SPRING 2013
Producing Leaders in the Judiciary
INSIDE: ••••• Oil Spill Litigation ••••• Education Reform Efforts ••••• Honoring Service
Letter from the Dean As I end my second year as dean, let me tell you about two exciting projects which I have undertaken lately: one pertaining to the Jesuit mission of our law school and the other pertaining to the bar examination in Louisiana. I hope you enjoy reading about them, and I welcome your suggestions and comments. Thanks for staying involved with Loyola! IGNATIAN COLLEAGUES PROGRAM (ICP) The ICP spans a period of 18 months and consists of various components. I first attended a four-day orientation where I was introduced to the program and its goals, and to the intersections of Ignatian spirituality, the history of Jesuit education, and current apostolic commitments of the Jesuits and their companions. Throughout the program, I have taken part in online workshops, each of which requires a reflection paper. Topics so far have included Saint Ignatius and the first companions and Ignatian humanism and pedagogy. As an orientation to the commitment to justice at the heart of Jesuit education, each ICP participant engages in a week-long international immersion program in a developing country. I traveled to El Salvador this past February and had a deeply moving experience, involving myself intensely into the hard work of the Jesuits there to bring about peace and openness. ICP members are required to plan, implement, and assess a work-related project to which we apply insights and understanding from the program. My mission project involves creating a bridge to bring together the law schools of the other U.S. Jesuit institutions, so we can jointly focus on the current challenges in U.S. legal education. I have just begun my outreach this semester and look forward to reporting back to you the success of efforts in this project. DIRECTOR OF BAR EXAM PREPARATION AND LEARNING INITIATIVES I am proud to announce the appointment of Suzanne “Suzy” Scalise, J.D. ’03, as director of Bar Exam Preparation and Learning Initiatives at the College of Law. In this capacity, Suzy will create, coordinate, and implement all learning initiatives designed to maximize our graduates’ success on bar exams in Louisiana and elsewhere. She will report to me directly and her responsibilities will include the following: 1. Identifying students who are at the greatest risk of not succeeding on a bar exam and developing tutoring, counseling, and advising programs to improve these students’ chances of success on a bar exam. 2. Developing and supervising the use of quantitative and qualitative analytical measures to identify predictors of success on the Louisiana Bar Exam and other states’ bar exams. 3. Creating and supervising specialized law school courses specifically aimed at increasing bar passage. 4. Designing and organizing a Bar Preview Workshop each fall and spring semester for students preparing to take a bar exam in Louisiana or in other states. 5. Serving as the liaison to ordinary faculty, clinical faculty, academic success instructors, and extraordinary faculty on bar related topics, including advising faculty of subjects frequently tested on bar exams and assisting faculty members in designing course modules and assessment techniques to improve students’ readiness for bar exams. As part of this, she will work with a newly appointed Ordinary Faculty Bar Exam Advisory Working Group. 6. Serving as the liaison to College of Law alumni who are interested in serving as tutors and advisors of Loyola students and recent graduates who are preparing for bar exams. As part of this, she will work with a newly appointed Alumni Bar Exam Advisory Group. 7. Assisting in the fundraising for College of Law Bar Preparation Grants and in awarding Bar Preparation Grants to eligible students and graduates. 8. Serving as the College of Law’s liaison to outside bar preparation providers in order to evaluate and maximize the value of these providers’ courses for Loyola students and to increase participation in these courses where appropriate. 9. Further developing and supervising the College of Law’s summer supplemental program for Loyola students preparing for the Louisiana Bar Exam and other state bar exams. 10. Investigating, studying, and reporting to the administration and faculty of the College of Law on initiatives other law schools have undertaken to increase bar passage. I am delighted to report that Professors Bobby Harges, Kathryn Venturatos Lorio, J.D. ’73, Craig Senn, and Sandi Varnado have agreed to serve on a newly created Ordinary Faculty Bar Exam Advisory Working Group. Other faculty assisting in these efforts working in a new summer bar tutoring initiative are: Academic Success Director Marie Tufts, J.D. ’89, and Academic Success Instructor Denise Pilié, J.D. ’84. I am further delighted to report that alumni Judge Carl Barbier J.D. ’70, Mary Dumestre, J.D. ’88, Judge Allison Penzato, J.D. ’80, and Mark Surprenant, J.D. ’77, have agreed to serve on the newly created Alumni Bar Exam Advisory Group. I am very grateful to all for their service look forward to working with them and with Director Scalise for the benefit of all our students and recent graduates. With best wishes,
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FEATURES
Vol. 9 • No. 1 • Spring 2013 • www.law.loyno.edu Loyola University New Orleans President
The Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. College of Law Dean
10................Producing Leaders in the Judiciary Alumni garner success as high-ranking members of the bench.
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. Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid
Forrest Stanford Senior Development Officer-College of Law
Suzanne Plaisance Law Alumni + Annual Giving Officer
Jennifer Jumonville Law Development Coordinator
Bart Folse ’79 Outgoing Director of Editorial Services
18................Hail to the Chief The Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91, demonstrates a life of service to the legal community.
Ray Willhoft ’00 Loyola Lawyer Designer
Craig Bloodworth University Photographer
Harold Baquet Photo Contributors
Kyle Encar Contributors
Brian Huddleston Natasha Lacoste, J.D. ’11 Nathan C. Martin Shelby Schultheis ’14 Loyola Lawyer is published bi-annually for Loyola University New Orleans College of Law alumni, friends, and supporters.
22................A Force in Education Reform Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law Robert Garda provides guidelines for reforming New Orleans’ tumultuous school system. DEPARTMENTS
4..................News Briefs 6..................Faculty Briefs 26................Alumni Events 28................Alumni News 31................Memorials
Please address correspondence to: Loyola Lawyer 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 News and photographs for possible use in future issues may be submitted by readers to jdalumni@loyno.edu Loyola University New Orleans has fully supported and fostered in its educational programs, admissions, employment practices, and in the activities it operates the policy of not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation. This policy is in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidelines.
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NEWS BRIEFS COLLEGE The October 2012 issue of National Jurist listed the College of Law in the top 13 law schools ranked by first-year class size with 44 in their “Why small class sizes matter.” ••••••
In the 2013 annual rankings of graduate schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked the College of Law number 126 out of all 201 U.S. law schools. This is a strong
increase over its 2012 rank of 135, and a significant improvement from its 2011 rank of 145. By one measure, the assessment of law schools by attorneys and judges, the college was ranked 72 out of all law schools. ••••••
The College of Law Broadway Building has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification for its environmentally friendly characteristics, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.
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The Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center (GLPLC) hosted the second annual People’s Law Conference April 5 – 6, where law students and practitioners focused on being lawyers for social justice and occupying legal spaces with social justice principles and practices. The GLPLC also published the 2013 Louisiana Legal Services and Pro Bono Desk Manual (www.loyno.edu/gillislong).
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The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Moot Court Team won first place in the National Moot Court Competition Region VII Regional Rounds. Loyola law students on the team included oralists Kate Cazayoux and Camille Bryant, brief writer Marc Mandich, and coach Alex Rossi. Dean Marcel Garsand, Jr., Distinguished Professor Monica Hof Wallace, J.D. ’98, served as the faculty advisor. The team’s brief was awarded Best Brief in the region, and Cazayoux was named Best Oralist in the final round. The judges of the final round were the Hon. James Brady of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, the Hon. Kay Bates, and the Hon. Bill Morvant of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge. ••••••
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sored “Setting the Bar: Louisiana State Bar Association Pre-Law Conference,” a free two-day workshop on February 16 and March 2 to enlighten college students on the law school admissions process and provide helpful tips to effectively navigate that process and tackle the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). ••••••
Samantha Hechtman, Shannon Jung, Emily Posner, and Emily Trostle submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. In October 2013, the U.S. will undergo a review by the Human Rights Committee of its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The list of issues prepared by the students highlights areas where the U.S. has fallen short of meeting its international human rights obligations with respect to the civil and political rights of immigrant workers. In collaboration with the Workers’ Center, the students developed
a list of questions and recommendations for the Human Rights Committee to consider as it reviews the U.S.’ human rights record.
Martinet Legal Foundation, a project of the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society bar association.
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Bobbi Roquemore, J.D. ’12, won first place in the 2012 Writing Competition of the College of Workers Compensation for her International Workers’ Comp and Athletes paper, which will be posted on the College of Workers Compensation website, and considered for publication in the Workers First Watch, The Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) magazine, and the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section Law Journal. She received $1,500, and Loyola received $1,000. Adjunct Professor Frank Whitely advised Roquemore on her paper.
Alexandra Serpas represented Loyola on a panel titled “Developing a Strategic Communication Plan for Your Student Body” during the Association of American Law Schools 2013 Annual meeting in New Orleans. Serpas shared creative ideas with a number of deans and law school administrators about effective ways to communicate with law students in a social media dominated environment. ••••••
Andrea Erwin Potter was appointed as the ABA Law Student Division Liaison to the Criminal Justice Section Juvenile Committee. In this capacity, she represents the nation’s law students to the juvenile committee. Potter also is responsible for implementing student programs and promoting student membership in the Criminal Justice Section. In addition, she promotes the interests of the Law Student Division to the juvenile committee. ••••••
Ashley Jones was one of three students to receive a scholarship grant from The New Orleans
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EVENTS The Hon. Bernette Johnson, chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, delivered the keynote address, “Narratives of Equality–Reflections on Equal Protection and Diversity,” for a November 9 symposium on race in higher education hosted by the College of Law and the Journal of Public Interest Law. The keynote address will be published in a forthcoming issue of the JPIL. (law.loyno.edu/loyola-journal-of-public-interestlaw)
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On January 4, the College of Law hosted a Jazz Reception and building tour in the College of Law Broadway Building for attendees of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2013 Annual Meeting, which took place in New Orleans, and members of the College of Law Visiting Committee. The reception was an opportunity to showcase the new building to other professors around the country and the world (including Russia and Spain) attending the conference. The guests were greeted with a second line band and were given tours of the building by students. The offices of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice, Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, Law Skills and Experiential Learning, and Career Development and Law Practice Center were open and fully staffed so guests could note the accomplishments there.
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For the first time, the College of Law held a Convocation ceremony for 1Ls in January after their first semester to bring the class together and begin a dialogue on professional identity. The Hon. Ivan Lemelle, J.D. ’74, served as guest speaker and administered a Student Professionalism Oath. The students listened to “A Call to the Profession” presentation and viewed a video montage of alumni pursuing various fields within the profession. Featured speakers included Professor Judson Mitchell; Professor Christine Cerniglia Brown, J.D ’03, director of Law Skills and Experiential Learning; and Monique Garsand, J.D. ’97, director of the Career Development and Law Practice Center.
