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Understanding Law in a Global Context
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Letter from the Dean As the year 2013 draws to an end, it is fitting to reflect on our accomplishments at the College of Law and review some of its noteworthy moments. First, I am pleased to announce that preLaw magazine and the National Jurist ranked Loyola among the 15 most innovative law schools in the country. This nationwide recognition is an unprecedented honor, and it recognizes recent innovations in Loyola’s skills curriculum. The skills curriculum, one of our distinctive programs, is required of all students. It has been in place since 1992, and many of you may remember taking skills courses or teaching a skills course. The innovation for which preLaw magazine and National Jurist recognized Loyola is the addition of specific “practice tracks” in the skills program. With these tracks, students may take their skills courses in concentrated areas such as civil litigation, criminal practice, transactional drafting, and social justice. This will prepare our students to be more “practice ready” upon graduation. All students will also be required to take four foundational skills courses: client interviewing, negotiation, cross-cultural competence and interpersonal skills, and law office management and professionalism. This innovation reflects the efforts of Assistant Clinical Professor and Coordinator of Skills and Experiential Learning Christine Cerniglia Brown, J.D.’05, in conjunction with the College of Law Skills and Curriculum Committee. We are also proud of the success of our students in obtaining judicial clerkships. Five students have accepted clerkships this year with federal district judges, four in the Eastern District of Louisiana and one in the Middle District of Alabama. Two others have accepted clerkships with administrative law judges at the Department of Labor in Louisiana. Another student will be clerking for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Three other students will clerk for state judges, one in the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal and two in the 24th and 41st judicial districts. These numbers represent a marked increase over previous years and are the direct result of the efforts of our dedicated staff in the Career Development and Law Practice Center under the leadership of its director, Monique Garsaud, J.D. ’97. In this issue of the Loyola Lawyer, we also take time to celebrate the achievements of three members of our ordinary faculty who retired this summer: professors James Klebba, Keith Vetter, and Michael Whipple. We also bid goodbye to seven members of our library faculty and staff this year. These faculty and staff retirements have resulted in a smaller College of Law, adjusting our size to fit the reduced number of law school applicants and our smaller incoming classes. On the international front, the Vienna summer program celebrated its 20th anniversary this summer, with alumni and friends joining the festivities. The College of Law also held its inaugural Spetses, Greece, summer program, led by Professor Kathryn Lorio, J.D. ’73. We are in the planning stages of a program in Panama for this coming summer. Looking ahead, we are in the midst of preparing for the College of Law’s centennial next year. The law school opened its doors in October 1914, so in 2014 we will celebrate 100 years of legal education at Loyola. Please join us for our inaugural Centennial Alumni Lunch January 31, 2014, at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans. We will premiere the College of Law’s centennial video. You will not want to miss it! As always, I appreciate the support of our alumni and friends of the College of Law.
—María Pabón López College of Law Dean Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law
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FEATURES
Vol. 10 • No. 1 • Winter 2014 • www.law.loyno.edu
Loyola University New Orleans President
6..................Understanding Law in a Global Context Loyola offers numerous and varied courses, both locally and abroad, to help law students gain an international foundation.
The Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. College of Law Dean
María Pabón López Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Stephanie Jumonville, J.D. ’86 Associate Dean for Faculty Development
John A. Lovett Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs
The Rev. Larry Moore, S.J.
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10................Outsourcing Justice Imre Szalai tells us more about his book and how he came to be fascinated by arbitration agreements.
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NEWS & EVENTS Dean and four alumnae named Women of the Year College of Law Dean María Pabón López, J.D., was honored by New Orleans CityBusiness as a Woman of the Year. Four other alumnae – Donna Fraiche, J.D. ’75; Leslie Lanusse, J.D. ’84; Kerri Kane, J.D. ’04; and Elizabeth Meneray, J.D. ’10 – were also named Women of the Year. According to CityBusiness, the Women of the Year program recognizes “50 individuals whose successes in business and contributions to the community have made them movers and shakers in the region.” Nominations were accepted throughout the year, and then a selection committee chose top candidates from among the nominees. The selection process took into
account career achievements and industry and community involvement. “I am honored to receive this prestigious recognition,” López said. “Looking back at previous honorees, I’m humbled to be included with such a strong group of local community leaders who are not only making a difference in this city but also serving as strong role models for generations to come.” López and the others were celebrated at a November 14 reception at the Hyatt Regency and profiled in the November 22 issue of CityBusiness.
Alumnus installed as president of Louisiana State Bar Association Richard K. Leefe, J.D. ’74, a senior partner at Leefe Gibbs Sullivan & Dupré LLC in Metairie, was named the 73rd president of the Louisiana State Bar Association at the LSBA’s annual meeting in June in Destin, Florida. Leefe, who taught at the College of Law from 1976 until 2002, has handled legal issues in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and across the U.S. He is the author of Louisiana Code of Evidence Practice Guide and received the Excellence in Education Award from Professional Education Systems in 1991, the LSBA Young Lawyers Section Award of Appreciation in 1991, the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Law in 1992, and the LSBA’s President’s Award in 2011. He is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, served in active combat in Vietnam, and taught law students in China. During his term as president, Leefe will address concerns pertaining to legal education, adequate funding for access to justice programs on the civil law side, and appropriate indigent defense funding on the criminal law side. He will also oversee further development of the Senior Lawyers Division and the collaborative projects of the Senior Lawyers/Young Lawyers division. He and his wife, Barat, have been married for more than 31 years and have four children and six grandchildren.
Richard K. Leefe, J.D. ’74
Jesus on Trial As part of the events for Loyola Week, celebrating Loyola’s Jesuit heritage and identity, a prosecutor and a public defender presented “Jesus on Trial” on November 8 at the College of Law. Mark Osler, a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas Law School in Minnesota and a former federal prosecutor, and Jeanne Bishop, the assistant public defender of Cook County, Illinois, and an adjunct professor of the Trial Advocacy Program
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at Northwestern University School of Law, laid out a modern interpretation of Jesus’ trial and sentencing. The audience took on the role of the jury, and the whole event sparked a discussion of the current use of capital punishment in America. The event was co-sponsored by the Jesuit Social Research Institute and the Office of Mission and Ministry.
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Law students develop legal apps A group of 10 third-year law students, all of whom have the U.S. and is only about a year old, has been extended for now graduated, spent the past year working in conjunction with another year, Mitchell says. Upcoming projects include working the Litigation and Technology Clinic to develop applications with the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights to use clinic and software to help practicing attorneys better manage their technology to track recidivism rates among juvenile offenders workloads, represent their clients, and tackle other legal issues. and creating a web-based app to research potential jurors via One app, the Multiple Bill Calculator, designed by students social media and other publicly available sources. Ryan Gaudet, J.D. ’13, and John Love Norris IV, J.D. ’13, helps lawyers calculate minimum and maximum sentences under Louisiana’s Habitual Offender statute. Another, DocketMinder, designed by students Michael Tassin, J.D. ’13, and Nick Zotti, J.D. ’13, keeps lawyers informed about any activity on their cases by monitoring changes to the Orleans Criminal Court docket. Two other apps were also developed by the clinic: LACrimBook, an application detailing Louisiana’s criminal code, and Huey, a search engine for Louisiana laws, were created by student Marc Florman, J.D. ’13, and the clinic’s director, R. Judson Mitchell. Local lawyer and web developer R. Judson Mitchell Ben Veradi assists the clinic. The clinic, which is one of just a few others in
Russian students come to Crescent City Since 1993, the College of Law has had a summer study abroad program in Moscow that is open to Loyola students and students at other U.S. law schools. In 2010, the program evolved into a two-way exchange program between Loyola and the Moscow State University School of Law. Loyola students go to Moscow in June, and Russian students come to New Orleans in July. While the Russian students are here, about a dozen Loyola faculty members donate their time to give 60- to 90-minute lectures on various aspects of U.S. law. In addition, the Russian students take field trips to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Orleans Parish Prison, and Stone Pigman law firm. The students also get a taste of New Orleans culture with a tour of the city and either a plantation tour or a swamp tour farther afield. Three local Rotary clubs – Carrollton, Metairie, and Harahan – also sponsor a night at Rock ‘n’ Bowl, where the students dance and bowl. Approximately 30 students attended this year, along with Moscow State University Associate Professor Gaya Davidyan, who serves as a tour guide and chaperone. The students are pictured here outside of the state Supreme Court.
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Understanding Law by Sarah Ravits
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in a Global Context
Areti Polymenidi
Loyola offers numerous and varied courses, both locally and abroad, to help law students gain an international foundation. Last summer, Sophia Mire, now a second-year law student, traveled to Haiti for 10 weeks in conjunction with Loyola University College of Law’s various international outreach programs. Highly invested in the problems of the troubled nation to which she has been traveling since she was 14, Mire hopes to practice international human rights law upon obtaining her J.D. Because the College of Law programs reflect Louisiana’s mixed common law and civil law jurisdictions, the school inherently fosters an understanding of law in international contexts.
The varied international programs allowed Mire to complete an internship where she worked with Mario Joseph, the managing attorney at the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Port-auPrince, who is likened to the “Martin Luther King Jr.” of Haiti, she says. The firm represents political prisoners, impoverished people, and victims of political violence. “[Joseph] is a visionary, and it was an incredible honor to spend time observing and learning from him,” Mire says. Haiti, long marred by corruption and poverty, operates its legal proceedings in French, though the majority of the population speaks Haitian Creole, a language that Mire has picked up from her time spent there. She notes that because Loyola offers both international law courses and civil courses, “both of which are useful to human rights work,” her enhanced understanding of the law and the culture are critical to the legal work she wants to do in developing countries.
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ALL OVER THE GLOBE Tori Luwisch, international programs coordinator, says that the university provides ample opportunities for students who are interested in traveling, studying, and working abroad. In the past several years, the programs have sent hundreds of law students to far-flung nations across the globe to take courses in Budapest, Hungary; Vienna; Moscow; Rio de Janeiro; San José, Costa Rica; and Spetses, Greece, among others. To help prepare them for their time overseas, the university offers discounted courses in French and Spanish for students, professors, and alumni affiliated with the law school. “I think it’s a great thing that we do because our heritage is so wrapped up in French and Spanish – whether they take the class in preparation for a foreign program or just for future international work,” Luwisch says. The College of Law has “enriched, depended, and broadened the international law experiences,” says John Lovett, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Academic Affairs. Second- and third-year law students often take courses on international and comparative law pertaining to business, politics, human rights, and a multitude of other topics. Mire’s valuable experience in Haiti is just one example of how the international programs at Loyola enrich students’ educations and, down the line, their law careers. LIVING AND LEARNING IN CAMBODIA Rebecca Curry, a third-year law student, also plans to work in social justice and public service when she finishes her degree. After completing her first year, she embarked upon an independent internship in Cambodia, working with an international human rights non-governmental organization, or NGO, called International Bridges to Justice,
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based in Geneva, Switzerland. “I was able to learn how NGOs utilize international law to promote human rights,” she says. “It’s tricky and complex.” The organization focuses on ending torture of criminal detainees and supporting proportionate sentencing by providing free legal representation. Curry was placed with a defense team in the rural Ratanakiri Province, an 11-hour bus ride away from the country capital on the border of Vietnam and Laos. During her internship, Curry visited imprisoned clients, advocated for women to receive separate prison cells, and observed trial proceedings. She enhanced her language skills by taking Khmer lessons for three months, and she also participated in weekly “street law training” in indigenous villages throughout the province, where they taught the community about what to do in case of arrest, about the importance of lawyers during the criminal process, and how to file claims in court. Curry recommends the experience and says it is incredibly “valuable to put yourself outside the box. I have a view of law that is unique, and I truly understand the significance of many of the protections embedded in legal provisions. … I carved out a second home for myself in the world. I love Cambodia and can’t wait to get back.” TWO-WAY STREET Lovett, who has extensive international experience, including a sabbatical in Scotland, where he studied the country’s property laws, emphasizes that the international law programs are a “two-way street,” because in addition to sending its own students and faculty overseas, Loyola also hosts international students and visiting professors. Take, for example, Loyola’s LL.M. program, which is a “master’s degree [program] in law for foreign students,”
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Lovett says. “Every year we have foreign students coming over here, and they work and study with the American students. Then they usually go back to their native countries after building a relationship with Loyola.” He also mentions that some foreign-born students, usually about 10 a year, come to Loyola from their native countries to do the three-year J.D. program. VIENNA TURNS 20 Luwisch says one of the school’s most popular and longest-running programs – celebrating its 20th anniversary this year – is the annual two- to four-week program at the prestigious University of Vienna, which was started by Professor Patrick Hugg. In Vienna, students begin with a two-week, three-credit course called Comparative Legal Systems: Austria, Germany, and the United States. After completing that course, students have the option of joining the second phase of the summer program, which includes courses in Introduction to European Union Law, International Courts and Tribunals, and International Sales Law. In this European cultural capital, students visit government institutions, and those who speak German often choose to serve internships at Austrian law firms. (See related story, page 30.) “It has evolved in student enrollment numbers, and we’ve had students from all over the world to join us,” Luwisch says. “We regularly have students from Australia and Turkey – from our sister schools. They get credits at their own universities, so they are like any other visiting student.” GOING TO HUNGARY Another popular program is the trip to Budapest, Hungary, at the Eotvos Lorand University School of Law.
