LSBA Board of Governors
Treasurer
Mr. Lawrence Joseph Centola
2022-2024
338 Lafayette St
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 581-9065
Fax: (504) 581-7635
Lawrence J. (Larry) Centola III is a principal member of the New Orleans firm of Martzell, Bickford & Centola. He received a BA degree in political science 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.
Centola has served as the First District representative on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors. He also serves on the Client Assistance Fund Committee. He served as the LSBA Young Lawyers Division chair in 2012-13.
He serves on the board of directors of the Federal Bar Association New Orleans Chapter as the membership chair and on the Board of Governors for the Louisiana Association for Justice. He served as the torts bar examiner for the Louisiana Bar exam.
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 are the parents of three girls.