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FACULTY BRIEFS October 2012 – March 2013
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS MARY GARVEY ALGERO, Warren E. Mouledoux Distinguished Professor of Law Considering Precedent in Louisiana: Striking the Right Balance Between Predictability and Certainty of Interpretation on the One Hand, and Flexibility and Re-Interpretation on the Other, 58 Loy. L. Rev. 113 (2012)
M. ISABEL MEDINA, Ferris Family Distinguished Professor of Law The Challenges of Facilitating Effective Legal Defense in Deportation Proceedings: Allowing Nonlawyer Practice of Law Through Accredited Representatives in Removals, 53 S. Tex. L. Rev. 459 (2012) Making History–Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Welcomes Dean María Pabón López, 58 Loy. L. Rev. 1 (2012) (lead author, with Kathryn V. Lorio, Lawrence W. Moore, S.J., and Natasha Lacoste)
ROBERT R. M. VERCHICK, Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law Disaster Justice: The Geography of Human Capability, 23 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y Forum 23 (2012) Blow Out in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessing Environmental Damages and Minimizing Risk, 56 Law & Tech. 10 (2012) (co-author with Stephen Wussow) (translated into Japanese by Tadashi Otsuka)
MITCHELL F. CRUSTO, Professor of Law Empathic Dialogue: From Formalism to Value Principles, 65 SMU L. Rev. 845 (2012)
LAWRENCE W. MOORE, S.J., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and ex officio Philip and Eugenie Brooks Distinguished Professor of Law
DAVIDA FINGER, Assistant Clinical Professor
Making History–Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Welcomes Dean María Pabón López, 58 Loy. L. Rev. 1 (2012) (co-author, with M. Isabel Medina, Kathryn V. Lorio, and Natasha Lacoste)
FEMA’s Post-disaster Grant Recoupment: Hurricane Survivors Still Struggling Seven Years Later, 32 Clearinghouse Rev. 175 (2012) ROBERT A. GARDA, JR., Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law Disabled Students’ Rights of Access to Charter Schools under the IDEA, Section 504 and the ADA, 32 J. Nat’l Ass’n Admin. L. Judiciary 516 (2012) BOBBY MARZINE HARGES, Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law Mediating High Conflict Domestic Relations Cases, 60 La. B.J. 212 (Oct./Nov. 2012) Equity for Minorities in Hurricane Mediation Programs, GPSolo, Jan./Feb. 2013, at 66
DENISE M. PILIE, Academic Success Instructor Settlement and Alternative Dispute Resolution, in Louisiana Civil Pretrial Procedure 899 (Max Tobias., Jr., John M. Landis, & Gerald E. Meunier eds., 2012) MARKUS G. PUDER, Associate Professor of Law Federalism and Mixity in the United States: A Survey of Federal Judges Regarding Erie Courts and Louisiana’s Civil Law, 77 The Rabel J. of Comp. and Int’l Private L. 251 (2013)
FACULTY PRESENTATIONS HILARY J. ALLEN, Assistant Professor of Law
JOHANNA KALB, Associate Professor of Law Guantanamo Continued, in Violence: Do We Know It When We See It? A Reader 289 (Dee Wood Harper, Lydia Voigt & William E. Thornton eds., 2012)
WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY, Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center
“Let’s Talk About Tax: Making Bank Equity More Attractive than Hybrids.” Financial Regulatory Scholars Conference, Brooklyn Law School. November 2012.
CHUNLIN LEONHARD, Associate Professor of Law
Justice and Law: The One Hundred Year Rule, 15 CUNY L. Rev. 1 (2012)
ANDREA C. ARMSTRONG, Assistant Professor of Law
The Unbearable Lightness of Consent in Contract Law, 63 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 57 (2012)
Ten Questions for Social Change Lawyers, 17 Pub. Int. L. Rep. 204 (2012)
“The Thirteenth Amendment and prison slavery.” Conference on prisoners’ rights. Southeastern Louisiana University. September 2012.
KATHRYN VENTURATOS LORIO, Leon Sarpy Distinguished Professor of Law Making History–Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Welcomes Dean María Pabón López, 58 Loy. L. Rev. 1 (2012) (co-author, with M. Isabel Medina, Lawrence W. Moore, S.J., and Natasha Lacoste) “I Didn’t Ask to be Born Either”, 20 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L. 237 (2013) (reviewing Browne C. Lewis, Papa’s Baby: Paternity and Artificial Insemination (2012)) 6
Articles and book chapters written by the College of Law faculty and distributed through the Social Science Research have now been downloaded more than 10,000 times. Several faculty have been using SSRN since the late 1990s, but in fall 2011, the college started its own Research Paper Series. After that, the number of publications on SSRN, and the rate at which those publications were downloaded by scholars around the world, increased as the college regularly distributed issues of its RPS to more than 5,000 e-mail subscribers. Then, on February 24, the college had its 10,000th download from its SSRN archive. That archive, together with a link to easily subscribe to the Research Paper Series, is available on the college’s SSRN page at www.ssrn.com/link/Loyola-U-LEG.html
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CRAIG SENN, Associate Professor of Law Ending Discriminatory Damages, 64 Ala. L. Rev. 187 (2012) LESLIE A. SHOEBOTHAM, Associate Professor of Law Off the Fourth Amendment Leash?: Law Enforcement Incentives to Use Unreliable DrugDetection Dogs, 14 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L. 251 (2013)
CHERYL PRESTENBACK BUCHERT, Clinical Professor of Law “Louisiana Substantive Family Law.” Self-Help Resource Center Volunteer Orientation and Training Session for attorneys in collaboration with the Louisiana State Bar Association, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. November 2012.
ROBERT A. GARDA, Jr., Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law “The Legal Impact of Emerging Governance Models on Public Education and Its Office Holders.” ABA Section of State and Local Government Law Fall Meeting, University of Missouri Kansas City. November 2012.
AGNIESZKA MCPEAK, Westerfield Fellow “The ethical issues arising out of attorney use of social media.” 45th Annual Transportation Law Institute, Nashville, Tenn. November 2012. M. ISABEL MEDINA, Ferris Family Distinguished Professor of Law
“The End of the Accountability Era?” Thurgood Marshall School of Law symposium titled “No Child Left Behind: 10 Years in Review.” February 2013.
“De-Emphasizing Marriage? Comments on Erez Aloni’s proposal to provide a registered contractual relationship alternative to civil marriage.” Tulane Law School. September 2012.
DAVID W. GRUNING, William L. Crowe, Sr. Professor of Law
“The procedural due process implications of recent changes to Louisiana’s administrative process for revocation or denial of driver’s licenses.” New Orleans Bar Association Administrative Law Continuing Legal Education. October 2012.
“Saved from a Common Law: Reflections on the Civil Law in Louisiana.” Keio University, Tokyo. September and October 2012. The lectures were organized by la Fondation pour le droit continental. BOBBY MARZINE HARGES, Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law “Professionalism in Mediations.” New Orleans Bar Association Annual Procrastinator’s Program. December 2012. JOHANNA KALB, Associate Professor of Law “The Judicial Role in New Democracies: A Strategic Account of Comparative Citation.” University of Connecticut School of Law. February 2013. “Protecting Human Rights Defenders.” Junior International Law Scholars’ Association annual meeting. February 2013.
“Derivative Citizenship – What’s marriage, sex, race and class got to do with it?” MidAtlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference on President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: On the Doubts, Questions, and Problems of Full Citizenship, University of Pennsylvania Law School. January 2013. WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY, Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice and the Gillis Long Poverty Law “Racism and Resistance.” Columbia Law School, Inaugural conference of New York City Public Interest Collective of 12 NYC law schools. September 2012.
“Non-Article III Courts: Problems of Principle and Practice.” AALS annual meeting. February 2013. Moderator.
“New Orleans and Haiti: Partners in Disaster.” Other Worlds, Tulane University School of Latin American Studies and New Orleans Worker Center. September 2012.
JAMES MARSHALL KLEBBA, Victor H. Schiro Professor of Law
“Do Prisoners Have Human Rights?” Southeastern Louisiana University conference. September 2012.
“Civil Procedure in the United States.” Higher School of Economics, Moscow. September 2012. MARÍA PABÓN LÓPEZ, Dean and Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law “Presumed Incompetent Symposium.” UC Berkeley Law School. March 2013. Invited panelist. “The Civil Rights Consequences of State and Local Responses to Immigration and Immigrants.” Joint Immigration and Civil Rights Panel, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting. January 2013.
“The Illegality of Drone Assassinations.” Community Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo., and KKFI. September 2012. “Human Rights for Prisoners.” Jesuit Social Research Institute. October 2012. “Drone Assassinations: Illegal in So Many Ways.” Pax Christi USA gathering, Columbus Ga. November 2012. “Access to Justice: Time to Include Non-lawyers?” Association of Women Judges, Miami, Fla. November 2012. “Affirmative Action.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration, Dillard University. January 2013. Panelist. “Civil Liberties since Guantanamo.” Barry University. January 2013.
“Access to Justice.” Society of American Law Teachers Cover Workshop. January 2013. Panelist. SANDI S. VARNADO, Assistant Professor of Law “Avatars, Scarlet “A”s, and Adultery in the Technological Age.” Marquette University Law School. September 2012. ROBERT R. M. VERCHICK, Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law “Can Tort Law Save the Climate?” Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. October 2012. “Adapting to Climate Change: Footholds, Rope Lines, and the Future of Green Governance.” International Forum on Federations. Hosted in New Delhi, and supported by the Government of India and the World Bank. November 2012. “Asking the Climate Question: How the United States is Adapting to Climate Change at the Federal and Local Levels.” Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India. November 2012. “Climate Resilience and Disaster Planning: How to Prepare for the New Century.” Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, Hyderabad, India. November 2012. Public “One-on-One” Discussion on “Environmental Regulation,” with Rajiv Mital, Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Mumbai, India. December 2012. “Climate Resilience and Disaster Planning: How to Prepare for the New Century.” Andhra Pradesh Forest Academy, Hyderabad, India. December 2012. “Resilient Cities: How to Survive on a Warming Planet.” Andhra Pradesh Department of Forestry, Hyderabad, India. December 2012. “Climate Resilience and Disaster Planning: How to Prepare for the New Century.” Workshop, U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. December 2012. “Climate Change Adaptation.” Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India. December 2012. Panelist. “Environmental Regulation.” University of Mumbai, Department of Law, Mumbai, India. December 2012. “Resilient Cities: How to Survive on a Warming Planet.” Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India. December 2012. “The Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.” Centre for Environment and Development, Kolkata, India. December 2012. www.law.loyno.edu
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FACULTY BRIEFS “Climate Adaptation Policies in India and the United States.” School of Oceanography and Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. December 2012. “Government Policies and Land Use for Public Parks and Gardens in Big Cities.” U.S. Consulate of Kolkata, Kolkata, India. December 2012. Panelist. “Environmental Policies and Land Use in Fragile Ecosystems like the Sundarbans.” West Bengal Department of Forestry, Kolkata, India. December 2012. Panelist.
Craig Partridge, Scott Bradner, and David Reed; Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak; and several of the nation’s leading computer scientists, including members of the National Academy of Engineering such as Nick McKeown and Scott Shenker. ROBERT A. GARDA, Jr., Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law At the invitation of the Office of Civil Rights and the Department of Education, participated in a roundtable policy discussion regarding students with disabilities in charter schools in Washington, D.C., in November 2013.