This program presents a two-week, two-course comparative law offering for those interested in the political and legal landscape of central Europe in a country that just recently joined the European Union. The trip is complemented by visits to the Supreme Court, Parliament, and international law firms. FIELD STUDY ABROAD In addition to the international programs that are approved by the American Bar Association, Luwisch says Loyola also offers offer two field study programs. In one program, students travel to the European Union – Luxembourg, Strasburg, Paris, and Brussels – for one week. They don’t take classes; instead they write papers on their experiences for credit. Another field study trip brings students to Istanbul, and they make their way to Kusadasi, Turkey, and go on to Greek hotspots Athens and the island of Samos. INTERNATIONAL FOCUS AT HOME Finally, back on American soil, in addition to its many international law courses, Loyola participates in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Students argue as if they were before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, delving into topics such as expropriation, immunity, standing, and whether an obligation exists to admit a country into a multistate union. Students from more than 50 countries participate, with regional winners advancing to national rounds. Regarding the overall opportunities that Loyola offers, Mire concludes: “Loyola is fortunate to have extraordinary professors, faculty, and extended community who have worked for social justice for many years. Their wisdom, encouragement, and support are invaluable.”
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Outsourcing Justice The evolution of arbitration By Imre Szalai
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PROFESSOR IMRE SZALAI RECENTLY PUBLISHED A BOOK, OUTSOURCING JUSTICE: THE RISE OF MODERN ARBITRATION LAWS IN AMERICA. HE AGREED TO TELL US MORE ABOUT OUTSOURCING JUSTICE, PUBLISHED BY CAROLINA ACADEMIC PRESS, AND HOW HE CAME TO BE FASCINATED BY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS. HE ALSO MAINTAINS A BLOG ON THE TOPIC, OUTSOURCINGJUSTICE.COM
ABOUT MY BOOK Arbitration is a method of dispute resolution in which parties agree to submit their dispute to a private, neutral third person instead of a traditional court with a judge and jury. This private system of arbitration, which is often confidential and secretive, can be a polar opposite, in almost every way, to the public court system. Over the past few decades, arbitration agreements have proliferated throughout American society. Such agreements appear in virtually all types of consumer transactions, and millions of American workers are bound by arbitration agreements in their employment relationships. America has become an “arbitration nation,” with an increasing number of disputes taken away from the traditional open court system and relegated to a private, secretive system of justice. How did arbitration agreements become so widespread and enforceable in American society? Prior to the 1920s, courts generally refused to enforce such agreements, and parties had the right to bring their disputes to court. However, during the 1920s, Congress and state legislatures suddenly enacted groundbreaking
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“Szalai’s 202-page book – which is accessible to lawyers and laypersons alike – traces the history of arbitration law in the U.S. from the eighteenth century through the enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act in 1925, focusing primarily on the 1911 to 1925 period. ‘Wait a minute,’ you might say, ‘didn’t Ian Macneil already do that?’ Well, yes. But whereas Macneil paints in broad strokes, Szalai delves into meticulous detail, providing an almost week-by-week account of the crucial period between the enactment of the first ‘modern’ arbitration statute in 1920 to the passage of the FAA five years later. By way of example, the chapter covering 1920-1925 has more than 800 footnotes! “Using newspaper articles, monthly bulletins of the New York Chamber of Commerce, reports of various trade and bar associations, and other overlooked
laws declaring that arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable.” Drawing on previously untapped archival sources, my book explores the many different people, institutions, forces, beliefs, and events that led to the enactment of modern arbitration laws during the 1920s and examines why America’s arbitration laws radically changed during this period. By examining this history, my book demonstrates how the U.S. Supreme Court has grossly misconstrued these laws and unjustifiably created an expansive, informal, private system of justice touching almost every aspect of American society and affecting the lives of millions.
sources, Szalai brings leading figures of the arbitration reform movement to life and truly manages to transport the reader to another time. Also unlike Macneil, Szalai manages to situate and explain features of the arbitration law reform movement in the context of broader historical events and movements: the First World War, progressivism, growing interest in international arbitration treaties, and the movement to reform judicial procedure (famously inaugurated by Roscoe Pound’s ‘The Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice’). … “But perhaps the crowning achievement of this book is that it brings to light archival material that, to my knowledge, nobody has ever written about. Ever. Szalai sifted through boxes and boxes of the New York Chamber of Commerce’s dusty records now housed at Columbia University. … The records include things like minutes of meetings, personal notes, and letters written by leading figures in the arbitration movement such as Julius Henry Cohen and Charles Bernheimer. They enabled Szalai to reconstruct events and behind-the-scenes maneuverings that have thus far been lost to history. For example, we get a glimpse of meetings that Bernheimer had with Congressmen and business representatives whom he was trying to persuade to endorse the arbitration bill, just days before and after key Congressional hearings in 1923 and 1924. “The last chapter, entitled ‘Concluding Observations,’ tries to tease out some of the implications of this historical research for the way that the modern Court has
interpreted the FAA. Szalai concludes that the Court has butchered the statute, inter
alia, by interpreting it to apply to ordinary employment agreements – something
that was never intended by Bernheimer and his colleagues. He reaches a similar conclusion as to consumer agreements, but here he concedes that the historical evidence is less clear. This may come as a surprise to many, since the dominant view is that FAA was only intended to apply to transactions between merchant peers (and thus never contemplated consumer transactions).” –Hiro Aragaki, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Los Angeles, on Indisputably.org 12
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HOW IT STARTED When I was in law school, I never heard of the Federal Arbitration Act, the federal law enacted in 1925 saying that arbitration agreements are valid and enforceable. However, as soon as I entered practice as a litigator, I saw this law being used all the time. Many of my clients had arbitration agreements in their transactions, and if someone sued one of my clients in court, I would often invoke the Federal Arbitration Act and ask the court to enforce the arbitration agreement by dismissing the case and ordering arbitration. When the court ordered arbitration, the cases would often just disappear, with the other party not pursuing claims. Cases alleging significant liability and entire class actions would often just evaporate when a court compelled arbitration. I became amazed at how powerful this old, rather short law could be (the heart of the Federal Arbitration Act is just one sentence, saying arbitration agreements are valid). I saw how the law was being used to stop class actions and other cases from the very get-go. I began to wonder if this was the original intent behind the 1925 law, but I continued to use the law because it cleared up my workload as young attorney very easily and made my clients very happy. After a few years, when my first child was born, I began to see the Federal Arbitration Act in a different light. I was an anxious, soon-to-be first-time dad, and upon arriving at the hospital with my wife in labor, I was handed a stack of papers to sign while my wife was whisked away to a delivery room. One of the papers I was presented with contained an arbitration clause saying I promised never to sue the doctors, hospital, nurses, or
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insurance company in connection with the delivery of my child. I didn’t want to sign the agreement and sign away my rights, but the nurses kept on insisting everything had to be filled out. I quickly took the papers to my wife – who was in the middle of labor – and asked her to initial the arbitration agreement, thinking that no judge would ever enforce the arbitration agreement under these conditions. Thankfully, the delivery went smoothly, and my wife and I had an adorable, healthy daughter with no complications. To be fair to the hospital, I don’t think it was their usual practice to make everyone sign these papers at the moment of delivery. I had been presented with these papers a few weeks prior during a doctor’s visit, but I never got around to filling them out because my daughter arrived earlier than expected. I began noticing arbitration agreements appearing everywhere – in credit card agreements, cell phone contracts, cable television service contracts, employment agreements, and the back of a box of Cheerios. My kids watch cartoons on Netflix, and they recently yelled at me from the television room, saying, “Daddy, Netflix is not working!” I thought a cable had become disconnected, and so I went to the television room to fix it. When I walked to the TV room, I saw an arbitration notice flashing across the screen saying that if I wanted to continue using Netflix, I must agree to submit any dispute with Netflix to a private arbitrator instead of a court. In order to start the cartoons, I grabbed the remote, pushed a button, and zapped away my right to bring a lawsuit in court. I became fascinated with arbitration, and I began studying anything I could find regarding the history of American arbitration laws. One name kept on appearing in my research, the name of a merchant in New York City from the 1920s, and he was the driving force in pushing for the enactment of arbitration laws in the 1920s. He was an interesting Indiana Jones-like character who went on expeditions to unexplored areas of the Southwest on behalf of the American Natural History Museum. I tried to track down his relatives, and I discovered his personal files were now in the archives of my alma mater, Columbia University. His letters and memos detailed the entire lobbying campaign for the Federal Arbitration Act. In his materials, I saw personal, behind-the-scenes meetings with congressmen (including an invitation to one of Hollywood’s first exclusive celebrity hangouts, which became a brothel). I also learned that German law inspired the Federal Arbitration Act, but because of the First World War and the hatred of all things German, the lobbying campaign kept this background a secret. I saw how Prohibition influenced the enactment of arbitration laws. An amazing, stranger-than-fiction history of the Federal Arbitration Act began to come to life, letter by letter. When I saw the history behind the Federal Arbitration Act and compared the history to the uses of arbitration I saw in my law practice and my own private life, the juxtaposition was extremely jarring. The drafters in the 1920s intended the law to apply solely in federal court and to cover simple, routine contract disputes between two merchants. Today, however, as a result of flawed Supreme Court decisions ignoring the rich history of the law, the Federal Arbitration Act applies in state court (and powerfully pre-empts any state law standing in its way), and the Federal Arbitration Act applies to employment and consumer disputes. My book shows that these Supreme Court interpretations are all wrong.
