firm. He has experience in city and district courts across North Louisiana as well as in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

As a member of the Fourth Judicial District Bar Association, Leija was a past president of the Fourth District Young Lawyers Section. He is also a member of the Northeast Louisiana Bar Foundation, the American Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association.

In 2019, he was voted as one of the best attorneys in our area for the Bayou Buzz Awards.

Leija,46, is a West Monroe native who is a graduate of West Monroe High School and Northeast/ULM. He graduated with honors from Southern University Law Center in 2010.

Mario and his wife, Carley, have a daughter, Valentina.