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS MARY GARVEY ALGERO, Warren E. Mouledoux Distinguished Professor of Law Organized a session, “The Bench, the Bar, and the Academy Unite to Discuss Legal Education,” and served as a panelist at the AALS meeting on January 7, 2013. HILARY J. ALLEN, Assistant Professor of Law Paper “A New Philosophy for Financial Stability Regulation” was selected from a call for papers for presentation at George Washington’s CLEAF Junior Faculty Workshop, held in Washington, D.C., in April. On January 4, participated in a roundtable titled “25 Years of Banking Regulation - SocioEconomics Perspectives” as part of the annual meeting of the Society of Socio-Economists in New Orleans. ANDREA C. ARMSTRONG, Assistant Professor of Law Led a two-day training on criminal attorney ethics for two hundred participants (prosecutors and defense counsel), Oct. 12 – 13, 2012, at Tulane University. Was a discussant and participant in the Prison Law Roundtable, held at Univ. of Michigan Jan. 31 – Feb. 1. The roundtable consisted of a select group of 18 prison law scholars and aimed to enhance both prison law scholarship and teaching corrections/prison law/sentencing in the law school curriculum. JOHN F. BLEVINS, Associate Professor of Law Filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit on behalf of several of the nation’s leading Internet engineers and computer scientists in the case FCC v. Verizon. The brief urged the court to uphold the FCC’s “open Internet” rules that Verizon is challenging. The brief included early Internet pioneers such as Leonard Kleinrock,
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Participated in a symposium discussing the 10year anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act at Texas Southern University School of Law in February 2013. DAVID W. GRUNING, William L. Crowe, Sr. Professor of Law Chaired a panel on Transparency in Public and Private Contracts at the 12th congress of the International Association of Legal Methodology held at Loyola November 1 - 2, organized by Dominique Custos. Was interviewed on November 21, by Delphine Iweins, French journalist, for her series of articles on freedom of expression, in particular the situation of Louisiana, available at http://avocatsetlibertedexpression.weebly.com/le-cas-juridique-agrave-part-entiegravere-de-la-louisiane .html, and by Kimberly Robinson of BNA Bloomberg US LAW WEEK, November 6, 2012, concerning limits on state power to define and to regulate professions. He also spoke and took part in a panel discussion on November 15, Louisiana Civil Law and Business Opportunities, sponsored by The Consulate General of France in New Orleans and the French American Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Coast, as part of the 2012 Semaine Française, in New Orleans, along with law professors from Tulane, LSU, and Southern, as well as practitioners. JOHANNA KALB, Associate Professor of Law In December, with students in the Human Rights Project of the Loyola Law Clinic, submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee on behalf of the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. In collaboration with the Workers’ Center, the students developed a list of questions and recommendations for the HRC to consider as it reviews the United States’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
JAMES MARSHALL KLEBBA, Victor H. Schiro Professor of Law Completed a major revision of his computer exercise in Civil Procedure, “Jurisdiction Over the Person,” for the Center for ComputerAssisted Legal Instruction (CALI). The exercise was first published in 1995 and went through one previous minor revision. A substantial change was required this year by the fact that for the first time since 1987, the Supreme Court issued not one, but two decisions regarding personal jurisdiction. The first, McIntyre Machinery Ltd. v. Nicastro, was a controversial 4-2-3 decision regarding “specific” jurisdiction. The second, Goodyear Dunlop Tire Operations, S.A. was a unanimous and therefore less controversial, but still significant decision on “general” jurisdiction. Klebba gave demonstrations and explanations of his newly revised exercise at the CALI exhibit booth at the AALS meeting on January 4. MARÍA PABÓN LÓPEZ, Dean and Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law Received the “Most Powerful & Influential Women Award” at the Louisiana Women’s Conference held at Dillard University on November 27. KATHRYN VENTURATOS LORIO, Leon Sarpy Distinguished Professor of Law Among the law professors writing in the area of assisted reproduction law who was invited to a Roundtable Conference at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, September 27 – 29. M. ISABEL MEDINA, Ferris Family Distinguished Professor of Law Commented on the proposed amendment to the Louisiana Constitution on gun rights for Fox 8 News on October 25, 2012. Will serve as co-chair elect this year of the AALS Constitutional Law Section. Together with cochair Derek Muller from Pepperdine, she will plan the section’s annual program for AALS 2015. Invited to present a paper on citizenship by descent and its status as a fundamental or human right at a conference at the University of Poitiers to be held October 10 – 11, 2013, in Poitiers, France. The paper will be published by the university as part of the conference papers. Was featured on John Redmann’s Power of Attorney on WLAE PBS New Orleans broadcast on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, and spoke about immigration reform. She was also interviewed for a Spanish language version of the show.
BP’S CRUDE DECISIONS WILLIAM P. QUIGLEY, Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Co-counsel for Michael Walli, USDC Eastern District of Tennessee, criminal charges arising from protest action at Y-12 plant as part of Transform Now Plowshares, 3:12-cr-107, September 2012. Expert testimony on 1st Amendment and Protest – USDC, US v Faust & Terrell, 12:173 and 12:175, Jefferson City, MO, September 2012. Meeting with White House Deputy National Security Adviser, Denis McDonough, seeking to close WHINSEC-SOA, Washington, D.C, November 13, 2012. Arguing Motions to Dismiss in USDC Knoxville, Tenn., with three peace activists who broke into Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn., November 20, 2012. Pro Bono Representation: Counsel, Nashua Chantal, USDC GA, federal criminal charges for protest at WHINSEC-School of Americas, 2013. Received the 2013 Louisiana NAACP Emmitt Douglass Award for voting rights advocacy in Louisiana since 1980. LESLIE A. SHOEBOTHAM, Associate Professor of Law Was named in the Educators category for New Orleans CityBusiness’ 2013 “Leadership in Law” class, recognizing 50 area lawyers whose successes in law and contributions to the region have set the pace for the legal community. D. MAJEEDA SNEAD, Clinical Professor of Law On October 20, 2012, was a recipient of the 2012 Justice for Youth Award given by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana in recognition for the tireless and dedicated advocacy on behalf of juveniles. ROBERT R. M. VERCHICK, Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law Two blog posts on climate adaptation policies were recently featured in DotEarth, the New York Times online environmental news forum. Interview on climate adaptation policies appeared in the Hindu, one of India’s national English-language newspapers.
The current BP oil spill litigation is the largest environmental tort case in history. At stake for Louisiana and the other Gulf states affected by the oil spill is the potential recovery of several billion dollars in damages to repair the massive environmental and economic damage caused by this disaster. Professor of Law Blaine LeCesne teaches tort law and is a nationally recognized expert on the BP litigation. He has been interviewed and quoted extensively in such diverse media sources as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times of London, National Law Journal, Reuters, the Associated Press, and USA Today, among others. He has also appeared as an expert legal analyst on radio and television outlets such as PBS News Hour, the British Broadcasting Company, Australian Broadcasting Company, Al Jazeera Television, the Voice of Russia, WYES, and WWL-TV. The central issue in the BP litigation, and what could significantly increase the size of the damages awarded, is whether the oil spill was caused by the defendants’ gross negligence. However, the meaning of that phrase remains unclear in the jurisprudence, and there is scant precedent for applying it in a complex, highrisk scenario such as deep-water drilling. In a recent Michigan State Law Review article, LeCesne proposed a novel standard for interpreting gross negligence in the context of high-risk activities and hypothetically applies it to the facts in the BP oil spill disaster. His proposed liability analysis has received widespread interest and acclaim nationally and could be used by the courts to resolve the crucial gross negligence determination in the BP case and future mass environmental torts. His article is titled: Crude Decisions: Re-examining Degrees of Negligence in the Context of the BP Oil Spill, 2012 Mich. St. L. Rev. 103 (2012) (available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1941864).
Gave public lecture on climate change adaptation in Calcutta, India, and was featured in the “The Times of India.” http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ home/environment/global-warming/USs-Kyotoexit-a-big-mistake-Former-Obama-govermentofficial/articleshow/17498446.cms BERNARD KEITH VETTER, Ted and Louana Frois Distinguished Professor of International Law Studies Honoree at a banquet held on September 20, 2012, in the Great Hall of All Souls College, Oxford. The banquet was hosted by Professor Boudewijn Sirks, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. It was given on behalf of former members of the Comité Directeur of the Société Internationale Pour l’ Histoire des Droits d'antiquité. Vetter served as a member of the three-person Comité, with Dean Peter Pieler of the University of Vienna Law School and Dr. Peter Birks, then Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. Vetter previously lectured at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Delivered a eulogy for Professor Obrad Stanojevic at the 66th Congress of the Société, held September 18 – 22, 2012, at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. Stanojevic taught at Loyola College of Law both in New Orleans and in Summer Sessions in Mexico and Russia. He was a renowned Roman Law scholar and former dean of the University of Belgrade Law School. JEANNE M. WOODS, Henry F. Bonura, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law Invited to be a reviewer for two peer-reviewed journals: The Leiden Journal of International Law and Law and Social Inquiry. Invited guest at the re-activation conference of the African Society of International Law in Maputo, Mozambique. Attended the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, February 25 – 28, 2013, at The International Conference Center London, United Kingdom.
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Producing Leaders in the Judiciary By Natasha Lacoste, J.D. ’11
ALUMNI GARNER SUCCESS AS HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS OF THE BENCH.
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The number of graduates of the College of Law who have gone on to become judges is in the hundreds, as evidenced by the “Wall of Judges” in the first floor of the main law school building. However, Loyola does not stop at merely producing judges; it has generated jurists of the highest caliber—chief judges, appellate judges, and state Supreme Court justices. Achieving the position of a high ranking judge takes not only hard work, but fortitude as well. Those who attain these positions do so through dedication to their profession, pride in their work, and many years of service. The following women and men have made impressive strides in their judicial careers, and the College of Law is honored to feature them. Justice Jeannette Knoll, J.D. ’69 Chief Judge Vanessa Guidry-Whipple, J.D. ’80 Chief Judge Susan Chehardy, J.D. ’85 Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart, J.D. ’74 Chief Judge James McKay, J.D. ’74 Chief Judge Cameron Simmons ’79, J.D. ’82 BRINGING GENDER AND VALUES TO THE BENCH Justice Jeannette Knoll, J.D. ’69 (Louisiana Supreme Court), Chief Judge Vanessa Guidry-Whipple, J.D. ’80 (Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal), and Chief Judge Susan Chehardy, J.D. ’85 (Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal) all had different paths and experiences that led them to the legal profession, but each was the first female to serve on her respective appellate bench. When Knoll was elected to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal in 1982, she was the first woman elected to a reviewing court in Louisiana. Moreover, Guidry-Whipple and Chehardy are the first female chief judges of the First and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeal. “Females bring a woman’s perspective, while males bring a man’s perspective, both of which are important components to the bench,” says Knoll, who had an unconventional path to the law. Knoll planned to follow her mother’s footsteps—have a dozen children, be a housewife, and be involved with music. Her mother was a classical pianist; Knoll is an opera singer. She won a Metropolitan Opera Association and New Orleans Opera Guild Scholarship at age 18 to study voice under the direction of Maestro Adler of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. Thankfully for the legal community, her husband-to-be, Eddie Knoll, had other
Justice Jeannette Knoll, J.D. ’69
Chief Judge Vanessa Guidry-Whipple, J.D. ’80
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Chief Judge Susan Chehardy, J.D. ’85
plans. She enrolled at the College of Law because Eddie talked her into it. “He wanted to open a ‘Mom and Pop’ law firm after graduation,” she explains. “I told him I’d give law school two weeks. But I ended up falling in love with the law and just knew that this was my niche.” After working as an assistant district attorney for a number of years, Knoll grew tired of trial work and the long hours it entailed. So she decided to pursue a judgeship in order to have more time to spend with her family. Knoll notes that her singing was wonderful preparation for becoming a judge. “Singing was superb training for adversarial law,” she says. “You sang to be critiqued; it was an extremely stressful experience. And it also helped prepare me for the rigors of campaigning.” Guidry-Whipple was drawn to the legal profession while working for a local newspaper after receiving her undergraduate degree. “It was then that I realized what a large impact lawyers have on society—how they shape policies and procedures throughout the world. Also, I wanted to do
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something meaningful while still being able to have a family life,” she says. After practicing for 10 years, Guidry-Whipple felt prepared to work at the appellate level. “I have a great passion for reading and writing, and these skills are constantly used by judges,” she says. Chehardy sought a judgeship for two somewhat related reasons: first, her family had instilled in her a deep commitment to public service, and second, being a judge gave her the opportunity to help people on a broader stage. “As a judge, your reach goes further than when practicing law,” she says. All three women have made, and continue to make, many notable accomplishments as practicing lawyers and as judges. Knoll observes that her most notable case occurred during her early days of practice, when she was assigned a case involving an indigent defendant—State v. James. Mr. James was an African American ex-convict charged with raping a white woman, which was a capital offense. At that time, women were not allowed to serve on juries. Thus, the jury was comprised of all men, only one of which was African American. At trial, Knoll proved who the actual perpetrator was and obtained an acquittal. During jury deliberations, the district attorney offered her client a plea—a misdemeanor. She told Mr. James of the offer, but said if he took it, she would withdraw from the case because she believed so much in the strength of his case. Since being elected in 1982, Knoll has authored approximately 1150 opinions, 286 of those while serving on the Louisiana Supreme Court. Guidry-Whipple highlights the tremendous caseload, both civil and criminal, at the First Circuit Court of Appeal. “Although there is a heavy caseload, everyone I work with, from the judges to the staff, is wonderful,” she says. “All of the judges know each other really well, and my colleagues are interesting, creative, and extremely hardworking.” Guidry-Whipple also notes that recently, and for the first time in history, the court had an all-women panel of judges. When Chehardy was appointed ad hoc to sit in interim on the district court, she was thrilled because she knew that for the first few years she would be handling domestic cases. “I knew there was a better way for parents to handle custody disputes rather than ‘duking it out’ in the courtroom,” she says.