Imre Szalai
“Although I agree that a book should not be judged by its cover – one cannot help but feel intrigued by the image of the French Fry carton appearing on the front cover. A closer look reveals a tiny arbitration clause at the bottom of the carton – a neat, if exaggerated, visual illustration of how arbitration agreements became widespread in American society. … Szalai’s book provides a detailed and provocative examination of the history of (sort of) modern arbitration laws in the United States. In particular, the book offers a careful analysis and description of the legislative history of the FAA, including the support of the business and legal communities for the proposed law. One can readily enjoy this description, without necessarily accepting the author’s conclusion that ‘this book demonstrates how the U.S. Supreme Court has grossly misconstrued these laws.’” —Gary Born, Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group, and Partner, WilmerHale, London
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College of Law Alumni in the Judiciary
The Hon. Robert A. Ainsworth Jr., J.D. ’32* The Hon. Terry Q. Alarcon, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Ronald J. Allen, J.D. ‘82 The Hon. Randy Angelle, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. Glenn B. Ansardi, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Joseph E. Anzalone Jr., J.D. ‘64* The Hon. Joan B. Armstrong, J.D. ‘67 The Hon. Deborah Arnold, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Allen M. Babineaux, J.D. ‘50* The Hon. Edwin A. Babylon, J.D. ‘30* The Hon. Reginald T. Badeaux III, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Bernard J. Bagert, J.D. ‘35* The Hon. Rex M. Barbas, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Carl J. Barbier, J.D. ‘70 The Hon. Denis A. Barry, J.D. ‘58 The Hon. Regina Harris Bartholomew, J.D. ‘99 The Hon. Stephen B. Beasley, J.D. ‘89 The Hon. Rudolph F. Becker Jr., J.D. ‘27* The Hon. Morris G. Becnel, J.D. ‘54* The Hon. Mary Hotard Becnel, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Raylyn Beevers, J.D. ‘97 The Hon. Debra K. Behnke, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Joan S. Benge, J.D. ‘90 The Hon. William J. Bennett, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Lawrence W. Bergeron, J.D. ‘26* The Hon. Denald A. Beslin, J.D. ‘52 The Hon. Randall L. Bethancourt, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Leo B. Blessing, J.D. ‘33* The Hon. Paul A. Bonin, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Marie A. Bookman, J.D. ‘83 The Hon. Charles W. Borde Jr., J.D. ‘72 The Hon. Vincent J. Borne, J.D. ‘97 The Hon. Baron B. Bourg, J.D. ‘53* The Hon. Frederick S. Bowes, J.D. ‘48* The Hon. Edward J. Boyle Sr., J.D. ‘35* The Hon. Charles R. Brackin, J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Thomas M. Brahney III, J.D. ‘63* The Hon. Thomas M. Brahney Jr., J.D. ‘42* The Hon. Matthew S. Braniff, J.D. ‘37* The Hon. Edward C. Brodtmann, J.D. ‘20* 14
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The Hon. Marcus A. Broussard Jr., J.D. ‘55 The Hon. Edward B. Broussard, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Camille Buras-Tifft, J.D. ‘86 The Hon. Robert J. Burbank, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Robert J. Burns Sr., J.D. ‘69 The Hon. William H. Byrnes III, J.D. ‘68* The Hon. G. Walton Caire, J.D. ‘64 The Hon. Pascal F. Calogero Jr., J.D. ‘54 The Hon. James L. Cannella, J.D. ‘67 The Hon. Leon A. Cannizzaro Jr., J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Patrick E. Carr, J.D. ‘50* The Hon. Edward E. Carriere Jr., J.D. ‘67* The Hon. Oliver P. Carriere, J.D. ‘31* The Hon. Darryl C. Casanueva, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Roy M. Cascio, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Sidney H. Cates IV, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Gordon E. Causey, J.D. ‘60* The Hon. Desiree Charbonnet, J.D. ‘94 The Hon. Tiffany G. Chase, J.D. ‘96 The Hon. Paul E. Chasez, J.D. ‘22* The Hon. Susan M. Chehardy, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. Raymond S. Childress, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Herbert W. Christenberry, J.D. ‘24* The Hon. Craig J. Cimo, J.D. ‘67* The Hon. Vernon B. Clark, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Bernard J. Cocke, J.D. ‘19* The Hon. Warren W. Comish, J.D. ‘23* The Hon. James A. Comiskey Sr., J.D. ‘51* The Hon. John E. Conery, J.D. ‘70 The Hon. George C. Connolly Jr., J.D. ‘50 The Hon. Charlotte M. Cooksey, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. Thomas F. Daley, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Thomas J. D'Aquila, J.D. ‘59 The Hon. June Berry Darensburg, J.D. ‘94 The Hon. Robert C. Davey, J.D. ‘18* The Hon. Thomas M. Delricci, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Louis G. DeSonier Jr., J.D. ‘52* The Hon. Elaine Guillot Dimiceli, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. Joseph V. DiRosa, J.D. ‘47* The Hon. Louis A. DiRosa, J.D. ‘50
The Hon. James P. Doherty Jr., J.D. ‘71 The Hon. B. Jeffrey Doran, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Ned E. Doucet Jr., J.D. ‘70 The Hon. Frank M. Dougherty, J.D. ‘51* The Hon. Louis F. Douglas, J.D. ‘91 The Hon. Clarence J. Dowling, J.D. ‘23* The Hon. James U. Downs, J.D. ‘66 The Hon. Stephen A. Duczer, J.D. ‘63 The Hon. Edward A. Dufresne Jr., J.D. ‘63* The Hon. Adrian G. Duplantier, J.D. ‘49* The Hon. Thomas R. Duplantier, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. William C. Dupont, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Melvin J. Duran, J.D. ‘52* The Hon. Daniel L. Dysart, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Thomas A. Early Jr., J.D. ‘59 The Hon. Alvin R. Eason, J.D. ‘60* The Hon. Marion F. Edwards, J.D. ‘67 The Hon. Blair D. Edwards, J.D. ‘98 The Hon. Jules D. Edwards III, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Timothy C. Ellender Jr., J.D. ‘70 The Hon. Gerald P. Fedoroff, J.D. ‘54* The Hon. Donald M. Fendlason, J.D. ‘64 The Hon. Susanne M. Fenstermacher, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Manuel A. Fernandez Sr., J.D. ‘67 The Hon. Sheldon G. Fernandez, J.D. ‘68* The Hon. Jeffrey L. Finley, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Brady M. Fitzsimmons, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Percy M. Flanagan, J.D. ‘26* The Hon. Tracey E. Flemings-Davillier, J.D. ‘94 The Hon. Kenneth J. Fogg, J.D. ‘72 The Hon. Ronald A. Fonseca, J.D. ‘62 The Hon. Bernard Fonseca, J.D. ‘40* The Hon. Richard J. Fowler, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Robert L. Freeman, J.D. ‘65 The Hon. Joseph C. Fruge, J.D. ‘22* The Hon. Paul Garofalo, J.D. ‘38* The Hon. Marcel Garsaud Jr., J.D. ‘59 The Hon. Richard J. Garvey, J.D. ‘52 The Hon. H. Charles Gaudin, J.D. ‘58 The Hon. Herbert G. Gautreaux, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. James T. Genovese, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. George W. Giacobbe, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Clarence B. Giarrusso, J.D. ‘60* The Hon. Edward G. Gillin, J.D. ‘47* The Hon. Carolyn W. Gill-Jefferson, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. J. Y. Gilmore, J.D. ‘29* The Hon. James E. Glancey Jr., J.D. ‘59 The Hon. Charles V. Gonzales, J.D. ‘27* The Hon. Sol Gothard, J.D. ‘62 The Hon. Stephen C. Grefer, J.D. ‘91 The Hon. Joseph J. Grefer, J.D. ‘59 The Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. Dominic C. Grieshaber, J.D. ‘51* The Hon. Charles Grisbaum Jr., J.D. ‘62 The Hon. Edmund L. Guidry, J.D. ‘24* The Hon. Vanessa Guidry-Whipple, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Isom J. Guillory, J.D. ‘19* The Hon. Edward A. Haggerty Jr., J.D. ‘40*
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In the Spring 2013 issue of Loyola Lawyer, several notable alumni were inadvertently omitted from our list. We regret the omissions and are publishing the revised list below. If we have left out someone whom you feel should be included, please email us at jdalumni@loyno.edu.
The Hon. Richard T. Haik Sr., J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Luther E. Hall Jr., J.D. ‘21* The Hon. Francis X. Halligan Jr., J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Walter B. Hamlin, J.D. ‘19* The Hon. Kernan A. Hand, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Gerard J. Hansen, J.D. ‘64 The Hon. Lambert J. Hassinger, J.D. ‘59* The Hon. John P. Heisserer, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Niles A. Hellmers, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Veronica E. Henry, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Michael S. Hertzig, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Archibald T. Higgins, J.D. ‘24* The Hon. John M. "Jack" Holahan, J.D. ‘53* The Hon. Yih-Feng Huang, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. Stephen L. Huffaker, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Preston H. Hufft, J.D. ‘49* The Hon. Arthur L. Hunter Jr., J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Charles A. Imbornone, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. Todd D. Jacobson, J.D. ‘88 The Hon. Andrea P. Janzen, J.D. ‘82 The Hon. Madeline Jasmine, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Mark A. Jeansonne, J.D. ‘91 The Hon. Calvin Johnson, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Charles R. Jones, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Jeanne Nunez Juneau, J.D. ‘97 The Hon. Albert M. Karre, J.D. ‘54* The Hon. Henry C. Keene Jr., J.D. ‘54* The Hon. Clement J. Kennington, J.D. ‘72 The Hon. Thomas H. Kingsmill Jr., J.D. ‘48* The Hon. Robert J. Klees, J.D. ‘66 The Hon. Thomas J. Kliebert Sr., J.D. ‘53* The Hon. Thomas J. Kliebert Jr., J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Howard F. Knisely, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. Jeannette Theriot Knoll, J.D. ‘69 The Hon. Patricia E. Koch, J.D. ‘91 The Hon. Walter E. Kollin, J.D. ‘58 The Hon. Nancy Amato Konrad, J.D. ‘65 The Hon. Ellen S. Kovach, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. James E. Kuhn, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Joseph A. La Haye, J.D. ‘52 The Hon. Lawrence L. Lagarde Jr., J.D. ‘64 The Hon. James R. Lamz Sr., J.D. ‘79 The Hon. W. B. Lancaster Jr., J.D. ‘23* The Hon. Moon Landrieu. J.D. ‘54 The Hon. Madeleine M. Landrieu, J.D. ‘87 The Hon. Joseph B. Landry, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Richard A. Lazzara, J.D. ‘67 The Hon. Daniel W. LeBlanc, J.D. ‘56* The Hon. Rosemary Ledet, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. Harry Lee, J.D. ‘67* The Hon. Ivan L. R. Lemelle, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. M. Lauren Lemmon, J.D. ‘90 The Hon. Harry T. Lemmon, J.D. ‘63 The Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, J.D. ‘64 The Hon. Eugene E. Leon, J.D. ‘59* The Hon. Heather C. Leslie, J.D. ‘02 The Hon. Raymond D. Levith, J.D. ‘68* The Hon. S. Sanford Levy, J.D. ‘22*
The Hon. Lynn Lachin Lightfoot, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Bruce H. Lizana, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Benita A. Lobo, J.D. ‘93 The Hon. Joyce "Joy" Cossich Lobrano, J.D. ‘88 The Hon. James M. Lockhart Jr., J.D. ‘59* The Hon. John L. Lolley, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. Edwin A. Lombard, J.D. ‘70 The Hon. Morris A. Lottinger Sr., J.D. ‘28* The Hon. Ronald P. Loumiet, J.D. ‘63 The Hon. Diane R. Lundeen, J.D. ‘94 The Hon. Frank J. Lynch Jr., J.D. ‘76 The Hon. James M. Lynn, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Cleveland J. Marcel, J.D. ‘43* The Hon. Yada T. Magee, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Amanda C. Mahon, J.D. ‘12 The Hon. Colleen A. Maier, J.D. ‘87 The Hon. Thomas J. Malik, J.D. ‘60* The Hon. Peter A. Mallory, J.D. ‘83 The Hon. Alfred A. Mansour, J.D. ‘51* The Hon. William L. Martin, J.D. ‘67 The Hon. P. Davis Martinez, J.D. ‘33* The Hon. Frank A. Marullo Jr., J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Leo W. Mc Cune, J.D. ‘24* The Hon. Wm V. Mc Dermott, J.D. ‘28* The Hon. James C. Mc Innis, J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Richard T. McBride, J.D. ‘20* The Hon. Patrick J. McCabe, J.D. ‘76 The Hon. James F. McKay III, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. A. J. McNamara, J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Michael P. Mentz, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Nancy A. Miller, J.D. ‘97 The Hon. John W. Millican, J.D. ‘95* The Hon. Pegram J. Mire, J.D. ‘78 The Hon. John Molaison, J.D. ‘60* The Hon. John J. Molaison Jr., J.D. ‘86 The Hon. Michele R. Morel, J.D. ‘93 The Hon. Salvadore T. Mulé, J.D. ‘62 The Hon. Robert M. Murphy, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. John B. Naccari, J.D. ‘79* The Hon. Perry M. Nicosia, J.D. ‘92 The Hon. Bruce Nunez, J.D. ‘23* The Hon. William J. O'Hara, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Allison Penzato, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Melvyn J. Perez, J.D. ‘61* The Hon. John L. Peytavin, J.D. ‘57 The Hon. Robert A. Pitre Jr., J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Robin D. Pittman, J.D. ‘96 The Hon. Mark A. Pizzo, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. Nancy M. Pizzo, J.D. ‘87 The Hon. Roy L. Price, J.D. ‘51* The Hon. Richard J. Putnam, J.D. ‘37* The Hon. Harry F. Randow, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. William V. Redmann, J.D. ‘52* The Hon. Morris W. Reed, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. Angelique A. Reed, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. Kern A. Reese, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. Cornelius E. Regan, J.D. ‘77 The Hon. William A. Roe Sr., J.D. ‘80
