Phillipa Louvois

Phillipa Louvois was a 24th century human female who worked as a lawyer. In the mid 24th century Louvis was a Starfleet officer, working in the office of the Judge Advocate General, part of Starfleet's legal system. She would later become the Attorney General of the United Federation of Planets.

Biography
Louvois was a friend of Jack Crusher's at Starfleet Academy. In 2354, Jack Crusher was killed and an inquiry into his death was held at Starbase 32. It was there after the inquiry that Louvois first met Captain Jean-Luc Picard and they soon began a relationship.

By 2355, Louvois held the rank of Commander. That year, she was the prosecutor in the court martial of Captain Picard held at Starbase 32 following the loss of the USS Stargazer (NCC-2893) after the Battle of Maxia. In her zeal to show that she could prosecute Picard without bias, she overcompensated by relentlessly attacking Picard and even brought up something Picard had said in bed. She was removed from the case, given a formal reprimand, and told to submit to a court of inquiry to determine any further charges. In response, Louvois resigned her commission. 

Sometime later, Louvois returned to Starfleet. By 2365, she was the newly appointed commander of the Judge Advocate General office for Sector 23 and she held the rank of Captain. The JAG office was stationed at Starbase 173, near the Romulan Neutral Zone.

One of her first duties in her new command on Starbase 173 was ruling on the rights of android Lieutenant Commander Data. She based her ruling on previous decisions and ordered Data to submit to Commander Bruce Maddox, as he was the property of Starfleet. Captain Picard challenged the ruling. Being short staffed, Picard was appointed as Data's defense, with Commander William Riker forced to prosecute. She finally agreed that Data was not the property of Starfleet and had the right to choose. 

Following Data's hearing, Louvois and Picard spent time together prior to the Enterprise departing Starbase 173 to survey planets in the area for possible colonization. 

In 2366, Louvois was asked to come to Starbase 104 by Admiral Jan Rosenstrum to interrogate Captain Picard and his staff for their apparent destruction of the USS Nairobi (2366). 

A few years later, Louvois would head toward a legal conference via shuttlecraft. Starfleet rules prevented JAG officers from piloting shuttlecrafts themselves, so Louvois selected Data to serve as her pilot despite the fact he would miss his first chance to visit a circus; Louvois believed Data to be "one of the best helmsmen in the fleet". The captain also chose to take the opportunity to apologize to Data regarding the situation about his potential disassembly. 

By 2385 Louvois was the Attorney General for the Federation. In October of that year she arrested Baras Rodirya in front of the Federation Council. Baras was a collaborator during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor. He had assumed the identity of Ishan Anjar after Ishan had been tortured to death by the Cardassians in 2369. After the occupation he used the identity of Ishan Anjar to launch a political career that culminated in his being named President Pro-Tempore of the United Federation of Planets. Baras had committed highly questionable and illegal actions, including helping arrange the murder of President Nanietta Bacco. Louvois also had to deal with the various co-conspirators within the Federation who helped Baras during his time in office.