At this time, the practice of alternative dispute resolution was just becoming prevalent, and after her appointment, Chehardy was able to work with the family mediation counsel. She loved this—working to replace the concept that the court knew better than the parents what was best for their children. “And over the past 20 years, there has been a huge decrease in contested custody cases at the appellate level,” she notes. “The culture has changed. More and more people are settling custody disputes themselves without the help of the courts.” Both Guidry-Whipple and Chehardy believe that the College of Law instills a sense of duty to give back to the community through service. Their education at the law school taught them to use their skills and the intellectual gifts they were given to help others. Chehardy notes that Loyola is excellent: “Judges take the bench along with their life experiences and viewpoints, and when you have this type of moral base, it is much easier to take the bench,” she says. “Thus, the values you learn at Loyola transfer not just to your profession, but to your personal life as well.” BREAKING BARRIERS In 1991, Carl E. Stewart, J.D. ’74, made history by becoming the first African American judge elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal. After serving with distinction on that court for several years, he became the first African American on the new United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Stewart was the only African American on that court for 17 years. He is also the Fifth Circuit’s first African American chief judge, ascending to that position in 2012. When asked how it was being the only African American judge, Stewart states: “Before I became a judge, there were many experiences where I was the only African American. Thus, I was used to it. I just tried to be excellent in any task assigned to me, and if you garner the reputation of being hardworking, respectful, and competent, this is how others will view you.” Stewart chose to pursue a legal career for a number of reasons. From an early age, his parents taught him that education was a great equalizer, and while in college he became aware that lawyers, especially leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, were using their skills to bring about societal changes. Also, he liked the fact that being a lawyer is a service profession. “As a lawyer, you get to help clients resolve their
Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart, J.D. ’74
problems, and in general, just help people,” he says. Stewart also enjoyed writing, exchanging ideas, and working with all types of people, making a legal career a natural fit for him. When the war broke out in Vietnam, Stewart had a low draft number, and by joining the ROTC unit at Loyola he was able to delay his entry into the service. “After I finished law school, I knew I had a military obligation to enter JAG.” He served in the JAG corps for approximately two years before entering private practice and then working as a prosecutor. In the mid-1980s, Stewart had decided to leave his prosecutorial office and move into private practice. However, a seat became open on the First Judicial District Court of Louisiana, and he was encouraged to pursue the vacancy. At that time the only African American judges in Louisiana were located in New Orleans. “I was extremely apprehensive about running, and thought my odds of winning were slim,” he says. “Nevertheless, I decided to jump right in and immersed myself in the campaign.”
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Chief Judge James McKay, J.D. ’74
After winning, Stewart says it took some time to sink in that he was not returning to private practice. However, once he assumed the office, he felt extremely comfortable with the work. His parents’ teachings and his education had prepared him well for the bench. When a seat became vacant on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, his family encouraged him to take advantage of the opportunity. He did, and was elected in 1991. Then in 1994, Stewart was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. “Loyola provides people with a fundamental education that puts them in good standing in any profession they chose to pursue, whether law related or not.” Stewart credits Loyola for much of his success. He noted that his prior law clerks from the College of Law measured up to clerks from other schools, even those from Ivy League institutions.
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CONNECTING WITH THE PEOPLE For James McKay, J.D. ’74, chief judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, having a deep understanding of the day-to-day problems that individuals face is what matters most, especially as a member of the bench. “I was always service oriented,” he says. “I never practiced in a law firm. And during my time as a state prosecutor, I developed a great empathy for others, along with an understanding of how the real world functions.” After practicing law for eight years in the public sector, McKay was ready for a change. “I felt that my time as a prosecutor had given me the tools that the public most certainly wants its judges to possess—empathy and a deep knowledge of problems that individuals face on a daily basis,” he says. A seat had opened on the Criminal District Court when McKay’s close friend, Chief Judge Bernard J. Bagert, died. “It was a question of an opportunity making itself available,” McKay says. “Plus my wife and extended family were extremely supportive of this decision.” When a vacancy later occurred on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, McKay had been on the criminal bench 15 years and was once again ready for a change. “Things at the criminal court had become a bit monotonous, and I had accomplished what I wanted to do,” he notes. In addition to his service on the bench, McKay displays service to his city and state as an active member in the Irish community in New Orleans as well as nationwide. This past St. Patrick’s Day, he was named Hibernian of the Year by the Ancient Order of Hibernians—the oldest (established in 1836) and largest Irish-Catholic organization in the United States. McKay also serves as the Honorary Consul General of Ireland for the state of Louisiana. A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CHIEF JUDGE Cameron Simmons ’79, J.D. ’82, also holds the title of chief judge, but his court is a bit different. Simmons was appointed to the Chitimacha Tribal Court in 1990. Chitimacha is one of three tribal courts in Louisiana, along with Coushatta and Tunica-Biloxi. He now serves as the chief judge of the tribal court at the district level. When the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted
in 1934, Indian tribes were given power to establish their own court systems. These tribal courts have jurisdiction to hear and settle all types of disputes that arise within the territorial boundaries of the tribe. The cases range from family law matters to personal injury claims against casinos. However, there are some differences between Tribal Court and other courts. “At the Tribal Court, I have more resources at my disposal than in the state court system, especially with regards to juveniles,” Simmons says. Also in 1990, Simmons ran for an opening on the city court against an incumbent of 18 years. He won, but he kept his private law practice for many years since serving as a judge in a rural community is a part-time appointment. Simmons was thrilled to wear two hats for the majority of his legal career—those of judge and practicing lawyer. While at the College of Law, Simmons participated in the legal clinic. “My participation in the clinic was instrumental in preparing me to become a lawyer. I once represented an armed robbery defendant in the CDC in New Orleans and tried that case in front of a jury. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the courtroom.”After graduation, he sought employment in the city of Jeanerette, Louisiana. “Although I was born and raised in New Orleans, I wanted to live and work in the country because I just love it here,” he says. “I absolutely love the practice of law, especially in a small community. Living in a
Chief Judge Cameron Simmons ’79, J.D. ’82
more rural environment really gives you the opportunity to cultivate close relationships with others.”
RECENT GRADUATES WHO HAVE OBTAINED FEDERAL CLERKSHIPS A number of recent graduates of the College of Law have obtained federal clerkships, putting them on the path to one day grace the “Wall of Judges” themselves. • Amenah Abdelfattah, J.D. ’13, The Hon. Karen Wells Roby, U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana, Magistrate Judge • Lindsey Harreld Chopin, J.D. ’13, The Hon. Carl Barbier, J.D. ’70, U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana • Maria Teresa Gonzalez, J.D. ’12, The Hon. Gustavo Gelpi, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico • Mirais Holden, J.D. ’13, The Hon. Carl Barbier, J.D. ’70, U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana • Joe Landry, J.D. ’13, The Hon. Jay Zainey, U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana • Keriann Langley, J.D. ’12, The Hon. Carl Barbier, J.D. ’70, U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana • Krystal Norton, J.D. ’13, The Hon. William Stogner, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration Judge, New Orleans, Louisiana • Lacey E. Rochester, J.D. ’12, The Hon. Wendy Hagenau, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia • Peter Segrist, J.D. ’13, The Hon. Patricia Minaldi, U.S.D.C. Western District Louisiana • Meera Unnithan Sossamon, J.D. ’12, The Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, J.D. ’74, U.S. Eastern District of Louisiana
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College of Law Alumni in the Judiciary The Hon. Terry Alarcon, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Ronald Allen, J.D. ’82 The Hon. Randy Angelle, J.D. ’77 The Hon. Glenn Ansardi, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Joseph Anzalone, J.D. ’64* The Hon. Deborah Armstrong, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Joan Arnold, J.D. ’67 The Hon. Allen Babineaux, J.D. ’50* The Hon. Reginald Badeaux, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Rex Barbas, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Carl Barbier, J.D. ’70 The Hon. Denis Barry, J.D. ’58 The Hon. Regina Bartholomew, J.D. ’99 The Hon. Stephen Beasley, J.D. ’89 The Hon. Mary Becnel, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Debra Behnke, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Joan Benge, J.D. ’90 The Hon. William Bennett, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Denald Beslin, J.D. ’52 The Hon. Randall Bethancourt, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Leo Blessing, J.D. ’33* The Hon. Paul Bonin, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Frederick Bowes, J.D. ’48* The Hon. Edward Boyle, J.D. ’35* The Hon. Charles Brackin, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Thomas Brahney, J.D. ’42* The Hon. Thomas Brahney, J.D. ’63* The Hon. Marcus Broussard, J.D. ’55 The Hon. Edward Broussard, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Robert Burbank, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Robert Burns, J.D. ’69 The Hon. William Byrnes, J.D. ’68* The Hon. Gerard Caire, J.D. ’64 The Hon. Pascal Calogero, J.D. ’54 The Hon. James Cannella, J.D. ’67 The Hon. Leon Cannizzaro, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Patrick Carr, J.D. ’50* The Hon. Oliver Carriere, J.D. ’31* The Hon. Darryl Casanueva, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Roy Cascio, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Sidney Cates, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Desiree Charbonnet, J.D. ’94 The Hon. Tiffany Chase, J.D. ’96 The Hon. Susan Chehardy, J.D. ’85 The Hon. Raymond Childress, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Vern Clark, J.D. ’76 The Hon. John Conery, J.D. ’70 The Hon. George Connolly, J.D. ’50 The Hon. Charlotte Cooksey, J.D. ’71 The Hon. Thomas Daley, J.D. ’78 The Hon. June Darensburg, J.D. ’94 The Hon. Thomas Delricci, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Louis DeSonier, J.D. ’52* The Hon. Louis Di Rosa, J.D. ’50 The Hon. Elaine Dimiceli, J.D. ’77 The Hon. James Doherty, J.D. ’71 The Hon. B. Jeffrey Doran, J.D. ’79
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The Hon. Ned Doucet, J.D. ’70 The Hon. Frank Dougherty, J.D. ’51* The Hon. Louis Douglas, J.D. ’91 The Hon. James Downs, J.D. ’66 The Hon. Stephen Duczer, J.D. ’63 The Hon. Edward Dufresne, J.D. ’63* The Hon. Thomas Duplantier J.D. ’80 The Hon. Adrian Duplantier, J.D. ’49* The Hon. William Dupont, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Melvin Duran, J.D. ’52* The Hon. Marion Edwards, J.D. ’67 The Hon. Blair Edwards, J.D. ’98 The Hon. Jules Edwards, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Timothy Ellender, J.D. ’70 The Hon. Gerald Fedoroff, J.D. ’54* The Hon. Manuel Fernandez, J.D. ’67 The Hon. Sheldon Fernandez, J.D. ’68* The Hon. Jeffrey Finley, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Brady Fitzsimmons, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Tracey Flemings-Davillier, J.D. ’94 The Hon. Ronald Fonseca, J.D. ’62 The Hon. Richard Fowler, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Robert Freeman, J.D. ’65 The Hon. Paul Garofalo, J.D. ’38* The Hon. Richard Garvey, J.D. ’52 The Hon. H. Gaudin, J.D. ’58 The Hon. Herbert Gautreaux, J.D. ’71 The Hon. James Genovese, J.D. ’74 The Hon. George Giacobbe, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Edward Gillin, J.D. ’47* The Hon. Carolyn Gill-Jefferson, J.D. ’79 The Hon. James Glancey, J.D. ’59 The Hon. Sol Gothard, J.D. ’62 The Hon. Stephen Grefer, J.D. ’91 The Hon. Joseph Grefer, J.D. ’59 The Hon. Glenn Gremillion, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Dominic Grieshaber, J.D. ’51* The Hon. Charles Grisbaum, J.D. ’62 The Hon. Isom Guillory, J.D. ’19* The Hon. Richard Haik, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Francis Halligan, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Walter Hamlin, J.D. ’19* The Hon. Kernan Hand, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Gerard Hansen, J.D. ’64 The Hon. Lambert Hassinger, J.D. ’59* The Hon. John Heisserer, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Niles Hellmers, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Veronica Henry, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Stephen Huffaker, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Preston Hufft, J.D. ’49* The Hon. Arthur Hunter, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Charles Imbornone, J.D. ’71 The Hon. Todd Jacobson, J.D. ’88 The Hon. Andrea Janzen, J.D. ’82 The Hon. Madeline Jasmine, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Mark Jeansonne, J.D. ’91
