Mildred Ellen Methvin, known as Mimi Methvin (born October 24, 1952), is an attorney and alternative dispute resolution mediator in Lafayette, Louisiana.
From 1983 to 2009, she was the United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.
Between 2011 and 2013 she served as part-time U.
S.
Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the District of Maryland.
In July 2014, she was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as Judge Pro Tem of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court, Division D, in St.
Landry Parish following the sudden death of Judge Donald Hebert.
She served until Judge Hebert's replacement was elected and sworn in in January 2015, approximately six months.
Methvin is one of few judges who have served on both the federal and state benches.
She has also worked in all three branches of federal government: as a congressional aide, as an Assistant U.