Chair Alainna R. Mire  Alainna R. Mire is assistant attorney for the city of Alexandria. She received a BA degree in political science in 2000 from Louisiana State University and her JD/BCL degree in 2004 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2004. Alainna served as the 2009-10 Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section’s (YLS) chair-elect and the 2008-09 YLS secretary. She also served as District 6 representative on the YLS Council. She is immediate past chair of the Alexandria Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Council and is a member of the Alexandria Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Crossroads American Inn of Court of Alexandria/Pineville. She is a Louisiana Bar Foundation Fellow. She is a member of the Central Louisiana United Way board of directors and the Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project board (secretary-treasurer). She was an attorney member of the city of Alexandria Human Relations Commission from 2007-09. P.O. Box 71 Alexandria LA 71309  Phone: (318)449-5046  Fax: (318)449-5019

Chair-Elect Shayna L. Sonnier  Shayna L. Sonnier is an associate in the Lake Charles firm of Hunter & Blazier, A.P.L.C. She received a bachelor’s degree in 2000 from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and her law degree in 2003 from Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University. She was admitted to practice in Texas in 2003 and in Louisiana in 2005. Shayna has served as secretary and District 4 representative on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section Council and was co-chair of the Wills for Heroes Committee. She serves on the board of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and is a past president of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section. In her community, she serves as a board member for the Whistle Stop, the Southwest Louisiana Law Center and the Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club, where she was elected as the 2008-09 Rotarian of the Year. 1807 Lake St. Lake Charles LA 70601  Phone: (337)436-1600  Fax: (337)439-2505

Secretary Lawrence J. Centola III  Lawrence J. Centola III is an associate in the New Orleans firm of Martzell & Bickford. He received a BA degree in 1998 from Louisiana State University and his JD degree in 2001 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2001. Larry is vice chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Lawyers in Transition Committee and serves on the Public Information Committee. He has served as treasurer of the Federal Bar Association (New Orleans Chapter) Young Lawyers Division and is a former chair of the Louisiana Association for Justice Young Lawyers Section. He received the LSBA Young Lawyers Section’s Bat. P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award in 2007. In a ceremony at the United States Supreme Court, he was presented with the 2008 Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Professional Service from the American Inns of Court. The national award is presented to an attorney who has been practicing for fewer than 10 years. He and his wife, Amy, have been married for five years and are the parents of two children. 338 Lafayette St. New Orleans LA 70130  Phone: (504)581-9065  Fax: (504)581-7635

Immediate Past Chair Melanie Mabile Mulcahy  Melanie Mabile Mulcahy is an associate with The Derbes Law Firm, L.L.C., in Metairie. She received a BA degree in French and international relations (double major) in 1994 from Tulane University’s Newcomb College and her JD degree in 1999 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2000. Melanie served on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors and was the 2009-10 chair, 2008-09 chair-elect and 2007-08 secretary of the LSBA’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS). She also has served as a LSBA young lawyer delegate to the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, as the LSBA Young Lawyers Section delegate to the ABA Young Lawyers Division, and as a member of the Louisiana State Law Institute. She is a member of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s Young Alumni Leadership Council, the American Bar Association and Jefferson Bar Association. She received the LSBA President’s Award in 2003, the LSBA YLS’s Bat P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award in 2002 and 2007, and the ABA YLD Star of the Quarter Award in February 2003. She and her husband, Randall, have been married for 10 years and are the parents of two children. 3027 Ridgelake Dr. Metairie LA 70002  Phone: (504)837-1230  Fax: (504)832-0326

District One Representative Eve Sarco Reardon  1009 North Carnation St. Ste. E Slidell LA 70460  Phone: (985)265-1665  Fax: (504)617-7779

District One Representative Justin M. Chopin  3850 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 900 Metairie LA 70002  Phone: (504)830-3842  Fax: (504)836-9562

District Two Representative Allison Leigh Becknell  3445 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 736 Metairie LA 70002  Phone: (504)833-7325  Fax: (504)833-1160

District Two Representative Erin O. Braud  3900 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 625 Metairie LA 70002  Phone: (504)837-7050  Fax: (504)837-0249

District Three Representative Maggie Trahan Simar  307 Church St. St. Martinville LA 70582  Phone: (337)394-6133  Fax: (337)394-6166

District Four Representative Claude (T-Claude) P. Devall Jr.  1111 Ryan St. Lake Charles LA 70601  Phone: (337)433-2053  Fax: (337)433-2055

District Five Representative Kyle A. Ferachi  301 Main St. 14th Flr. Baton Rouge LA 70825  Phone: (225)383-9000  Fax: (225)343-3076

District Five Representative Christopher K. Jones  701 Main St. Baton Rouge LA 70802  Phone: (225)383-3796  Fax: (225)343-9612

District Six Representative Barbara Bell Melton  3709 Masonic Dr. Alexandria LA 71301  Phone: (318)442-9533  Fax: (318)442-9532

District Seven Representative Jennifer H. Johnson  2400 Forsythe Ave. Ste. 2 Monroe LA 71201  Phone: (318)361-3140  Fax: (318)361-3141

District Eight Representative Karelia R. Stewart  501 Texas St. Shreveport LA 71101  Phone: (318)226-6998  Fax: (318)226-6204

At-Large Representative Franchesca L. Hamilton-Acker  1020 Surrey St. Lafayette LA 70502-4823  Phone: (337)237-4320  Fax: (337)237-8839

ABA YLD Representative John  Lee Hoffoss Jr.  1830 Hodges St. Lake Charles LA 70601  Phone: (337)439-5788  Fax: (337)436-5430

YLS Representative to the ABA House of Delegates Chauntis T. Jenkins  704 Carondelet St. New Orleans LA 70130  Phone: (504)581-3838  Fax: (504)581-4069