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The Hon. Calvin Johnson, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Charles Jones, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Henry Keene, J.D. ’54* The Hon. Thomas Kingsmill, J.D. ’48* The Hon. Robert Klees, J.D. ’66 The Hon. Thomas Kliebert, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Jeannette Knisely, J.D. ’69 The Hon. Howard Knoll, J.D. ’78 The Hon. Patricia Koch, J.D. ’91 The Hon. Nancy Konrad, J.D. ’65 The Hon. Ellen Kovach, J.D. ’85 The Hon. James Kuhn, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Joseph La Haye, J.D. ’52 The Hon. Lawrence Lagarde, J.D. ’64 The Hon. Moon Landrieu, J.D. ’54 The Hon. Madeleine LandrieuSensenbrenner, J.D. ’87 The Hon. Joseph Landry, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Rosemary Ledet, J.D. ’85 The Hon. Ivan Lemelle, J.D. ’74 The Hon. M. Lauren Lemmon, J.D. ’90 The Hon. Harry Lemmon, J.D. ’63 The Hon. Mary Lemmon, J.D. ’64 The Hon. Lynn Lightfoot, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Bruce Lizana, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Joyce Lobrano, J.D. ’88 The Hon. John Lolley, J.D. ’71 The Hon. Edwin Lombard, J.D. ’70 The Hon. Ronald Loumiet, J.D. ’63 The Hon. Diane Lundeen, J.D. ’94 The Hon. Frank Lynch, J.D. ’76 The Hon. James Lynn, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Yada Magee, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Thomas Malik, J.D. ’60* The Hon. Alfred Mansour, J.D. ’51* The Hon. Billy Martin, J.D. ’67 The Hon. Frank Marullo, J.D. ’68 The Hon. James McInnis, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Richard McBride, J.D. ’20* The Hon. Patrick McCabe, J.D. ’76 The Hon. James McKay, J.D. ’74 The Hon. A. McNamara, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Michael Mentz, J.D. ’81 The Hon. John Millican, J.D. ’95* The Hon. Pegram Mire, J.D. ’78 The Hon. John Molaison, J.D. ’86 The Hon. John Molaison, J.D. ’60* The Hon. Steve Mortillaro, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Salvadore Mule, J.D. ’62 The Hon. Robert Murphy, J.D. ’74 The Hon. John Naccari, J.D. ’79* The Hon. Gail Nelson, J.D. ’76 The Hon. Perry Nicosia, J.D. ’92 The Hon. Bruce Nunez, J.D. ’23* The Hon. William O’Hara, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Allison Penzato, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Melvyn Perez, J.D. ’61*
The Hon. John Peytavin, J.D. ’57 The Hon. Robert Pitre, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Robin Pittman, J.D. ’96 The Hon. Mark Pizzo, J.D. ’77 The Hon. Richard Putnam, J.D. ’37* The Hon. William Redmann, J.D. ’52* The Hon. Angelique Reed, J.D. ’85 The Hon. Morris Reed, J.D. ’77 The Hon. Kern Reese, J.D. ’77 The Hon. Cornelius Regan, J.D. ’77 The Hon. William Roe, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Lee Romero, J.D. ’68 The Hon. Walter Rothschild, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Samuel Rowe, J.D. ’69* The Hon. Lewis Sams, J.D. ’88 The Hon. Jacques Sanborn, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Martha Sassone-Remele, J.D. ’79 The Hon. Preston Savoy, J.D. ’33* The Hon. Patrick Schott, J.D. ’53 The Hon. Francis Schultz, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Andrew Sciambra, J.D. ’66* The Hon. Paul Sens, J.D. ’81 The Hon. John Shea, J.D. ’58 The Hon. Frank Shea, J.D. ’55* The Hon. Ronald Sholes, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Sally Shushan, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Cameron Simmons, J.D. ’82 The Hon. Raymond Snowdy, J.D. ’82 The Hon. Sylvia Steib, J.D. ’74 The Hon. James Steib, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Edward Stewart, J.D. ’39* The Hon. James Stoulig, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Henry Strain, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Michael Sullivan, J.D. ’73* The Hon. J. Sullivan, J.D. ’84 The Hon. Howard Taylor, J.D. ’48* The Hon. Susan Theall, J.D. ’85 The Hon. M. Tiemann, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Camille Tifft, J.D. ’86 The Hon. Chet Traylor, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Susan Tungate, J.D. ’75 The Hon. Louis Volz, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Hubert Vondenstein, J.D. ’63* The Hon. Dennis Waldron, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Miriam Waltzer, J.D. ’71 The Hon. John Wessel, J.D. ’68* The Hon. Vanessa Whipple, J.D. ’80 The Hon. Charlotte White, J.D. ’73 The Hon. Veronica Wicker, J.D. ’66* The Hon. Charles Wiegand, J.D. ’70 The Hon. Marie Williams, J.D. ’96 The Hon. Lorain Wingerter, J.D. ’40* The Hon. Billie Woodard, J.D. ’81 The Hon. Melvin Zeno, J.D. ’74 The Hon. Franz Zibilich, J.D. ’84 * Deceased
THANK YOU! The College of Law thanks the following distinguished leaders in the legal community for their dedication and service for the spring 2013 semester.
ADJUNCT FACULTY Raymond Areaux J. Robert Ates Virginia Boulet Jaye A. Calhoun Richard Chopin Arthur A. Crais Kathleen C. Gasparian Jerry John Glas Emily K. Greenfield Karen Hallstrom Stephen Herman Margaret M. Joffe Brian A. Leftwich David J. Messina Stanley Millan Michael M. Noonan Bryan Reuter Lloyd N. Shields Randall Smith Mark C. Surprenant Delcianna Winders L. John Zeller CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE) Shaun M. Aulita Steven M. Birnbaum* Alan G. Brackett * Arthur J. Brewster F. Noel Cieutat Lori R. Cohen, Ph.D. Jennifer C. deBlanc The Hon. Nancy S. Dolder* David A. Duhon* Kenneth G. Engerrand* Stephen C. Embry Lewis Fleishman Billy J. Frey Christopher M. Galichon Richard L. Garelick Eric R. Gotwalt Bobby Marzine Harges Claire Hesse John F. Karpousis
Brian C. Karsen The Hon. Clement J. Kennington Becki Truscott Kondkar Patricia A. Krebs Lindsay Ladouceur Ralph R. Lorberbaum* Linda Magee-Jones Monica F. Markovich Robert A. McLaughlin Kay McLaughlin Derek Mercer Roxanne Newman Kim Ngan Nguyen Amie C. Peters Gary B. Pitts Robert N. Popich Lawrence P. Postol The Hon. Lee J. Romero, Jr.* The Hon. Patrick Rosenow Collins C. Rossi* Steven C. Schletker David Widener *denotes CLE advisory board member For more information on CLE, visit www.loyno.edu/cle LAW SKILLS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (FALL 2012 AND SPRING 2013) Robert Angelle Wayne Babovich Brian Barnes Nicholas Berg Philip J. Borne The Hon. Camille Buras Kathleen K. Charvet Chris A. Cornaghie Lenny D’Angelo Bobby Delise Vanassa Douglas Davida Finger
Marion Floyd Monique Garsaud Kristen Gerrets Pat Glorioso Tom Grace The Hon. John Grout Patricia Hawley Beau D. Haynes, Jr. Stephen Hébért Cashauna Hill Justin Hollister Christy Howley Christine Keller William N. King Anthony LaNasa Nahum Laventhal The Hon. Ivan Lemelle Liz Meneray Joseph M. Miller Jody Montelaro Francis X. Norton, Jr. Eric O’Bell Carisa G. Oden Kurt Offner Mike Prieto Joseph Raspanti Ameca Reali John W. Redmann Fred Reggie Richard Sackett Chip Saulsbury Ben Saunders Michael Schachtman Steven Serio Dr. Philip Shelton Anette Sikka William J. Sommers Charles O. Taylor Conrad S.P. “Duke” Williams III Charlsey J. Wolff Rebeca Zuniga-Hamlin For more information on Law Skills and Experiential Learning, visit law.loyno.edu/skillscurriculum
Hail to the By Shelby Schultheis ’14
Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91
THE HON. PASCAL F. CALOGERO, JR., J.D. ’54, H’91, DEMONSTRATES A LIFE OF SERVICE TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY With his lifetime of hard work and dedication to upholding the law, Loyola University College of Law alumnus and retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91, has spent the better part of his 81 years respecting the rights of individuals while presiding over the Louisiana Supreme Court with integrity and compassion for 18 of his 36 years on the bench. Calogero had a respect for the law instilled in him at a young age. By recognizing the gift his son had received with a scholarship to attend Loyola, Calogero’s father brought him to a local attorney’s office. The attorney told the young Calogero how he should register for classes to get the greatest benefit from his time at Loyola. “It turned out that I loved the law from the start,” Calogero says. “I really enjoyed everything about it, and I still love it today. That decision was made not by me, but by my father, but it was a good one, a superb one.” Calogero says that one of the benefits of attending Loyola was that it brought him out of the segregationist New Orleans as a youth, to a professional education at a 18
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remarkable Jesuit institution. “I didn’t go to school with a black person until I was in my second year of law school,” Calogero says. A Catholic education and the introduction to social justice also helped to shape Calogero during his time at Loyola. He graduated first in his law school class in June 1954. His education and early exposure to politics in his neighborhood in downtown New Orleans began to generate an interest in Calogero to aspire to public office someday. After graduating and spending some time in the Army, Calogero formed a partnership with Moon Landrieu and Charles Kronlage, and together they started their own law firm. “We did well from our very small office on Broad near Washington Avenue in New Orleans,” Calogero says. “It was a former dentist’s office atop the Kiddie Shop.” After Landrieu was elected first to the House of Representatives and then City Council, Calogero and Kronlage moved their law practice to Baronne St. Two
years later, Calogero ran for the Louisiana Supreme Court for the first time–and was elected in an uphill political race against a field of prominent opponents. Calogero became the longest-serving justice in the history of the Louisiana Supreme Court. After being elected in 1972, he served for 36 years, spending 18 of those years as an associate justice and another 18 years as the chief justice, a position he received by virtue of seniority. In order to remain on the court, Calogero had to be elected four consecutive times. “I know if I had lost and gone into debt from any of those campaigns and suffered the disruption in my legal career by a limited stint as a justice, it would have left me a less pleasant person perhaps. But I won each of the four races, and everything was clover,” Calogero says, “notwithstanding the disputes and contentiousness of the elections, because for each of the four times I ran for the office I was able to get out of the confinement of my office. I loved campaigning, I suppose, largely because I could meet the people of my four-parish district, shaking hands, making speeches, and essentially being a ‘peacock.’” As chief justice, Calogero spearheaded numerous reform initiatives in the administration of justice in Louisiana, many of which serve as national models of court improvement. Throughout his career, he participated in more than 6,000 orally argued cases and authored more than 1,000 majority opinions, in addition to hundreds of concurrences and dissents. In 1991, Calogero received the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Jurist Award and an honorary doctor of laws degree from Loyola. The following year, he received a master of laws degree in judicial process from the University of Virginia. Calogero was one of the first inductees in the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. The Louisiana Bar Foundation instituted an annual Calogero Justice Award in his honor out
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of respect for his contributions in leading the Supreme Court to establish an IOLTA program (interest on lawyer’s trust accounts), which has allowed the foundation to distribute millions of dollars for the benefit of lawyer groups for the poor throughout the state. This award recognizes a local, state, or national organization or individual who has significantly contributed to Louisiana’s justice system. In 2007, Calogero was given the Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence by the American Judicature Society. On February 22, 2013, Calogero received the prestigious St. Ives Award at the College of Law Alumni Luncheon, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans. The St. Ives Award is named for the patron saint of lawyers and is presented annually to an alumnus who has volunteered services to the College of Law or the university, has maintained the highest standards of the profession, and furthered the mission of the alumni association. Calogero has 10 children, eight from his first wife and two from his second. Of the 10, six are lawyers (two of them are Loyola law graduates), one daughter a nurse, another daughter a teacher, “It turned out that I loved one son a computer analyst, and another son a chief the law from the start. I marine engineer. Aside from spending really enjoyed everything time with his family, Calogero’s only other about it, and I still love it hobby is work. Refusing to today.” retire after leaving the Louisiana Supreme Court in 2008, Calogero opened his own law practice sharing space with the law firm Ajubita, Leftwich, and Salzer, where his friend, Albert Ajubita, a tax attorney with a Loyola law degree himself, is a senior partner of a successful law firm. “I am ‘of counsel’ to that firm, which means that I pay my own way and support myself entirely with no ownership interest in that firm,” Calogero says. “But with the help of my small staff and my abiding interest in the law and the legal profession, I’ve attracted enough business to be fairly successful.” Calogero’s plans are to continue working until circumstances arrive that prevent him from doing so. “My plans are to continue working until I can’t, or until enough of my friends tell me that I’m embarrassing myself or the profession, in which case I hope I’ll be smart enough to retire,” Calogero says while laughing. “More than likely, if I were to suffer a serious illness, it would put an end to my career. God willing, that won’t happen soon.”