The Hon. Lee J. Romero Jr., J.D. ‘68 The Hon. Walter J. Rothschild, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Samuel T. Rowe, J.D. ‘69* The Hon. Anthony J. Russo, J.D. ‘61 The Hon. Frank J. Saia, J.D. ‘70* The Hon. Lewis O. Sams, J.D. ‘88 The Hon. Jacques A. Sanborn, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Martha E. Sassone-Remele, J.D. ‘79 The Hon. Preston L. Savoy, J.D. ‘33* The Hon. Scott U. Schlegel, J.D. ‘04 The Hon. Patrick M. Schott Sr., J.D. ‘53 The Hon. Francis B. Schultz, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Andrew J. Sciambra, J.D. ‘66* The Hon. Marion G. Seeber, J.D. ‘27* The Hon. Roger C. Sellers, J.D. ‘65* The Hon. Paul N. Sens, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. John A. Shea, J.D. ‘58 The Hon. Frank J. Shea, J.D. ‘55* The Hon. Ronald J. Sholes, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Sally A. Shushan, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. Cameron B. Simmons Sr., J.D. ‘82 The Hon. J. Sterling Snowdy, J.D. ‘84 The Hon. Raymond S. Steib Jr., J.D. ‘82 The Hon. Sylvia Steib-Dunn, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. James E. Stewart, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Carl E. Stewart, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Frank J. Stich, J.D. ‘24* The Hon. Edward J. Stoulig, J.D. ‘39* The Hon. James R. Strain Jr., J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Michael G. Sullivan, J.D. ‘73* The Hon. Henry G. Sullivan Jr., J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Howard J. Taylor, J.D. ‘48* The Hon. Susan L. Theall, J.D. ‘85 The Hon. Mitchell R. Theriot, J.D. ‘88 The Hon. Albert T. Thompson, J.D. ‘28* The Hon. M. Joseph Tiemann, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Chet D. Traylor, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Susan S. Tungate, J.D. ‘75 The Hon. Nathan B. Tycer, J.D. ‘22* The Hon. Lawrence A. Uter, J.D. ‘50* The Hon. Louis J. Volz III, J.D. ‘80 The Hon. Hubert A. Vondenstein, J.D. ‘63* The Hon. Dennis J. Waldron, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Miriam G. Waltzer, J.D. ‘71 The Hon. Louis J. Watkins Jr., J.D. ‘62* The Hon. John D. Wessel, J.D. ‘68* The Hon. Charlotte N. White, J.D. ‘73 The Hon. Veronica D. Wicker, J.D. ‘66* The Hon. Charles A. Wiegand III, J.D. ‘70 The Hon. Marie C. Williams-Brigandi, J.D. ‘96 The Hon. Lorain F. Wingerter, J.D. ‘40* The Hon. John J. Wingrave, J.D. ‘18* The Hon. Billie C. Woodard, J.D. ‘81 The Hon. J. Skelly Wright, J.D. ‘34* The Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne, J.D. ‘70* The Hon. Melvin C. Zeno, J.D. ‘74 The Hon. Franz Zibilich, J.D. ‘84 *Deceased www.law.loyno.edu
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Generous Generations By Lauren LaBorde ’09
THE SEHRT FAMILY HAS MADE GIVING TO THE COLLEGE OF LAW A FAMILY TRADITION Giving from two generations of a family close to the Loyola University College of Law has resulted in scholarships for incoming students. The Clem H. and Norris Tricon Sehrt Scholarship Fund, established in 1987 by Clement Tricon “Tric” Sehrt and Gretchen Sehrt to honor the memory of their parents, recently received a bequest of $1.5 million – allowing the school to award generous scholarships to three students. In the past, the scholarship has been based on the drawdown from the fund. While that amount has varied over the years, the scholarship would usually amount to $5,000. But this year, besides being able to award $5,000 to one student, the College of Law was also able to give $18,000 scholarships to two students because of a bequest following the death of Tric Sehrt. Suzanne Plaisance, senior development officer for the College of Law, says being able to offer the scholarships served as an attractive recruitment tool. “[The two new scholarships] were a tremendous help for admissions,” she says. “It was a big recruiting boost because these two students were outstanding candidates. The fact that we could offer such a financial benefit was surely attractive for the law school.” The story of the scholarship fund begins with Clem H. Sehrt. Sehrt graduated from the College of Law in 1932 and worked for the R.J. Tricon Company, the business established by Rene Tricon, the father of his wife, Norris. He died in 1974, and in 1987 Norris began to make contributions to a fund named after her husband and herself. Their son, Tric, graduated from Tulane University and Loyola’s College of Law. After law school, he worked as a staff attorney for Senator Russell Long in Washington, D.C. He returned to New Orleans in 1974 to take over R.J. Tricon Company and to practice law. He and his
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sister, Gretchen, began contributing to their parents’ scholarship fund in 1987 and 1988, respectively. Tric was a busy man in New Orleans, serving on the Board of Directors for Liberty Bank and as a member of the American Bar Association, the International House, and other groups. He died in 2008 from complications following a heart attack. He left $1.5 million of his multimillion-dollar estate to the College of Law specifically for scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to students based on need, academic performance, and service. The two $18,000 scholarships will follow the students through their three years in law school, provided they maintain a certain academic standard and participate in volunteer service hours, with a focus on public interest law. Tric Serht was one of the first people Robert Gross, director of planned giving for Loyola University, met with when he began working for the school. He says that fairly early on, it was apparent that when Tric died, he wanted to continue honoring his parents. “What’s startling about this gift from the standpoint of a fundraiser or someone dealing with structured gifts is this is the ideal planned gift,” he says. “This is two generations – sometimes they get to three, four, or five generations of families that want to continue something that was started by someone really important in the family. It’s great to see. It’s one of the best gifts we’ve received, especially since it was so clearly earmarked for scholarships. It started as an endowment, the widow named it for her husband, and the kids followed suit, and the result is students being able to afford to go to law school.”
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THANK YOU! The College of Law thanks the following distinguished leaders in the legal community for their dedication and service for the Fall 2013 semester: CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
Jim Adams The Hon. Dawn Amacker David Barnett The Hon. Paul A. Bonin Jane Ettinger Booth Beth-Anne Perez Bracey Alan Brackett The Hon. James J. Brady John G. Browning R. Todd Bruininks Laura Bruyneel Susan J. Burkenstock Zach Butterworth Elvige Cassard The Hon. Tiffany G. Chase Miranda Chiu Professor Dane A. Ciolino Thomas J. Cortazzo Arthur Crais Yvette A. D'Aunoy Jennifer Cater deBlanc Lawrence R. DeMarcay III Clement P. Donelon Paul M. Doolittle The Hon. William R. Dorsey Clancy DuBos David A. Duhon Eric Dupree Jack L. Dveirin The Hon. Kurt D. Engelhardt Abraham Feinstein-Hillsman Anthony R. Filiato Thomas C. Fitzhugh III Lewis Fleishman Keith Flicker
Rep. Raymond E. Garofalo Jr. The Hon. Jennifer Gee Roy S. Ginsburg Louis M. Grossman Professor Philip T. Hackney Edward F. Harold Margaret Hay The Hon. S. Maurice Hicks Jr. Melissa A. Hill Sarah Hinshaw-Fuselier Grady Hurley Derek Jacobson The Hon. Clement J. Kennington The Hon. Daniel E. Knowles III R. Joshua Koch Jeffrey W. Koonce The Hon. Rosemary Ledet Richard K. Leefe Georges M. Legrand Roger Levy Chip Lezy Rep. Joseph P. Lopinto III Linda Magee-Jones The Hon. Elizabeth W. Magner Mark N. Mallery Michael K. Marmer Agnieszka A. McPeak Joseph W. Mengis Derek Mercer Lara D. Merrigan Matthew P. Miller R. Judson Mitchell Caroel Cukell Neff Professor William A. Neilson James W. Noe Michael J. O'Brien Mary Beth O'Neill
Amie C. Peters Laura Walker Plunkett David M. Prados The Hon. Russell Pulver (Ret.) Keith M. Pyburn Jr. Marty Quist The Hon. Kern A. Reese Martin E. Regan Jr. Eric Richardson Kellie M. Rish John A. Rouchell Mark Ruge Brittany Buckley Salup Ronald J. Scalise Jr. Michael Schachtman Charles F. Seemann III Bruce Spizer Paul M. Sterbcow Sarah Stewart Mick W. Thomas Wayne E. Thomas Daniel P. Thompson Frank P. Tranchina Jr. Karen van Beyer Mike Villiggiante Robert Vosbein Jr. Irving J. Warshauer Lynne Wasserman Kenneth A. Weiss Philip R. Weltin Adrienne Wheeler David Widener Charlie Williams For more information on CLE, visit www.loyno.edu/cle
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JUDGE HERBERT WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY by Christine Fontana Wegmann, J.D. ‘97
JUDGE HERBERT WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY, J.D. ’24, PERSONIFIED COMMITMENT AND PASSIONATE DEDICATION THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE ON THE BENCH OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
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Loyola University New Orleans’ College of Law enjoys a rich history of generating renowned members of the judiciary, and Judge Herbert William Christenberry, J.D. ’24, is no exception. Christenberry was born in New Orleans on December 11, 1897, and served in the United States Navy during World War I from 1917 until the war ended in 1918. After the war, Christenberry worked full-time at a local brokerage firm and eventually became inspired to attend law school. One Saturday, Christenberry rode the streetcar to Loyola to interview with Father Michael Kenny, S.J., the Regent of Loyola College of Law at that time. Father Kenny asked about his college experience, and Christenberry candidly shared that he had attended high school – but only for one day. Kenny, undoubtedly impressed with Christenberry, allowed him to come back the following Saturday to take a test specifically designed for him, which he obviously passed with flying colors. Kenny accepted him into the law school, and he attended evening classes while continuing to work. After graduating cum laude with an LL.B. (bachelor of law) in 1924, Christenberry married and was transferred by the local brokerage firm to New York City, where he attended classes at New York University.
the first Loyola law graduate to be appointed to the federal judiciary. Loyola held a dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel to honor Christenberry for his achievement. Christenberry’s son, Herbert W. Christenberry Jr., was a senior in high school when he attended the testimonial dinner for his father. “I remember Father Kenny cried throughout the whole testimonial; everyone was praising him for having given my father, who was an amazing man, the opportunity to go to Loyola for law school,” he says. Christenberry served as chief judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1949 until 1967, and he continued his service on the court until his death on October 5, 1975, in Kentwood, Louisiana. During his long tenure on the federal bench, Christenberry was involved in numerous cases, often sitting on three-judge panels with J. Skelly Wright, who was famous for promoting desegregation in public schools and public transportation. Because jury trials were unpopular in the 1960s and the Direct Action Statute was more favorable in allowing suit in federal court, the federal courts had heavy workloads and Christenberry was on the bench every day, sometimes even on Saturday mornings.
