Veronica DiCarlo Wicker | |
Office: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
Term Start: | September 26, 1979 |
Term End: | December 10, 1994 |
Appointer: | Jimmy Carter |
Predecessor: | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Successor: | Ivan L. R. Lemelle |
Office1: | Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
Term Start1: | 1977 |
Term End1: | 1979 |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1930 |
Education: | Syracuse University (BFA) Loyola University New Orleans (LLB) |
Veronica DiCarlo Wicker (November 26, 1930 – December 10, 1994) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Wicker received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1952 and a Bachelor of Laws from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1966. She was a law clerk to Judge Lansing Leroy Mitchell of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1966 to 1977.
Wicker was a United States magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, from 1977 to 1979. On June 5, 1979, Wicker was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received her commission on September 26, 1979. Wicker served in that capacity until her death of cancer, on December 10, 1994, in New Orleans, Louisiana.