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The Impact of Education
Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91
THE HON. PASCAL F. CALOGERO, JR., J.D. ’54, H’91, RECEIVED THE ST. IVES AWARD AT THE COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI LUNCHEON. THE FOLLOWING ARE HIS REMARKS.
I graduated from Loyola Law School in 1954, a day filled with excitement about building a legal career. I could not then have imagined that I would be here today, more than half a century later, accepting such an honor as the St. Ives Award from the Loyola Law Alumni Association. Nor could I have imagined then, on the eve of becoming a lawyer, how that sense of excitement about practicing law would propel me through a legal career spanning 59 years, including 36 years as an elected justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and now having returned to private law practice. As I reflected on the honor you present today with the St. Ives Award, and also on the honor of having received Loyola’s Integritas Vitae Award in 2008, I thought I would take this opportunity to speak about Loyola’s contribution to my life and career—which may perhaps spark some parallels with your own experiences at Loyola. So, have you heard the one about the cleric, the baseball player, and the police officer? I’ll tell it to you. See, I owe my career path to the insistence of my father, a cop, and to the inter-
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vention of Br. Martin Hernandez, the principal of my high school for four years (St. Aloysius in New Orleans). And, yours truly, I would be the baseball player—with big league ambition as a kid, one with limited baseball talent. My father was a New Orleans police officer with formal schooling through the fourth grade. My mother, an Irish and German lass, was the granddaughter of an Algiers grocer. My grandmother, Mary Weigman Moore, told us how the Union troops at the end of the Civil War came through the grocery store and destroyed the interior, by among things, rupturing molasses barrels and sacks of flour. What a mess—that was what she often told us. I was raised in downtown New Orleans, educated in a New Orleans public grammar school (C. J. Colton) before attending St. Aloysius High—which is now known as Brother Martin High School. Although I harbored the ambition to be a baseball player— second baseman—or perhaps an accountant like my big brother Jack, my father insisted that I pursue the law. Incidentally, when
baseball coach Jack Orsley invited me to join the baseball team, and I would have had to drop a three-hour course in my pre-legal studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, my father offered me the option of finding another place to live. On the morning of my high school graduation, Br. Martin took me aside and told me that the school would announce that I had been awarded a college scholarship to Tulane—imagine!— But, in fact, I would not be going to Tulane, because Brother Martin had decided I should continue my Catholic education by attending Loyola instead. Incidentally, this development was because the number one student in our class, and the only other scholarship recipient, had decided to become an Oblate Priest, an order that ran St. Louis Cathedral Parish Church, but he did not want that news about his going off to join the priesthood revealed on the night of his high school graduation—perhaps because of his girlfriend or something like that. That path to Loyola included a generous scholarship to accomplish a tremendous education, including the Jesuits’ influence on building moral values, with an emphasis in law school on social justice. Without Loyola’s influence, it’s not likely that I would have so quickly and steadfastly grown beyond my childhood environment—a segregated South—to understand the civil rights challenges facing Louisiana and the urgent need for change and improvement in our state. I especially want to highlight the teachings of Fr. Fichter and Fr. Twomey, the Jesuit priests who were pushing ahead on matters of civil rights and racial integration, far ahead of many of the parishioners at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, the church right there besides Loyola’s campus. I remember well how I was entranced by Fr. Twomey’s law school course on “jurisprudence,” which might more properly have been described as “social justice”—exotic, exciting ideas to this kid from St. Roch and Dauphine Streets—two daily street car rides—for five straight years, the Desire or Gentilly street cars to Canal Street and the St. Charles streetcar to Loyola. Also, my education was broadened even further, thanks to Loyola’s having enrolled not only me, but also my fellow students Moon Landrieu and Charles Kronlage (these two would later become my law partners)—one from Jesuit, St. Aloysius, and Holy Cross High Schools—as well as Norman Francis and Ben Johnson (Norman and Ben were two black students who were admitted to Loyola Law School after our law class had finished its first year). Thinking about new things with new people is, I think, what a good education must be. Without Loyola’s scholarship, it’s unlikely that I would have been able to obtain a law degree. And, without that law degree, I wouldn’t have been able to advocate for justice for my clients, or participate as a justice in thousands of Louisiana Supreme Court decisions, including
personally authoring more than 1,000 majority opinions, or foster improvement of Louisiana’s administration of justice for its four million citizens. While it’s tempting to ascribe my path and its successes to fate (or simply good fortune or plain luck), I think it’s better to invoke the Jesuit principle of being self-reliant while contributing to the community. And, always, I have strived— perhaps imperfectly at times—to balance mind with heart. Just as Mother Teresa said, when we work hard all day long it sometimes feels that we are only a drop in the ocean. But, as she said, if our individual drops were not in the ocean, then the ocean would be dry. I feel the same way not only about my career but about the power of our alumni association, and our collective contribution to the Louisiana bar. Every drop makes a difference, whether ensuring that Louisiana jurisprudence reflects the constitutional principles of the United States and the state of Louisiana, or establishing a functioning indigent defense system in Louisiana, or improving systems for lawyer performance (through the Supreme Court’s created Disciplinary Board) and influencing judges and controlling conduct (through the Judiciary Commission), or advocating so that innocent persons may be freed (I have been so pleased to support the work of the Innocence Project of New Orleans, whose board I joined after retiring from the bench). I know that I would not be here today but for my Loyola education and the support of my wonderful family, including my lovely wife and my 10 children, almost all of whom are in attendance here today. Only absent are my oldest son, David, who is a Lafayette, La., lawyer and busy today with his practice, and my two youngest daughters, Katie and Chrissy, who are respectively a lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C., and a student who is today away taking an exam at her law school in Cambridge, Mass. While I would have liked to have my whole family in attendance today, I would be remiss if I didn’t insist that they put their academic and professional responsibilities first, especially given that I’m standing up here telling you about the value—and responsibilities—of an education. See, I believe each of us can draw on the strength of our education and use our minds to make a difference. Our minds lead to our actions. Our actions become our character. And, I think, our character becomes our destiny. And that’s how Br. Martin’s decision to send the baseballplaying son of a New Orleans cop to Loyola launched the career of this lawyer-jurist before you today. And, by the way, I haven’t retired yet, and I don’t plan to retire while there’s still justice to fight for justice in our state and nation. I’m not one to exaggerate my accomplishments. But in this case, as you present the St. Ives Award, you’ve done it for me. And for that I thank you.
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A Force in Education By Nathan C. Martin
FANNY EDITH WINN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF LAW ROBERT GARDA, J.D. ’94, PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR REFORMING NEW ORLEANS’ TUMULTUOUS SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Before 2005, New Orleans schools were some of the nation’s worst. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a dizzying array of interested parties began a process that radically transformed the city’s school system. As Robert Garda, J.D. ’94, Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law, pointed out in a 2011 paper, the new reforms made Orleans Parish School District the only district in the United States with a majority of students attending charter schools. It also became one of the few school districts where the state has taken control of a vast majority of the schools under “Special education has state accountability laws. New Orleans is now effecbeen the leader in showing tively the proving ground for modern education reform in the United States. us where the current Garda’s paper, “The Politics of Education Reform: Lessons from New Orleans,” amounts to a map of the structure of our school territory and a broad consideration of the factors that system fails. Special led education in New Orleans to its current state. It education, more than discusses “the political divides and hurdles that arise when choice and charter models are adopted,” and the anything else, requires way in which political battles shape education reform. Garda exposes political unified governance and fault lines between key players and provides a window into how similar politstructural cohesion that [the ical forces will affect education reform elsewhere in the country, as school districts nationwide move toward the charter model. New Orleans school system] “The Politics of Education Reform” largely steered clear of judgment concerning the charter school debate. But in two papers published in 2012, Garda completely lacks.” asserted strong arguments, tackling the culture clash between the charter model and special education, and positing a novel critique and counterpoint to traditional approaches to school desegregation. Garda’s articles are timely, and have broad implications for schools in New Orleans and nationwide.