A VARIED CAREER Christenberry was in private practice until 1933 and afterward held various posts. From 1933 to 1935, he served as assistant attorney of the Board of Commissioners at the Port of New Orleans; in 1935, he was deputy commissioner on the Louisiana Debt Moratorium Commission; from 1935 to 1937, he was assistant district attorney for the Parish of Orleans; from 1937 to 1942, he was an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; and from 1942 to 1947, he was the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Christenberry’s next career endeavor made history for Loyola College of Law: On July 11, 1947, he was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and on December 18, 1947, he was confirmed by the Senate, making Christenberry
A HARD WORKER Peter Butler, a former law clerk, notes: “I got to work at 8 a.m. and left at 5:30 p.m., but Judge Christenberry was always there before and after me. His whole life was dedicated to the judiciary.” Butler remembers Christenberry as being very human and very fair both on and off the bench. “During my year-anda-half clerking with Judge Christenberry, I learned more than I did in the next 30 years practicing law.” Christenberry’s fervor for trying cases was evident; he was extremely active on the bench and often questioned witnesses himself. Joel Borrello, another former law clerk of Christenberry’s, recalls, “The judge was once questioning a witness so voraciously that the witness’ own lawyer objected, which the judge sustained!” He also notes that Christenberry was highly intelligent and had an incredible memory. “I was amazed that he could remember so many of the facts from
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cases he had tried as a prosecutor.” Christenberry prepared extensively in advance for his cases and liked to rule from the bench. Although Christenberry was involved in a much larger number of cases, he authored only a little more than 150 opinions because he felt that district judges rendered too many opinions that were often excessively lengthy and that opinions should be published only when exceptionally important issues were at stake.
school official to favor integration, and the current chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Segregation made it clear that signing a certificate of good moral character for any black student applying to a previously all-white college constituted advocacy of integration. The district court held both statutes unconstitutional, and the decision was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1965, Christenberry received naJudge Herbert William tional media attention for citing police Christenberry, J.D. ’24 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and holding two public officials in contempt for their CONTROVERSIAL CASES AND failure to protect civil rights demonstrators. THREATENING CALLS Christenberry’s docket consisted heavily of corporate Previously, he had enjoined the Bogalusa police from using vimatters, personal injury claims under the Direct Action Statute, olence or threats to prevent blacks from exercising their civil and maritime cases. He was very conscious of the need for rights, and he ordered them to protect blacks and other civil public servants to behave correctly and would issue severe sen- rights advocates from harassment. Christenberry was also instrumental in the desegregation tences to public officers who abused their positions by breaching the public’s trust. A law review article called him one of a of schools in Plaquemines Parish. At one school every white teacher resigned when 30 black students enrolled, and no recritical mass of progressive Southern judges. Christenberry was involved in many notable cases, including placement teachers were found. Christenberry ruled that the several concerning the desegregation of New Orleans and its students could attend other schools and ordered contempt prosurrounding parishes. Herbert W. Christenberry Jr. remembers ceedings against two educators. In United States v. Plaquemines that when the desegregation cases began, his father received Parish School Board, he laid down criteria to be observed in threatening phone calls and letters but they did not bother him eradicating discrimination and desegregating the parish schools. Christenberry also presided over the prominent Shaw v. in the least; his logic was that if people were going to harm him, they weren’t going to warn him beforehand. In a memorable Garrison litigation. In 1971, he issued a temporary restraining incident, one night the younger Christenberry answered a order blocking further state prosecution of Clay L. Shaw in phone call in which someone said to tell the judge (who had connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. the habit of parking on the street in front of their house, going Later, Christenberry issued a permanent injunction to stop in to have dinner, and then moving the car into the garage), New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison from prosecuting “When he goes to put his car in the garage, we’re gonna get Shaw for perjury in state court after ruling that Garrison lacked him.” He told his father, who simply laughed and went out as any factual basis or substantiation for the case against Shaw, usual to move the car into the garage. When he did, he saw the case had been brought in bad faith, the case represented sethere was a car parked on the street with the windows down. lective law enforcement, and Garrison was motivated by a He walked to the car, stuck his head in, and confronted the oc- desire for financial gain. This ruling was affirmed by the Fifth cupants. “Dad used to joke about it later, saying he probably Circuit Court of Appeals. messed up some guy’s evening since it was a young couple in LOYAL TO LOYOLA the car.” Christenberry was forever grateful to Loyola and to Father Kenny for taking a chance on him, and he taught Evidence at A FAIR VOICE the College of Law for more than 30 years without remuneration. And Christenberry soldiered on in the dismantling of segAt that time, there was no Code of Evidence in Louisiana, so regation. In Wilson v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State he relied on external texts and cases. “I graduated from law University, the district court ordered LSU’s law school to admit school at Loyola in 1957, and my dad taught me Evidence,” a black student because Southern University did not afford the younger Christenberry says. “He was the only Evidence him the same educational opportunities. This decision was teacher, and I got an A in his course. He said, ‘People aren’t affirmed by the United States Supreme Court. Ludley v. Board going to understand it,’ but I told him people in my class would of Supervisors dealt with Act 15, which was passed by the understand because any time there was a tough question, he’d Louisiana State Legislature in 1956 and required all students to save it and give it to me. My dad held my feet to the fire in submit a certificate of good moral character signed by their class, so I didn’t dare not study Evidence; I was better-prepared high school principals and their local superintendents when than anyone in the class, and my classmates knew it, and they applying to institutes of higher learning. A companion act would laugh about it.” made it a crime punishable by dismissal for any teacher or www.law.loyno.edu
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS April 2013 – October 2013 MARY GARVEY ALGERO, Warren E. Mouledoux Distinguished Professor of Law LOUISIANA LEGAL RESEARCH (2d ed. 2013) HILARY ALLEN, Assistant Professor Is Financial Instability A Tax Problem With A Tax Solution?, BNA BANKING REPORT, July 2, 2013 at 38 Let's Talk About Tax: Fixing Bank Incentives to Sabotage Stability, 18 FORDHAM J. OF CORP. & FIN. L. 821 (2013)
The Legal Impact of Emerging Governance Models on Public Education and its Office Holder, 45 URB. L. 21 (2013) (Co-author, with David Doty) Students With Disabilities, in EDUCATION LAW: EQUALITY, FAIRNESS, AND REFORM 467 (Derek Black ed., 2013) BOBBY MARZINE HARGES, Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law HARGES & JONES’ LOUISIANA EVIDENCE (2013 ed.) (Co-author, with Russell Jones) LOUISIANA CRIMINAL LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (2013) (Co-authors, with Dane S. Ciolino and Wendy Shea)
JOHN F. BLEVINS, Associate Professor Uncertainty as Enforcement Mechanism: The New Expansion of Secondary Copyright Liability to Internet Platforms, 79 Tenn. L. Rev 353 (2012) CHERYL BUCHERT, Clinical Professor Family Law, in Louisiana Civil Practice Forms 195 (2013 ed.) CHRISTINE CERNIGLIA BROWN, Assistant Clinical Professor Is Experiential Education Simply a Trend in Law School or Is It Time for Legal Education to Take Flight?, FEDERAL LAWYER, Aug. 2013, at 42
MARÍA PABÓN LÓPEZ, Dean and JUDGE ADRIAN G. DUPLANTIER, Distinguished Professor of Law Women Leaders in the Areas of Higher Education, the Legal Profession and Corporate Boards: Continued Challenges and Opportunities, 9 SOCIO-LEGAL REV. 60 (2013) (Co-author, with Natasha Lacoste JOHN A. LOVETT, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Academic Affairs, and DE VAN DAGGETT, JR., Distinguished Professor of Law Tragedy or Triumph in Post-Katrina New Orleans? Reflections on Possession, Dispossession, Demographic Change and Affordable Housing, XL FORDHAM URB. L.J. CITY SQUARE 22 (2013)
DAVIDA FINGER, Assistant Clinic Professor Introduction: Theory & Praxis in Reducing Women’s Poverty, 20 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 763 (2012) (co-author) DANE S. CIOLINO, ALVIN R. CHRISTOVICH, Distinguished Professor of Law LOUISIANA CRIMINAL LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (2013) (Co-authors, with Bobby Marzine Harges and Wendy Shea) LOUISIANA LEGAL ETHICS: STANDARDS AND COMMENTARY (2013) DAVID W. GRUNING, William L. Crowe, Sr., Professor of Law Louisiana Law of Sale and Lease: Cases and Materials (2012) (co-author) ROBERT A. GARDA, JR., FANNY EDITH WINN, Distinguished Professor of Law
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M. ISABEL MEDINA, Ferris Family Distinguished Professor of Law Searching for Equality: Narratives of Diversity from Louisiana, 14 LOY. J. PUB. INT. L. 459 (2013)
LUZ M. MOLINA, Academic Success Instructor LOUISIANA CIVIL PRACTICE FORMS (2013 ed.) (Co-editor, with Susan B. Kohn) MARKUS G. PUDER, The Honorable Herbert W. Christenberry Professor of Law Uncertain Land Titles in Louisiana's Formative Years: Colonial Grants, John Marshall's Foster Opinion, and Lauterpachtian Interplays Between Private Law and International Law, 53 AM. J. LEGAL HIST. 329 (2013 WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY, JANET MARY RILEY, Distinguished Professor of Law Public Housing and Katrina, in BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE POSTDISASTER: A GUIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS (Dorcas R. Gilmore & Diane M. Standaert eds., 2013) STEPHEN SINGER , Assistant Clinical Professor Fear and Loathing at the U.S. Border, 82 MISS. L.J. 833 (2013) (Co-author, with Janet C. Hoeffel)
IMRE S. SZALA, Associate Professor OUTSOURCING JUSTICE: THE RISE OF MODERN ARBITRATION LAWS IN AMERICA (2013)
2013 Supplement to CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CASES, HISTORY, AND PRACTICE (4th ed. 2011) (Co-author, with William Araiza) LUZ M. MOLINA, Jack Nelson Distinguished Professor of Law The Relevance of Difference: Personal Reflections on the Role of Diversity, 14 LOY. J. PUB. INT. L. 503 (2013) DENISE M. PILIE, Jack Nelson Distinguished Professor of Law The Relevance of Difference: Personal Reflections on the Role of Diversity, 14 LOY. J. PUB. INT. L. 503 (2013)
SANDI VARNADO, Associate Professor Avatars, Scarlet "A"s, and Adultery in the Technological Age, 55 ARIZ. L. REV. 371 (2013) LOUISIANA LAW OF OBLIGATIONS: A METHODOLOGICAL & COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: CASES, TEXTS AND MATERIALS (2013) (Co-author, with Alain A. Levasseur & Randall Trahan)
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The College of Law Bids Farewell to Three Outstanding Faculty Retirees RENOWNED PROFESSORS KLEBBA, VETTER, AND WHIPPLE RETIRE IN 2013. by Christine Fontana Wegmann, J.D. ‘97, and Natasha Ann Lacoste, J.D. ‘11
Loyola University College of Law wishes farewell to three of its outstanding faculty members, James Marshall Klebba, Bernard Keith Vetter, and P. Michael Whipple, who all retired in the spring of this year. Each has made exceptional contributions throughout their years of dedication to the College of Law and will be wholeheartedly missed by the Loyola community. JAMES MARSHALL KLEBBA: GLOBAL SCHOLAR James Marshall Klebba, a Victor H. Schiro Distinguished Professor of Law and professor emeritus of law, graduated cum laude with a B.A. in political science from St. John’s University in 1964 and attained his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1967. Prior to his employment at Loyola College of Law in 1973, he was in private practice with the firm of Dorsey and Whitney in Minneapolis and gained experience as an arbitrator. While at Loyola, Klebba taught in the areas of civil procedure, evidence, federal courts, and comparative judicial systems. He has been a visiting law professor at the universities of Minnesota, Missouri, and Kansas. Klebba has also lectured extensively in Eastern Europe and in Russia in conjunction with his monumental accomplishment of establishing and becoming the director of Loyola’s Summer Legal Studies Program in Moscow and Budapest in 1993, and he worked with Professor Keith Vetter on Loyola’s first summer foreign program in Mexico in 1989. In 2010, Klebba negotiated an agreement that expanded Loyola’s Moscow program from a one-way study abroad program into an exchange arrangement bringing law students from Moscow State University to Loyola during the summer. In the fall semester of 2004, Klebba was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Belgrade, the oldest and largest university in Serbia. He lectured on introduction to the law of the United States, comparative civil procedure, and American legal education. Klebba is also the former chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Civil Procedure. Klebba has served the law school previously as associate dean, interim dean, and dean and enjoyed both alumni relations and fundraising. He is proud of his role in establishing the GauthierSt. Martin Eminent Scholar Chair, the College of Law’s first and only endowed chair. Klebba coordinated getting together $1.2 million in private contributions and the competitive process of receiving the $800,000 State of Louisiana Board of Regents match.
