About Gideon T Carter
Gideon T — Carter III is a civil rights attorney based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has been practicing law in Louisiana since 1984. His office is located at 4580 Bluebonnet Blvd Ste B, Baton Rouge, LA 70809-5601. He can be reached by phone at (225) 214-1546 and by fax at (225) 926-2299. Mr. Carter specializes in civil rights law, focusing on areas such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), discrimination, employment, fair housing, police misconduct. Privacy law.
He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association. In 2025, Mr. Carter was honored as a CBC POWER100 honoree. He received the 2024 Omega Psi Phi, Nu Beta Alpha Chapter of the NBA, Outstanding Service Award. In 2022, he was recognized with the Gertrude Rush and Power 50 awards. Additionally, he received the Citizen of the Year Award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Rho Phi Chapter, in 2022. From 2021 to 2025, he was recognized by Law Dragon 500 for excellence and leadership in the legal profession.
In 2021, he received the New Orleans Chapter of the NAACP President’s Trailblazer Award and the Court Watch NOLA Lynne & Jerome Goldman Criminal Justice Reform Award. Mr. Carter has served as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Trial Litigation at Howard University School of Law and as an Adjunct Trial Advocacy Professor at Tulane University School of Law. He was the past Chairman of the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, which provides policy guidance and fiscal oversight for eight public universities in Louisiana. During his tenure, he advocated for the construction of a new library for Grambling State University, leading to the naming of the James and Mildred Carter Pavilion in honor of his parents. Mr. Carter was elected as the second African American to serve as a New Orleans City Councilman in District C and was part of the first City Council seated after Hurricane Katrina.
As a civil rights attorney and proponent, he played a leading legislative role in establishing the first City Charter-mandated Independent Police Monitor to combat police brutality. He also served as the first African American Criminal Justice Commissioner in the city’s history. He is a life member of 100 Black Men of America and served as a Fellow for the internationally recognized criminal justice organization, VERA Institute of Justice. Mr. Carter's experience and dedication to civil rights have made him a prominent figure in Louisiana's legal community.