Captain Phillipa Louvois
Captain Phillipa Louvois was a 24th century Starfleet officer, working in the office of the Judge Advocate General, Starfleet's legal system.
In 2355, she was the prosecutor in the court martial of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. He was charged with the loss of the USS Stargazer, which Louvois relentlessly prosecuted. Picard was later absolved of all charges, but his relationship with Louvois remained strained after the court martial.
Shortly after the Stargazer court martial, she resigned from Starfleet, but returned at a later date.
By 2365, she was the newly appointed commander of the Judge Advocate General office for Sector 23. 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. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")
- Phillipa Louvois was played by Amanda McBroom. The character is one of the very few staff Captains (non-command) to appear in any Star Trek production. Other staff captains include Montgomery Scott, holding the rank of Captain while serving as a Chief Engineer in the Star Trek films, and Captain Krasnovsky who was apparently a Captain in the Sciences Division.