James Marshall Klebba “Professor Klebba is an institution,” says Dean María Pabón López of the College of Law. “He is driven, hard-working, and he’s amazing at obtaining scholarships for us. He is a well-regarded former dean, and everywhere you go with him, people stop to talk to him; he has this gravitas about him. His founding of the College of Law’s summer program in Russia is phenomenal. It’s been great having him in the building as a former dean I can consult. He has been very welcoming to me.” Other faculty at the College of Law are fond of Klebba, as well. “Jim has always had the best interest of Loyola at heart,” says Kathryn Venturatos Lorio, J.D. ’73, Leon Sarpy Professor of Law. “Serving as dean for so many years, he exemplified true dedication to this institution.” www.law.loyno.edu
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“Jim certainly always responded and stepped up in a leadership position whenever there was a need,” says Marcel Garsaud Jr., professor emeritus of law. “He had a perfect attendance at any student event and was really committed to the student groups.” “Jim has been a good friend and great company over the years, and he continues to be committed to Loyola’s welfare,” says George L. Bilbe, professor at the College of Law. And although he has retired from his tenured position at Loyola, Klebba will continue to be the director for the College of Law’s LL.M. program in United States Law, which he has done since its inception in 2007. Klebba chaired the committee that recommended the program to Loyola faculty, and it was designed for international students who have already attained their first degrees in law from another country and who want to familiarize themselves with aspects of U.S. laws in order to qualify them to work for a U.S. law firm or corporation in their home countries or to be able to sit for bar exams in the U.S. Natalia Okoniewski, who started as a student of Klebba’s from Russia in the LL.M. program before transferring to the J.D. program and graduating in 2012, recently passed the New York Bar exam on her first try. “I have witnessed Professor Klebba’s amazing ability to connect on a professional level not just with American law students here at Loyola but also with foreign-educated attorneys like me who studied American law at Loyola. He possesses great communicational skills as a law professor, and his ability and willingness to answer questions are truly outstanding.” “Now that I’m not teaching full-time, I am glad to have more time to spend with our granddaughters and do some nonlegal reading,” says Klebba. “I am missing the daily outsidethe-classroom contact with students.” Klebba recently traveled to Russia and Serbia and plans to teach periodically, including in Budapest during the summer of 2014. BERNARD KEITH VETTER: A VISIONARY IMPROVING LOYOLA Bernard Keith Vetter, professor emeritus of law, received a B.A. from Louisiana State University in 1962, an LL.B from Louisiana State University in 1964, and an LL.M. from George Washington University Graduate School of Public Law in 1965. Before he joined the faculty at Loyola, Vetter served as acting chief trial attorney for the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C. Vetter’s main areas of expertise during his time teaching at Loyola have included the civil code, comparative law, and legal history. He has also lectured extensively on comparative and civil law topics at the University of Oxford, the law schools of the University of Amsterdam, the University of Mirabor in Slovenia, the University of Costa Rica, the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, Doshisha University in Kyoto City in Japan, and many others. In addition to his teaching duties at Loyola, Vetter has also taught at numerous other law schools, including George Washington University Law School and the law schools of the Universite Jean Moulin in Lyon, France; the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania; and the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Rio, Brazil. 22
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“Professor Vetter’s passion has been the civil law,” says Dean López. “His influence on leaders in the Loyola alumni world and the whole legal community here in New Orleans and even outside the city and internationally due to his teaching of the civil law is profound. He was a member of the Louisiana Law Institute, and he is definitely a legend.” “Keith has been Loyola’s presence in the international comparative law community,” says Garsaud, “and Keith was the primary instigator for the establishment of the law clinic at Loyola,” a highlight of Vetter’s career at Loyola. Another extraordinary hallmark for Vetter during his tenure at Loyola was founding Loyola College of Law’s Foreign Summer Programs, starting with the initial program in Cuernavaca, Mexico. He was the director of the programs for 10 years, including the Latin American Programs in Rio, Brazil, and San Jose, Costa Rica, in addition to the Mexico program. “Professor Vetter was instrumental in the creation of several new initiatives at the College of Law – he was founder of Loyola’s foreign summer program, and he also secured initial funding to start our law clinic, so he really was a visionary in the early years of the College of Law,” says Dean López. “His legacy continues at Loyola to this day.” Vetter was a member of the three-person Comité Directeur for the Société Internationale pour l’Histoire de Droits de l’Antiquité, serving with Professor Peter Burks, then holder of the Regius Professorship for Civil and Roman Law at Oxford, and Dean Peter Pieler of the University of Vienna School of Law. An interesting fact about Vetter is that his initial interests included property and urban planning law, and during the 1970s, he drafted one of the country’s first demolition moratorium ordinances, which played an important role in the preservation of the architecture on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. “Not many people know this about Keith, but he was aggressively successful in the protection and preservation of St. Charles and Carrollton avenues when they wanted to cut that area up into four lanes
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years ago,” says Garsaud. “He really took the mantle in terms of protecting the historic environment here.” “There was a time when you could just go knock down a mansion, and Keith was involved with the passage of legislation that put obstacles in the way of that practice,” says Bilbe. “Keith has been a friend for umpteen years, and he is a lot of fun to be around. He has been a dedicated teacher with a tremendous affection for Loyola.” “Keith was both my teacher and my colleague on this faculty,” says Lorio. Vetter is fluent in Spanish, conversant in French, and reads Portuguese. He has also been a member of the Advisory Committee to the Institute to Revise the Louisiana Civil Code, Books II and III. Since his retirement, he has traveled extensively, including a recent trip to Japan. P. MICHAEL WHIPPLE: THE LAW LIBRARY LEGACY P. Michael Whipple, professor emeritus of law, earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in French from Arizona State University in 1969. He received a M.A. with honors in romance language and literature from Johns Hopkins University in 1971, a J.D. with honors from the University of Iowa in 1974, and an M.LL. from the University of Denver in 1980. Immediately after he graduated from law school, Whipple practiced with the Phoenix law firm of O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears. He was then a member of the faculty and a law librarian at Pepperdine University and the University of Toledo. And before joining the Loyola law faculty as professor and director of the Law Library in 2001, Whipple served for 10 years as director of the law library at the University of Puerto Rico. Whipple’s areas of expertise include general commercial litigation, products liability, and professional negligence with an emphasis on special motion and appellate practice. While at Loyola, he taught courses in civil procedure and torts and gave seminars in community property and civil disobedience and the law. Whipple has authored a number of articles and papers and given numerous presentations. He is fluent in both Spanish and French. Whipple’s contributions to Loyola have been significant; he was instrumental in establishing a one-stop reference station on the second floor of the Law Library. Another highlight of his career at Loyola was that he initiated a faculty-librarian liaison that assigned a small group of faculty members to each of the reference librarians, which allowed the librarians to familiarize themselves on an ongoing basis with both the general and specific research interests of their designated professors. He also introduced the faculty acquisitions allocation, which allowed professors to purchase law-related materials specific to their research. “Mike improved the library tremendously,” says Bilbe. “Under his tenure it was extremely well-run and the services were phenomenal for students and professors.” Whipple has a great affinity for Loyola and already misses certain aspects of the College of Law during his first year of retirement. “I miss the joy of teaching first-year students; it’s amazing how much students change and adopt a new professional ethos
P. Michael Whipple over the course of one year,” says Whipple. “I also miss my daily interaction with fellow faculty members; they are a great group who really care about students and the school.” One person he misses is former Dean Brian Bromberger, who led Loyola through the days of Hurricane Katrina and passed away right before his imminent retirement in 2010. “My most enjoyable memories at Loyola are probably those of working with Brian Bromberger,” says Whipple. “From the very first few moments with him during a search committee screening interview, I thought that he would be a wonderful albeit unlikely fit for Loyola. Brian had a wonderful ability to discern the strengths and motivations of individual faculty and staff members and develop a plan for making the best use of those talents for the good of both that individual and the institution.” Whipple was the head of the dean committee that found Dean López. “So of course I am eternally grateful to him – he is a dear, dear person,” says Dean López. “While visiting at the University of Puerto Rico law school, where he directed the law library before he came to Loyola, I heard, ‘Oh, you’re the one who works with Mike Whipple!’ He is definitely wellknown and has been highly respected during his long career in law librarianship.” Others at Loyola share similar sentiments about Whipple. “Mike is a man of reason and principle,” says Lorio, who served as associate dean for Academic Affairs during the 1996-1997 academic year. “His contribution to decision-making by the law faculty will be greatly missed.” During his newfound retirement, Whipple has indulged his love for learning; he began taking ancient Greek on Loyola’s main campus and has enrolled in a variety of Ed-X and Coursera offerings. “It’s interesting being on the other side of the lectern,” says Whipple. Although Whipple does not anticipate teaching on a regular basis, he has offered to fill in for other professors on sabbaticals or leaves of absences in the courses he has taught in the past. www.law.loyno.edu
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Loyola’s Famous Cocktail Reception for the Louisiana State Bar Association Convention at John Wehner’s Village Door in Sandestin, Florida 1) From left: Phil Lorio ’69, J.D. ’74; Lloyd Frischhertz ’70, J.D. ’73; Marcelle Frischhertz ’73; and Mary Dumestre, J.D. ’88 (Glass Honoree) 2) From left: Allison Penzato, J.D. ’80; Elwood Cahill, J.D. ’80; Sandra Cahill; and Judge Mary Becnel, J.D. ’80 3) From left: Donna Raspanti; Joe Raspanti, J.D. ’86; Johanna Averill, J.D. ’85; Tim Averill, J.D. ’85; and College of Law Dean María Pabón López
From left: Todd R. Slack, J.D. ’96; Laura Ashley, J.D. ’09; Peter Segrist, J.D. ’13; Denise Chopin ’71, J.D. ’89; Dick Chopin ’71, J.D. ’73; and Marc Frischhertz ’02, J.D. ’04, pay tribute to the editors, members, and candidates of the Law Review at the annual Loyola Law Review Banquet and Awards Ceremony on April 17, 2013, at the Audubon Tea Room.
The A. P. Tureaud Chapter of the Black Law Student Association held its Ninth Annual Scholarship Gala on March 16, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency. The event recognized alumni, faculty, and students for their service to the chapter and the Greater New Orleans area. From left: Ashley Jones, J.D.’13, keynote speaker Chief Justice Bernette Johnson; and Majeeda Snead, Clinical Professor of Law.
College of Law alumni, students, faculty, and staff participated in Race Judicata, the annual 5K race and 1-mile run and walk fundraiser for Boys Hope Girls Hope in Audubon Park held on March 3, 2013. www.law.loyno.edu
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ALUMNI NEWS If you have an accomplishment that you would like publicized, please send it to magazine@loyno.edu or Loyola Lawyer 7214 St. Charles Ave., Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118
1960s Jerome J. Reso ’58, J.D. ’61, has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for in the fields of Business Organizations, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates. Reso is at Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer in New Orleans. Ronald A. Fonseca, J.D. ’62, M.B.A. ’70, won a Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association. Fonseca is a retired U.S. Magistrate Judge from the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he served for 10 years. After graduation from law school he engaged in the private practice of law and later served ten years in the civil and criminal divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans. In the past two years he has accepted six cases from the Pro Bono Project involving contractor fraud. Fonseca has also volunteered to serve in Homeless Experience Legal Protection, a program established by United States Judge Jay C. Zainey to provide notarial services at several homeless centers in New Orleans. William Detweiler ’61 (sociology), ’63 (political science), J.D. ’63, was appointed to the Veterans Affairs Commission by Governor Bobby Jindal. H. Paul Dorman, J.D. ’68, was appointed to the board of directors for RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative therapies addressing major unmet medical needs using RNA-targeted technologies. Dormon brings nearly three decades of executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry with Johnson & Johnson and
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Baxter, in various leadership roles, to RXi. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of DFB Pharmaceuticals, a holding company based in Fort Worth, Texas, that, over the past 20 years, has successfully invested in and operated multiple pharmaceutical businesses. Robert J. David, J.D. ’69, was included in Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America for the 20th consecutive year. David, a partner in the New Orleans firm Gainsburgh Benjamin, was also named New Orleans’ 2014 Lawyer of the Year in the category of Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Law. Alvin D. Singletary, J.D. ’69, has been selected for inclusion in the 2014 addition of Who’s Who in America. He has also been listed in Who’s Who in American Law. Singletary was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitution Convention of 1973 and participated in writing the Louisiana Constitution of 1975. He served in various public offices for more than 30 years and has been practicing law for more than 40 years.