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Robert Garda, J.D. ’94
SPECIAL EDUCATION: TROUBLE IN THE CHARTERS The charter school model embraces the notion of accountability, which uses outcomes—gauged by test scores—as the primary means to determine a school’s quality. Accountability was legally formalized in 2001 with Congress’ passing the No Child Left Behind act. Charter schools are autonomous entities, with little oversight from a central authority other than monitoring their students’ test scores. This is meant to make schools accountable for student achievement on a school-by-school basis, but as Garda points out, the culture of accountability is not always amenable to educating students with special needs. “Special education has been the leader in showing us where the current structure of our school system fails,” Garda says. “Special education, more than anything else, requires unified governance
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and structural cohesion that [the New Orleans school system] completely lacks.” A major lawsuit filed in 2010 against the Louisiana Department of Education on behalf of all New Orleans students with special needs brought special education to the legal forefront. Garda’s paper on the topic, “Culture Clash: Special Education in Charter Schools,” argues that New Orleans’ model of charter “America’s youth will be school use has led to entering an unprecedented violations of disabled students’ civil rights. era of heterogeneity during Charter schools need their student body to their lives. The ability to achieve at a certain effectively operate in and level in order to maintain their charters, navigate through this which provides a multiracial and multiethnic strong disincentive to schools to enroll stuworld and business dents with disabilities. “In your normal, environment requires crosstraditional school discultural communication and trict, it doesn’t matter; you have to take these competence skills that their kids [with special parents did not have to needs],” Garda says. “Here, it’s a real probdevelop to succeed. lem, with all our charIntegrated schools, and only ter schools being able to selectively admit or integrated schools, will deny students. It’s just equip children with these going to push more and more out of the newly essential skills.” charter schools and into traditionally run schools as sort of the last choice.” Garda does not argue that accountability in itself is harmful to special education, and in fact often results in students with special needs receiving stronger curricula and becoming more integrated into normal classrooms. Because charter schools have the means to refuse enrollment of disabled students—thereby denying them access
to equal education choices—the special education question becomes one that must be dealt with before New Orleans’ charter school model succeeds, and before it becomes a viable alternative to traditional school models around the country. A HARD LOOK AT DESEGREGATION Garda’s second notable article of 2012 puts forth the cold, hard argument that true racial integration of schools will not take place until white parents understand its benefits for their children. Arguments in support of racial integration of schools, which still does not effectively exist in the United States 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education, traditionally hinge on the assertion that segregation harms minority students. Garda uses what’s known as the “interest convergence theory,” which argues that the rights of the unempowered will never be advanced unless they converge with the rights of the empowered, to make his case. He concludes in his paper that “multiracial schools will not be created or sustained unless white parents believe it to be in their children’s best interest.” “It is a jaded, horrible way to look at the world,” Garda says. “But it’s been proven to be a very realistic way to look at the world—we’re not doing these things because we want to help minorities or other unempowered groups. We do these things, in the end, because it helps us or helps our children.” Garda argues that incentives for white parents to support integration are already in place. The world is becoming increasingly multicultural, and the job and social environments into which students will enter upon graduation require skill sets that white students do not learn in schools in which they need not engage with non-white students. Garda points to globalization of the business environment and the fact that the white population of the United States is projected to no longer maintain a majority by as soon as 2050. Whether white parents will act in such a way to bring about school integration remains to be seen,
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but to neglect to do so, writes Garda, is to their children’s peril: “America’s youth will be entering an unprecedented era of heterogeneity during their lives. The ability to effectively operate in and navigate through this multiracial and multiethnic world and business environment requires cross-cultural communication and competence skills that their parents did not have to develop to succeed. Integrated schools, and only integrated schools, will equip children with these newly essential skills.” Each of these articles targets intensely large and important topics, and they do so with a degree of deftness and consideration for the greater good that characterizes the type of scholars working in Loyola’s College of Law. Garda’s work in education law at such a pivotal moment in the evolution of New Orleans’ school system makes articles such as these crucial to the local conversation. But since New Orleans has become a social laboratory for education reform nationwide, his work has far wider consequences and demands the attention of parties across the country invested in the future of schools in the United States.
Experts Gather to Discuss Special Education Reform The College of Law and Robert Garda, Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law, hosted “Special Education in a New Era of Reform,” a conference focusing on the impact of special education reforms on laws and practices, on campus March 1. A panel of experts from across the United States analyzed reform efforts and discussed topics including the impact of school vouchers on special education students, the availability and quality of special education in charter schools, identifying students with special needs, and achieving special education reform through class-action lawsuits. Panelists included: • MARCIA ARCENEAUX, J.D., PH.D., former Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind compliance attorney, Recovery School District • JOHN BORKOWSKI, J.D., Washington D.C.-based Hogan Lovells law firm • RUTH COLKER, J.D., distinguished university professor and Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State University • EDEN HEILMAN, J.D. ’06, senior staff attorney, Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center • WENDY HENSEL, J.D., associate dean for research and faculty development and professor of law, Georgia State University • MARK WEBER, J.D., St. Vincent de Paul Professor of Law, DePaul University • PAUL GROSSMAN, J.D., chief regional civil rights attorney, U.S. Department of Education (retired)
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ALUMNI EVENTS Class of 1987’s 30th Reunion
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Steven Cossé, J.D. ’74, El Dorado, Ark., president and CEO of Murphy Oil Corporation, was named 2012 Alumnus of the Year by the Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association.
1960s The Hon. Sol Gothard, J.D. ’62, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, State of Louisiana (ret.), Metairie, La., was presented, as first recipient, the Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW). The award will be given through the years to someone whose lifetime of service as a social worker epitomizes the objectives of the NOFSW, and the advancement of the practice and education in forensic social work.
The Hon. C. Emile “Peppi” Bruneau ’64 (social sciences), J.D. ’66, New Orleans, La., former state representative, was appointed to the Louisiana Board of Ethics. He was first elected to the Louisiana House in 1975 and served eight terms thereafter. He served on the House committee dealing with state ethics laws his entire tenure and was Republican for most of his legislative career.
Morton Katz, J.D. ’69, New Orleans, La., Of Counsel at Herman, Herman & Katz, L.L.C., was named president designate of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. He will serve a twoyear term as president, beginning in September.
1970s The Hon. James E. Kuhn, J.D. ’73, Ponchatoula, La., of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, received the Distinguished Service Award from 28
The Hon. Sylvia Taylor Dunn, J.D. ’74, Reserve, La., the first African-American woman to graduate from the College of Law and also the first black cashier at the Winn-Dixie in LaPlace, La., was the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration in LaPlace, La.
Donna D. Fraiche, J.D. ’75, shareholder of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and Consul-General of Japan for New Orleans, received the Weiss Award from The New Orleans Council for Community and Justice (NOCCJ) for being influential in promoting the advancement of social understanding and care.
Larry Curtis, J.D. ’77, Lafayette, La., was selected for inclusion as one of Louisiana’s top 50 lawyers in the 2013 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers. He has been listed in the practice areas of maritime/transportation law every year since its inaugural publication in 2007. This is the second year he has been named as one of Louisiana’s top 50 lawyers. Larry was also listed in the 2013 edition of the Woodward & White publication The Best Lawyers in America. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Lafayette Bar Association as immediate past president and as an officer of the Holy Cross Council of the Knights of Columbus.
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Mark Surprenant, J.D. ’77, New Orleans, La., and U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey founded SOLACE, the Supporters of Lawyers/Legal Personnel All Concern Encouraged, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary of helping legal personnel connect with one another in times of crisis. SOLACE has more than 7,700 members in Louisiana and has become a model for programs in 11 states and Puerto Rico. In addition, Mark received the Distinguished Donor Award from The Pro Bono Project for his consistent and increasing personal donations every year, time commitment, and overall volunteerism within the organization. He has held every title within The Pro Bono Project, from case handler to committee member, and he ultimately rose to board chair in 2008.
Jane Kreusler-Walsh, J.D. ’78, North Palm Beach, Fla., known by her peers as “The Appellate Queen,” celebrated her firm, Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas, P.A., being honored in the business category at the Athena Awards. The award is presented to women who make a difference in the community, excel in their professions, and make the time to mentor other women.
The Hon. Terry Alarcon, J.D. ’79, joined Chaffe McCall’s New Orleans, La., office. Terry serves as Of Counsel and practices in the firm’s government and white collar criminal practice group. He previously served as chief judge of the 41st Judicial District Criminal Court.
Raymond Brandt ’69 (accounting), M.B.A. ’72, J.D. ’79, reigned as king of Argus parade in Metairie, La., for Mardi Gras 2013.
The Hon. James “Jim” Lamz ’76 (arts in commerce), J.D. ’79,
Slidell, La., Slidell City Court, received the Crystal Gavel Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association for performing services out of a sense of duty, responsibility, and professionalism, and for having made a difference in his local community and organizations.
1980s Steven J. Lane, J.D. ’80, New Orleans, La., managing partner at Herman, Herman & Katz, L.L.C., spoke on “professionalism” at the LSBA seminar, “Mastering the Deposition: Tips & Techniques,” on Nov. 28; presented “How to Act Like a Professional” to Loyola University College of Law students on Dec. 6; and spoke at the Annual Family Law Conferences at the Pan American Life Center on Dec. 6. He also was named to the 2012 LAWDRAGON 500, a list of the top 500 attorneys in the U.S.
Gina Trippi, J.D. ’80, and John Kerr moved to Asheville, N.C., from Washington, D.C., and opened Metro Wines. Gina also founded Vegan Sommelier (www.vegansommelier), a business dedicated to animalproduct free wines.
Paul O. Dicharry ’69 (political science), J.D. ’81, Baton Rouge, La., of Taylor Porter, was named Baton Rouge Litigation – Environmental “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers.
The Hon. Michael Mentz, J.D. ’81, Metairie, La., took office Jan. 1 as judge for the 24th Judicial District Court in Gretna, La.
Jeanmarie Nicholson ’78 (communication), J.D. ’81, Arlington, Va., received an OECA International Mission award for outstanding teamwork, perseverance, and commitment between EPA and the Coast Guard to jointly enforce U.S. and
International air pollution requirements.
Edgar “Dooky” Chase III ’71 (management), J.D. ’83, New Orleans, La., was named Jesuit High School’s 2012 Alumnus of the Year.
Nathan Bruce Duthu, J.D. ’83, White River Junction, Vt., an enrolled member of the United Houma Nation of Louisiana, has been the Samson Occom Professor of Native American studies and the chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College since 2009. A board member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, he has spent the past 25 years teaching and lecturing all over the world, including Russia, China, France, New Zealand, and Australia. He also is the author of American Indians and the Law. His latest book, Shadow Nations: Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism, is due out early next year.
Kimberly A. Cook, J.D. ’84, formerly of Abadin Cook, joined Sedgwick, L.L.P., establishing a Miami, Fla., office for the firm. Kimberly specializes in professional liability defense, complex litigation, and catastrophic injury defense cases.
Ramón A. Abadin, J.D. ’85, formerly of Abadin Cook, joined Sedgwick, L.L.P., establishing a Miami, Fla., office for the firm. Ramón focuses his practice on complex commercial, insurance, and corporate litigation matters, as well as specialty tort defense litigation and premises liability.
Cheryl Landrieu, J.D. ’85, New Orleans, La., the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s long-time research attorney, was appointed as the court’s third clerk of court, and the first woman to hold the position.
Kim D. McGuire, J.D. ’85, attorney in five jurisdictions, child advocate, attorney ad litem, and forensic interviewer, has authored Without Recourse? Finding Your Voice!, now available on amazon.com
Robert Zarbin, J.D. ’86, became the proud father of a daughter, Ava, on October 1, 2012. Ava joins big brother Gino, age 2. Robert and his wife reside in Annapolis, Md. Robert recently opened his own law practice, Zarbin Law Firm in Upper Marlboro, Md.
The Hon. Mitchell Theriot, J.D. ’88, Lockport, La., former business administration professor at Nicholls, began his new career as judge for the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B, when he was sworn in on Jan. 23. Along with teaching and practicing law at his private office for 25 years, Mitchell also served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for eight years.
1990s Bradley J. Chauvin ’87 (marketing), J.D. ’90, was named partner with Couch, Conville & Blitt, L.L.C., a multi-state law firm based in New Orleans, La.
Mark Shaw, J.D. ’90, Coppell, Texas, formerly Southwest Airlines’ Associate General Counsel of Corporate & Transactions, became vice president and General Counsel on Feb. 1, 2013.
Laurie Young, J.D. ’91, New Orleans, La., partner with Adams and Reese, was named among the “Women of the Year 2012” by New Orleans CityBusiness, which in its 14th year, is recognizing 50 women who have helped move the region forward with energy, innovative ideas, achievements, and a commitment to excellence.
Jeffrey M. Baudier, J.D. ’93, joined the Baton Rouge, La., office of Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., as a partner, where his practice will focus on serving clients in the oil, gas, and energy industries. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Petra Nova, L.L.C., an NRG company, where he led the creation of an industry-leading joint venture that uses carbon dioxide captured from existing coal plants to revitalize production at mature oil fields in Texas and Louisiana through proven Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes.
Jeff Brooks, J.D. ’93, Adams and Reese’s Washington, D.C., office partner in charge, was appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee, which oversees the strategic operations of the firm and its 14 offices in 13 markets strategically located throughout the southern U.S. and Washington, D.C.
Clancy J. DuBos III, J.D. ’93, New Orleans, La., was named to Family Service of Greater New Orleans’ list of the city’s most outstanding individuals who gave of their time to support local, nonprofit causes during the past year. He also was named Holy Cross School’s 2012 Alumnus of the Year.
