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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
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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
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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
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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
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District One Representative Eve Sarco Reardon
1009 North Carnation St. Ste. E Slidell LA 70460
Phone: (985)265-1665 Fax: (504)617-7779
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District One Representative Justin M. Chopin
3850 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 900 Metairie LA 70002
Phone: (504)830-3842 Fax: (504)836-9562
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District Two Representative Allison Leigh Becknell
3445 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 736 Metairie LA 70002
Phone: (504)833-7325 Fax: (504)833-1160
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District Two Representative Erin O. Braud
3900 N. Causeway Blvd. Ste. 625 Metairie LA 70002
Phone: (504)837-7050 Fax: (504)837-0249
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District Three Representative Maggie Trahan Simar
307 Church St. St. Martinville LA 70582
Phone: (337)394-6133 Fax: (337)394-6166
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District Four Representative Claude (T-Claude) P. Devall Jr.
1111 Ryan St. Lake Charles LA 70601
Phone: (337)433-2053 Fax: (337)433-2055
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District Five Representative Kyle A. Ferachi
301 Main St. 14th Flr. Baton Rouge LA 70825
Phone: (225)383-9000 Fax: (225)343-3076
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District Five Representative Christopher K. Jones
701 Main St. Baton Rouge LA 70802
Phone: (225)383-3796 Fax: (225)343-9612
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District Six Representative Barbara Bell Melton
3709 Masonic Dr. Alexandria LA 71301
Phone: (318)442-9533 Fax: (318)442-9532
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District Seven Representative Jennifer H. Johnson
2400 Forsythe Ave. Ste. 2 Monroe LA 71201
Phone: (318)361-3140 Fax: (318)361-3141
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District Eight Representative Karelia R. Stewart
501 Texas St. Shreveport LA 71101
Phone: (318)226-6998 Fax: (318)226-6204
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At-Large Representative Franchesca L. Hamilton-Acker
1020 Surrey St. Lafayette LA 70502-4823
Phone: (337)237-4320 Fax: (337)237-8839
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ABA YLD Representative John Lee Hoffoss Jr.
1830 Hodges St. Lake Charles LA 70601
Phone: (337)439-5788 Fax: (337)436-5430
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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
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