1970s Paul Aucoin, J.D. ’70, is the new executive director of the Port of South Louisiana. Aucoin opened his own legal practice in 1971. He was appointed to the St. James Parish Economic Development Board in 1997 and became the board's chairman in 2002. Also in 1997, Aucoin was elected to the board of directors of the Louisiana Housing and Community Development and became chairman of that board in 2001. Additionally, Aucoin was named the first chairman of the River Parishes Tourist and Visitors Commission in 2000 and in 2004, was elected to the board of directors of the River Region Chamber of Commerce. He has previously served as the Port’s legal counsel and was selected for his new position based on a unanimous vote by the Board of Commissioners. Aucoin’s future plans for the Port include working to increase the Port’s revenue, maintaining a safe environment for employees, and continuing to foster the amicable relationship among the three parish governments and business communities.
Terrence Forstall, J.D. ‘70, was elected to the board of Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans. William A. McNutt, J.D. ‘73, was elected the 97th president of the Decatur (Illinois) Bar Association at its annual meeting. McNutt is a senior partner at Moore, Susler, McNutt & Wrigley LLC in Decatur, Illinois. Richard K. Leefe, J.D. ’74, was installed as the 73rd president of the Louisiana State Bar Association at the LSBA’s Annual Meeting in Destin, Florida. Leefe is a senior partner at Leefe Gibbs Sullivan and Dupré LLC in Metairie. (See story, p. 4) Donna Fraiche, J.D. ’75, was named a 2013 Woman of the Year by New Orleans CityBusiness. Fraiche is a shareholder in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. (See story, p. 4) Fred L. Herman, J.D. ’75, is has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for his work in both commercial litigation and personal injury litigation (plaintiffs). Fred Herman Law, a full-service law practice, offers civil trial and appellate practice in Louisiana state and federal courts. Robert A. Kutcher, J.D. ‘75, was selected to be included in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice areas of Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation – Real Estate. He is a partner at Chopin, Wagar, Richard & Kutcher LLP in Metairie. David L. Carrigee, J.D. ’76, has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for his work in the field of Admiralty & Maritime Law. Carrigee is at Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer in New Orleans. Carmelite Bertaut, J.D. ’77, of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. was appointed a division director of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. She is responsible for Division III, the division within the section responsible for CLE and other programming.
Mark Surprenant, J.D. ‘77, was awarded the William Reece Smith Jr. Special Services Pro Bono Award by the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals. He is a partner at Adams and Reese in New Orleans. Lewis F. Collins Jr., J.D. ’78, was selected as a fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. He was also elected to the Board of Regents for the same organization. Edwin G. Foulke Jr., J.D. ’78, was named one of the 50 most influential occupational safety, health, environment, and risk management leaders by EHS Today, the magazine for environment, health, and safety professionals. Foulke, a partner with Fisher & Phillips L.L.P., one of the nation’s leading labor and employment law firms representing employers, was also named to EHS Today’s list in 2010 and 2011. Foulke practices out of the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Atlanta offices and co-chairs the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. Foulke has worked in the labor and employment area for more than 30 years, and before joining Fisher & Phillips, he served as the assistant secretary of labor for Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, and chaired the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in Washington, D.C.; he is the only individual to have held both of those positions. During his time with OSHA, workplace injury, illness, and fatality rates dropped to their lowest levels ever. James L. Pate, J.D. ’79, is pleased to announce that Laborde & Neuner law firm, where he has been since 1987, has changed its name to NeunerPate. The change comes as the firm expands with new offices in the Greater New Orleans area and as Cliffe E. Laborde III departs from the firm after more than 25 years. Senior founding and managing partner Frank X. Neuner Jr. will continue to lead the firm along with Pate. Pate has more than 30 years of legal experience focused primarily on governmental liability and municipal defense. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former chairman of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board.
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1980s John J. Gillon Jr. ’70 (English), J.D. ’80, was appointed as the bioethicist member of the Institutional Review Board of the National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung Blood Institute for a three-year term. While serving his term, Gillon will continue his work as an attorney on the patent side of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also will continue his pro bono work overseeing human-use/humansubject research on institutional review boards at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the American Red Cross, as well as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Gillon also teaches in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics/Georgetown University Medical Center. Steven J. Lane, J.D. ’80, was named chairman of the 2013-2014 Family Law Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association. He is managing partner at Herman, Herman & Katz L.L.C.’s New Orleans office. Gina Trippi, J.D. ’80, and John Kerr moved to Asheville, North Carolina, from Washington, D.C., and opened Metro Wines. Trippi also founded Vegan Sommelier, a business dedicated to animalproduct-free wines. Marguerite Adams, J.D. ’81, was named a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation. Sherry Watters, J.D. ’82, served as co-chair of the Kids’ Chance Scholarship Committee at the Louisiana Bar Association. Nancy Degan, J.D. ‘83, was elected by the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation as chair-elect. Sal Longoria, J.D. ’83, was appointed chair of the Regional Transit Authority. Leslie Lanusse, J.D. ’84, was named a 2013 Woman of the Year by New Orleans CityBusiness. Lanusse is a partner at Adams and Reese in New Orleans. (See story, p. 4) Richard E. McCormack, J.D. ‘84, was selected to be included in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers
in America for his work in the practice area of Litigation – Labor & Employment. He is an attorney/member at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore L.L.C. in New Orleans. Ray Abadin, J.D. ’85, was appointed to the city of Miami’s City Attorney Selection Committee. Abadin is a partner at Sedgwick L.L.P.’s Miami office, where he focuses on complex commercial, insurance, and corporate litigation matters, as well as specialty tort defense litigation and premises liability. The Hon. Ellen Kovach ’82 (English), J.D. ’85, longtime French Quarter resident and activist attorney, received the Elizebeth T. Werlein Award, the highest honor given by the Vieux Carr´ e Commission, which honors individuals and groups who have made “distinguished contributions to the preservation of the Vieux Carr´ e.” Robert S. Angelico, J.D. ’86, was named a Health Care Hero by New Orleans CityBusiness. Angelico was recognized for his service as a member of the board of directors of Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans, where he serves as chair of the finance committee. He has worked to expand DCSNO’s health clinics to offer affordable, quality health care to all members of the community. Angelico, a shareholder at Liskow & Lewis, focuses on Louisiana state and local tax matters. Magdalen Bickford ’83 (general studies), J.D. ’86, is immediate past president of the New Orleans Women’s Professional Council. She is a partner at Jackson Lewis L.L.P. in New Orleans. Robert Barsley, J.D. ’87, was named a Health Care Hero by New Orleans CityBusiness. Barsley is a professor and head of the Division of Diagnostic Services in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials and director of Oral Health Resources, Community and Hospital Dentistry, at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry. He was recently installed as president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, which provides leadership to advance science and its
relationship to the legal system. Barsley and the School of Dentistry successfully competed for the third consecutive grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide dental care to HIV+ patients and educate dental and dental hygiene students on delivering services to this patient population. Barsley serves as the appointed magistrate judge for Pontchatoula, Louisiana. Kim E. Moore ’84 (social work), J.D. ‘87, was selected to be included in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for her work in the practice areas of Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. She is an attorney/member at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore L.L.C. in New Orleans. David W. O’Quinn, J.D. ‘87, was selected to be included in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice areas of Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. He is an attorney/member at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore L.L.C. in New Orleans. Patrick Voss, J.D. ‘88, was named to the 2013 Money Makers list by New Orleans CityBusiness. Jeffrey B. Burgan, J.D. ’89, was elected to the board of directors for the Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation, which supports the international Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and helps to provide funding for leadership development and educational programs. Brian P. Quirk, J.D. ‘89, was selected to be included in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice areas of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants. He is an attorney/member at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore L.L.C. in New Orleans.
1990s Barbara Bossetta ’88 (history), J.D. ’90, was promoted to partner at the law firm Curry & Friend in New Orleans.
Catherine Chavarri, J.D. ’90, was elected president of the American Association for Justice, formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the largest trial bar in the country. Scott Soule, J.D. ’90, was named One to Watch by New Orleans CityBusiness. He is a partner at Blue Williams in Metairie and primarily handles maritime personal injury, marine and general casualty, and state and federal longshore compensation claims. Timothy Scott, J.D. ’91, has been selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for his work in employment and labor law management and litigation. Scott is a partner at Fisher & Phillips L.L.P. in New Orleans. David A. Martinez, J.D. ’94, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for Real Estate Law. Martinez is a senior associate at Steeg Law Firm in New Orleans. R. Lane Sisung, J.D. ‘94, was named to the 2013 Money Makers list by New Orleans CityBusiness. Harold J. Flanagan ’84 (management), J.D. ‘95, was named to the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in appellate law, commercial litigation, insurance law, oil-and-gas law, and construction litigation. This is his fourth time being named to this prestigious list. He was also named 2014 New Orleans Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the Lawyer of the Year, making this a particularly noteworthy honor. Flanagan and his brother Thomas M. Flanagan are the founders of Flanagan Partners L.L.C. in New Orleans. The Hon. Jeanne Nunez Juneau ’94 (communication), J.D. ’97, was elected to the Division B judicial seat in 34th Judicial District Court, making her the first female judge in the history of St. Bernard Parish. Derrick Lebeouf, J.D. ’98, was appointed to the board of directors for Stuart Hall School for Boys.
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ALUMNI NEWS Cynthia Cleland Roth, J.D. ’98, a partner with Blue Williams, was named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Ones to Watch: Law list. Omar Mason, J.D. ’99, was selected by the National Bar Association to participate in its Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy. Mason is an associate at the New Orleans firm Montgomery Barnett. Lee Reid ’96 (political science), J.D. ‘99, was named to the board of commissioners of the Arts Council of New Orleans. Reid is a partner at Adams and Reese.
2000s Mark Mansfield, J.D. ’00, was elected as president of the Greater Covington Bar Association. He is a partner at Tranchina & Mansfield in Covington. Carlos Leach, J.D. ’01, was named to the Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40 for 2013 by the National Bar Association and IMPACT. Leach, a partner with Morgan & Morgan in Orlando, Florida, handles cases involving insurance disputes and overtime and minimum wage law violations. Leach was selected after a five-member committee reviewed more than 150 nominations of young African-American lawyers from across the United States. He was also included on the 2013 Florida Rising Stars list of up-and-coming trial lawyers by Florida SuperLawyers. Leach was recognized at the National Bar Association’s 88th annual convention in Miami this past summer. Dawn Tezino, J.D. ’01, a shareholder with the firm of MehaffyWeber in Houston, was appointed deputy general counsel 2013-2014 of the National Bar Association. Tezino is a member of the NBA and has served on its board of governors as well as serving as chair of the NBA Commercial Law Section. She is also the chair of the State Bar Committee on Diversity in the Legal Profession and a past member of the board of directors for the State Bar of Texas African American Lawyers’ Section. Tezino, who focuses on labor and employment, corporate and internal
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investigations, real estate, contracts, and complex commercial transactions, has been named a Texas Rising Star in Texas Monthly magazine from 2008 to 2013. Richard F. Cortizas ’96 (international business), J.D. ’02, has rejoined Jones Walker L.L.P. after three years of service as city attorney for the city of New Orleans. As city attorney, Cortizas was responsible for directing and supervising legal affairs for the city and worked as part of the team that negotiated the New Orleans Police Department consent decrees. He also served as executive counsel to Mayor Mitch Landrieu from 2010 to 2011. At Jones Walker, Cortizas practices as special counsel in the firm’s Business & Commercial Transactions Practice Group in the New Orleans office. Eleanor Mack, J.D. ’02, has joined the corporate legal department of Comerica Bank in Dallas. In her position as vice president and regulatory and contract counsel, Mack will focus on advising on bank regulatory matters and negotiating and drafting vendor/supplier contracts. Albert DeCesaris Jr., J.D. ’03, biked across America in honor of his niece, Jenna, who was born with a neurological disorder called SturgeWeber Syndrome. Crossing America for a Cure began Sept. 8 in Santa Monica, California, and ended 3,000 miles and 45 days later in Ocean City, Maryland. DeCesaris hopes to raise money and awareness for the neurological disorder. Kara M. Jenkins, J.D. ’03, has been appointed by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to the position of administrator of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, which oversees the state’s equal employment opportunity program to handle employment discrimination complaints. Tom Snyder, J.D. ’03, was hired by Baker Donelson as counsel to the construction practice. Peter R. Tafaro, J.D. ’03, was elected a member of Frilot L.L.C. in New Orleans. He works within the mass tort and class actions practice area, focusing on toxic tort liability, premises liability, and product liability.