D’Juan Hernandez, J.D. ’93, joined Chaffe McCall’s New Orleans, La., office as a partner in Chaffe’s business practice group. Most recently, he launched Sun Energy, a company founded to help transform household waste into usable energy.
Lynn Swanson, J.D. ’93, New Orleans, La., was named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ “Women of the Year 2012” list.
included in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 for Real Estate Law.
Harold J. Flanagan ’84 (management), J.D. ’95, of Flanagan Partners, L.L.P., New Orleans, La., was named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2013 in the area of insurance coverage, energy and natural resources, and transportation/maritime law. This is his third listing in Louisiana Super Lawyers.
Maurice A. Brungardt ’94 (political science), J.D. ’97, is currently assigned as a supervisory special agent to the Washington Field Office of the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), the law enforcement and security branch of the U.S. Department of State. Maurice supervises 16 special agents who perform criminal investigations, provide protective security for U.S. government officials and visiting foreign dignitaries, and support the security programs at various U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. Maurice resides in the Northern Virginia area with his wife and three children.
G. Scott Vezina, J.D. ’97, Philadelphia, Pa., was promoted to partner with personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig, L.L.P.
K. Todd Wallace, J.D. ’98, shareholder in the New Orleans, La., office of Liskow & Lewis, where he heads the firm’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group and serves on the firm’s Executive Board of Directors and as one of the firm’s two hiring partners, was selected to New Orleans CityBusiness’ “Leadership in Law 2013” list.
2000s David A. Martinez, J.D. ’94, a senior associate at Steeg Law Firm, L.L.C., in New Orleans, La., was
Dana M. Douglas, J.D. ’00, shareholder in the New Orleans, La., office of Liskow & Lewis, was selected to New Orleans www.law.loyno.edu
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ALUMNI NEWS CityBusiness’ “Leadership in Law 2013” list. This year marks the second time that Dana has been recognized as a member of the “Leadership in Law” class—she also received the honor as an associate in 2007.
Dana L. Boyle, J.D. ’02, principal of Boyle Law Firm, Kenosha, Wis., was named to the Wisconsin Rising Stars list as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in Wisconsin for 2012. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor. Dana established Boyle Law Firm (danaboyle.com) in 2009, after working for five years in the insurance defense industry in Milwaukee. Her firm’s practice is dedicated to family law, collaborative divorce, family immigration, and mediation. She established her relationship coaching business in 2007. Dana married David C. LaPointe in Sycamore, Ill., on October 16, 2010, and they currently reside in the Chicago, Ill., suburbs.
Kathleen Gasparian ’95 (English), J.D. ’02, New Orleans, La., immigration attorney and partner with Ware|Gasparian, was named to Gambit’s “40 Under 40” for 2012.
Amy Paulsen, J.D. ’02, San Francisco, Calif., after practicing as a commercial litigator in Jacksonville, Fla., completed her M.B.A. at Illinois State University in 2010, while utilizing her Loyola maritime law background as an Ocean Procurement Lead at Caterpillar, Inc. In the spring of 2012, she married Brett Walker at a small ceremony in the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, La. She relocated to the Silicon Valley to manage all modes of transportation procurement for Tesla Motors, Inc., maker of the award-winning Model S all-electric sedan.
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Greg Rouchell, J.D. ’03, New Orleans, La., Adams and Reese partner, joined the Board of Directors of The Pro Bono Project in New Orleans, a two-year term beginning in January 2013.
Nicholas A. Blanda, J.D. ’04, Lafayette, La., in 2012, was named a partner in the firm of Anderson & Dozier. The firm is now Anderson, Dozier & Blanda, L.L.P., and specializes in plaintiff’s representation in personal injury and death cases arising from maritime accidents, trucking/automobile accidents, onshore/industrial accidents, product liability, and premises defect. Nicholas also was recognized by The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40, an exclusive designation for trial lawyers who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership.
David D. “Beau” Haynes, Jr., J.D. ’04, returned to the law firm of Kathleen L. DeBruhl & Associates, L.L.C., a healthcare law firm in New Orleans, La., that represents physicians and physicians’ practices. David previously served as legal counsel for Ochsner Health System.
Dana-Megan Rossi, J.D. ’04, Washington, D.C., an accomplished legal analyst and marketing professional with more than 10 years of experience, was appointed publisher of Main Justice (www.mainjustice.com). She draws on her extensive knowledge of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and government enforcement matters gained from years managing litigation and regulatory enforcement business intelligence projects. She joined Main Justice from Arnold & Porter, L.L.P., where she led the firm-wide strategic business and client development of several practices, including the government investigations and enforcement,
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data breach and cyber security, and life sciences groups.
Kristin L. Beckman, J.D. ’05, New Orleans, La., became a member of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. She has been an attorney at Barrasso Usdin since graduating in 2005. Kristin also was named to the 2012 – 2013 Leadership Class of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Elizabeth B. Carpenter, J.D. ’05, New Orleans, La., criminal defense attorney, spoke in a session titled “Cyber Crimes: Digital Forensics and Defense” at the Annual Education Seminar in New Orleans, a continuing education seminar organized by the New Orleans Paralegal Association (NOPA).
Jaimmé Collins, J.D. ’05, New Orleans, La., Adams and Reese partner, was appointed chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee, responsible for the overall diversity efforts within the firm’s offices in the southern U.S. and Washington, D.C.
Erika McConduit, J.D. ’05, New Orleans, La., was appointed interim president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans. She began working for the Urban League as well as teaching law as an adjunct professor at Dillard University in 2008. She previously worked in New York, N.Y., in communications, as the chief operating officer for the YWCA.
Larry E. Mobley, J.D. ’05, New Orleans, La., became a member of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. Larry practices in the fields of class actions and complex litigation, commercial litigation, contractual disputes, securities litigation and enforcement, and antitrust.
Robert P. Wynne, J.D. ’05, Houston, Texas, joined the nationally acclaimed trial firm of Rusty Hardin & Associates, L.L.P. Robert has almost a decade of experience in representing businesses and individuals in significant legal disputes, and has earned multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in both commercial and personal injury matters.
Ian C. Barras, J.D. ’06, Metairie, La., was named partner with Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, L.L.C. He is a registered patent attorney, and his practice at the firm focuses on obtaining, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property rights, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret rights.
Ashley Gonzalez, J.D. ’06, New Orleans, La., associate with King Krebs & Jurgens, was honored at Louisiana Appleseed’s Good Apple Gala on January 17 for her volunteer work completing a white paper on in forma pauperis issues at the request of the LSBA’s Access to Justice Policy Committee. Her white paper will be used to educate the public, lawyers, clerks, and members of the judiciary.
Sarah Weber Langlois, J.D. ’06, Houston, Texas, was named partner with the law firm of Rogers, Morris & Grover, L.L.P. Sarah focuses her practice on school law, representing school districts in governance, policy, procurement, and employment matters. She was named a Rising Star in the area of schools and education on the Texas Super Lawyers list in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and received the 15th Annual Jefferson Fordham Up & Comer Award in August 2012 from the American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law.
Heather McGowan, J.D. ’06, M.B.A. ’06, New Orleans, La., associate with Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, was named to the “Ones to Watch: Real Estate” list by New Orleans CityBusiness. She is the chairwoman of the Nuts and Bolts of Retail Leasing committee of the American Bar Association and vice-chairwoman of the Real Property Trust & Estate Law Emerging Issues and Specialty Leases committee. As an associate with Stone Pigman, she has represented the developer for the acquisition and financing of the Windsor Court, Royal Orleans, and Loews New Orleans hotels and the Canal Street Development Corp.
Jonathan Shaver, J.D. ’07, New Orleans, La., commercial realtor with Re/Max Commercial Brokers, Inc., was named to the “Ones to Watch: Real Estate” list by New Orleans CityBusiness. He worked as an associate at Wagner & Bagot before moving into commercial realty. His previous experience includes working as a commercial Realtor for HGI Realty, a law clerk with Ostendorf, Tate, Barnett & Wells, and serving as an environmental enforcement legal intern with the U.S. Department of Justice. He is an active member of the National Association of Realtors and serves as the candidate guidance chairman for the Louisiana Chapter of Certified Commercial Investment Members.
Carlie Bloxom Spear, J.D. ’07, and her husband, Justin, are the
proud parents of Elias Spear, born May 22, 2012, in Easton, Md.
Barrett Stephens, J.D. ’07, New Orleans, La., an associate at the Womac Law Firm, was named a Rising Star for 2013 by Super Lawyers. The rating recognizes the injury lawyer in New Orleans as one of the most promising practitioners in his field and in the state.
Andrea Rubin, J.D. ’08, New Orleans, La., is the assistant director of student conduct at Loyola University New Orleans. Some of the issues she handles include visitation, underage drinking, illegal drugs, and sexual assault.
Brett Horton, J.D. ’09, was named policy director and senior counsel for the Republican Study Committee in Washington, D.C. The RSC is the largest multi-issue caucus in Congress, comprised of more than 170 members of the United States House of Representatives, and is currently chaired by Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana. Brett was previously Congressman Scalise’s legislative counsel and counsel for a United States Senate Committee.
2010s Ira Gonzalez, J.D. ’10, attorney in the New Orleans, La., office of Adams and Reese, was accepted into the Young Leadership
Memorials
Numa V. Bertel, Jr. ’43 (arts and sciences), J.D. ’45 Harold A. Buchler, Sr. ’41 (arts and sciences), J.D. ’45 Patrick D. Breeden ’54 (business), J.D. ’61 Clyde D. Merritt, J.D. ’62
Council’s Class of 2012 Leadership Development Series. In June, he was elected to serve as the deputy regional representative for Region XII (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) for the Hispanic National Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division. Last November, he was elected to serve as the vice president of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana, an affiliate of the Hispanic National Bar Association. In addition, he was appointed one of the new Young Lawyers Subcommittee co-chairs of the ABA Section of Litigation Products Liability Committee.
Joseph A. Atiyeh, J.D. ’12, joined New Orleans, La., office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., as an associate in the Advocacy Department, where he assists clients in business-related litigation issues.
Meg Kaul, J.D. ’10, joined the New Orleans, La., office of Adams and Reese as an associate in the Transactions Practice Group.
Kellye E. Rosenzweig, J.D. ’12, joined the Lafayette, La., office of Preis & Roy, P.L.C.
Matthew B. Champagne, J.D. ’11, Esq., established his own criminal defense litigation firm in the heart of downtown Covington, La. (mattchampagnelaw.com)
Peter H. Morris, J.D. ’11, New Orleans, La., published two articles this winter. The first is “Monumental Seascape Modification Under the Antiquities Act,” published in Environmental Law. The second is “Recommitting to Regulation of the Consumer Credit Lending Industry,” published in the Dartmouth Law Journal.
Fred C. Arto, J.D. ’63 Daniel T. McKearan, Jr. ’56 (business), J.D. ’66 Jacob J. Amato, Jr., J.D. ’70 Paul R. Pasquier, J.D. ’70 Gregory C. Meissner, J.D. ’77 John D. Bernhardt, J.D. ’79
Craig R. Bordelon, J.D. ’12, joined the Lafayette, La., office of Preis & Roy, P.L.C.
Allen M. Hoffman, Jr., J.D. ’12, Marietta, Ga., took and passed the 2012 July Georgia Bar Examination.
Shannon A. Shelton ’02 (psychology/sociology), J.D. ’12, joined the law firm of Kean Miller in New Orleans, La., as an associate attorney.
Jennifer I. Tintenfass, J.D. ’12, joined Steeg Law Firm, L.L.C., in New Orleans, La., as an associate in the transactional department.
Christopher S. Williams, J.D. ’12, joined Hand Arendall’s Mobile, Ala., office as an associate in the firm’s commercial litigation section.
Elizabeth Morrison Fearn, J.D. ’80 Marion Guerriero Welborn, J.D. ’91 Erin Psarellis ’87 (philosophy), J.D. ’92 John A. Hernandez III, J.D. ’94
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