Kerri Kane, J.D. ’04, was named a 2013 Woman of the Year by New Orleans CityBusiness. Kane is an attorney at Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore in New Orleans. (See story, p. 4) The Hon. Scott Schlegel, J.D. ’04, was named a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation. Erin O. Braud, J.D. ‘05, was installed as secretary of the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Braud is an attorney with the Law Offices of Robert E. Birtel, staff counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., in Metairie. Elizabeth B. Carpenter, J.D. ’05, recently announced the expansion of her services to include representation of individuals who have been bitten or otherwise injured as the result of an unjustified or improperly handled police dog attack and who are entitled to monetary damages surrounding the injury. Brett Fenasci, J.D. ’05, was named One to Watch by New Orleans CityBusiness. He has worked at Kean Miller since 2006 and was promoted to partner in 2012. His practice areas include admiralty, maritime, and general commercial litigation. In 2009, he joined the Loyola School of Law faculty an adjunct professor, teaching maritime employee remedies. Laurie Howenstine ’00 (political science), J.D. ’05, was named One to Watch by New Orleans CityBusiness. She was hired at Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer in 2009 to grow and diversify the firm’s real estate practice. She specializes in real estate closings, commercial leasing, land development, and zoning law. Monica Manzella, J.D. ’05, an associate with King Krebs & Jurgens, was named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Ones to Watch: Law list. Jeff Peuler, J.D. ’05, was hired as an associate at the law firm of Staines & Eppling in Metairie. Elizabeth Icamina, J.D. ’06, was named a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Bryan Grant Jeansonne, J.D. ’06, was appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal to serve on the East Baton Rouge Parish Board of Election Supervisors. Daniel Redmann, J.D. ’06, was hired as a partner at Duplass, Zwain, Bourgeois, Pfister & Weinstock in Metairie. He was also named One to Watch by New Orleans CityBusiness. Denia Aiyegbusi ’04 (marketing and international business), J.D. ’07, was hired as an associate in the civil litigation department at Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles. She was also named One to Watch by New Orleans CityBusiness. Julie S. Chauvin, J.D. ’07, has joined the Lafayette office of Liskow & Lewis as an associate in the business law section. She will focus on commercial finance, secured transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate planning and commerce. Prior to joining Liskow & Lewis, Chauvin was an associate at Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. in New Orleans. Justin Chopin, J.D. ‘07, was named a fellow by the Louisiana Bar Association. Dr. Nghana Lewis, J.D. ’07, was named a Top Female Achiever by New Orleans Magazine for her work as a criminal defense lawyer, writer, and Louise and Leonard Riggio Professor of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship at Tulane University. Clayton White ’78 (physics), M.B.A. ’93, J.D. ’07, was honored as a 2013 Money Maker by New Orleans CityBusiness. Clay Bland Jr., J.D. ’08, an associate attorney with Flanagan Partners, was named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Ones to Watch: Law list. Ryan P. Delaney, J.D. ’08, and Brandon H. Robb ’04 (political science), J.D. ’08, were recently profiled in New Orleans CityBusiness for their new law firm, Delaney & Robb Attorneys at Law. The two opened their firm this summer to address the lack of legal services that target issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender couples. They both say
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that the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act could have repercussions in Louisiana, even though the state is one of 35 that does not currently recognize samesex unions. Katy Kennedy, J.D. ’08, was named a fellow of the Louisiana Bar Foundation.
Over the past several years, Peyton has donated hundreds of pro bono hours representing children in need of care. His work has resulted in several adoptions, three reunifications, and one alternative placement.
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Jenny A. Abshier, J.D. ’09, won a Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association. Abshier is a solo practitioner with offices in Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes. Her consumer-rights-driven practice focuses on representing debtors in bankruptcy and debt collection suits. Abshier is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, as well as a graduate of the Leadership Jefferson Class of 2012. In recognition of her pro bono service, she received the 2012 Distinguished Service award from The Pro Bono Project.
Scott Falgoust, J.D. ’10, was hired by Lemmon Law in New Orleans.
Thomas “Tommy” Peyton, J.D. ’09, won a Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association. Peyton is an associate in the New Orleans office of Krebs, Farley and Pelleteri. His practice is focused in the fields of complex commercial litigation, insurance defense, and construction litigation.
Jeffrey Martiny, J.D. ’11, was hired by Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Murray, Recile, Griffith, Stakelum & Hayes.
Krystle M. Ferbos, J.D. ’10, joined Frilot L.L.C. in New Orleans as an associate. Tyler A. Kostal, J.D. ’10, joined the law firm of Kean Miller in New Orleans. Elizabeth Meneray, J.D. ’10, was named a 2013 Woman of the Year by New Orleans CityBusiness. Meneray is an attorney at Meneray Family Law in New Orleans. (See story, p. 4)
Lindsey Johnson, J.D. ’12, was hired as an attorney by Ogletree Deakins Nasg Smoak & Stewart. Victor Jones, J.D. ’12, was hired
as an associate at Adams and Reese and named a member of its Special Business Service practice group. Conor Lutkewitte, J.D. ’12, was hired as an associate at Favret, Demarest, Russo & Lutkewitte. Amanda Mahon, J.D. ’12, recently became the judge for the tribal court of the Cocopah Indian Tribe in Somerton, Arizona. Jennifer Tintenfass, J.D. ‘12, was selected as a member of the Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans 2013 class. Tintenfass is an associate at Steeg Law Firm in New Orleans. Darryl Glade, M.B.A ’04, J.D. ‘13, was chosen to be a part of the local IDEAxcelerator program through The Idea Village for his partnership with Kris Haug, Snap Real Estate Photography, which produces real estate photography and provides clients with high-quality listing photos within 24 hours.
Alexandra Rossi, J.D. ’13, was hired by Kean Miller in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Daniel Stanton, J.D. ’13, was hired by Kean Miller in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Anna Lellelid, J.D. ’13, won a Law Student Pro Bono Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association. During law school, Lellelid interned with the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, providing pro bono representation to public school students in suspension and expulsion proceedings through Stand Up For
In Memoriam William J. Guste Jr. ’42, J.D. ’43, H’74 George T. Vila, J.D. ‘51 Gerald A. Stewart, J.D. ‘54 Richard K. Mazeau, J.D. ’60 Roger E. Manfre ’54, J.D. ‘62 J. Philip Stein, J.D. ‘65 Albert J. Winters Jr. ’63, J.D. ‘66 The Hon. Edward E. Carriere Jr. ’65, J.D. ‘67 Mary Williams Cazalas, J.D. ‘67 Robert J. Neal, J.D. ‘69
Each Other or SUFEO. She also worked at the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice in her third year of law school, representing indigent defendants in juvenile court and criminal district court. Through the law clinic, she assisted in winning and maintaining the re-entry of a juvenile client and also strategized and fought for resentencing hearings for individuals sentenced to mandatory life without parole when they were children. Post-graduation, Lellelid is continuing to work on behalf of public school students through SUFEO, ensuring all children in New Orleans have equal access to quality, affordable education. She is also continuing her work to end life without parole sentences for juveniles in Louisiana.
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Vienna Program Turns 20
William Gurley
By Lauren LaBorde
A trip to the Vienna Supreme Court is a highlight of the summer program.
Kaitlin Pastorek, J.D. ‘13, enrolled in Loyola’s Vienna Summer Legal Studies Program because she wanted to get to know her classmates, but she came out of the program with a lot more. “I would recommend to anyone who is thinking about [enrolling in the program] to go prepared to be a part of everything Loyola will have to offer,” she says, citing visits to Vi30
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enna’s Schonbrunn Palace and Zoo, experiencing the annual film festival, and trips to other European cities such as Prague as highlights of the program. “And because other schools were involved in the program, I ended up making new, close friendships with people who I still talk to today.” It’s easy to see why Vienna is the College of Law’s largest and longest continually running program. Besides its location
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THE VIENNA SUMMER LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM IS THE COLLEGE’S LARGEST AND LONGEST-RUNNING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM. in a centrally located, culturally rich European city, the program itself is flexible, offers a hands-on look at a different legal system, and is ideal for students new to law school and to traveling abroad. This summer, the program marked its 20th anniversary. Dean María Pabón López, Professor Kathryn Venturatos Lorio, J.D. ’73; Phillip Lorio, J.D. ’74; and four other alumni from the Vienna program were present to celebrate the occasion with the law students. The alumni who attended, coming from near and far, were Carolyn D. Deal, J.D. ‘05; William Pederson, J.D. ’00; Candice Sirmon, J.D. ’02; and Sheila Wilkinson, J.D. ‘09. They all had a chance to meet the current law students and reminisce about their own Vienna experiences. The alumni also had an opportunity to earn continuing legal education credit. Professor Dane Ciolino recently took over the Vienna summer program director position from Professor Patrick Hugg. “The program is really a tremendous success due to Professor Hugg,” Ciolino says. “He grew the program, and I’m really just taking over the reins of an already successful program this year.” Ciolino has taught in the program for more than a dozen years and says both the program, which offers a comparative law course, and the city itself have a lot to offer students – especially those in their first year of law school. “Many of the students have never been to Europe before, and they’re being exposed to a different legal culture,” he says. “And for most of them it’s their first comparative law course. It’s important to take a comparative law course because the best way to understand your own legal system is to see how others work.” The program is also very hands-on, immersing students in the Austrian legal system. “One thing is we make it a point that they deal with all actors in the legal system,” Ciolino says. “So it’s not just an academic experience – they actually go to courts. For example, they
get to go to constitutional court and meet with justices.” The College of Law has a partnership with the University of Vienna Law School, and courses are held on that campus. Tori Luwisch, international programs coordinator for the Center for International and Comparative Programs, cites this as one of the pluses of the program. “Students go to the same law school as [the University of Vienna’s] students, sit in the same classroom, and are taught by the same professors,” she says. Luwisch also says that because it begins in July, the Vienna program offers flexibility to students looking to work in the beginning of the summer. Students begin with a two-week, threecredit course called Comparative Legal Systems: Austria, Germany, and the United States. After completing that course, students have the option of joining the second phase of the summer program, which includes courses in Introduction to European Union Law, International Courts and Tribunals, and International Sales Law. Outside of the classroom, the program has a lot to offer students, as well. The program includes trips to Prague, Salzburg, and Venice. “[Vienna is] smack-dab in the middle of Europe – you can get to many major European cities by train in three hours,” Luwisch says. Because many students in the program are new to traveling abroad, the program offers a lot of activities in Vienna. Things to do include after-class tours focusing on history and architecture, museum visits, trips to the Rathaus and Schonbrunn Palace, and more. “Vienna has a real historical draw – a rich Roman heritage, great museums,” Luwisch says. “There’s a certain pull to it.” “The classes were interesting, but they didn’t inhibit the adventures to be had in the city,” Pastorek, who completed the program after her first year, says. “Loyola did a great job of offering a ton of extra opportunities to see and learn more about the city – and other cities in Europe.” Ciolino says that in many ways, Vienna is the ideal setting for a study abroad program. “The city center is compact; it’s among the safest cities in Europe,” he says. “Austria gives students the ability to see and experience urban centers and mountainous highlands. There’s also not a big language problem here – the vast majority of Austrians we deal with speak fluent English. I love the city and its people, and it’s wonderful seeing students being exposed to a different legal system.” www.law.loyno.edu
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