LSBA Board of Governors

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Stephen I. (Steve) Dwyer is a founding member and managing partner of Dwyer, Cambre & Suffern, APLC, in Metairie. He received a BA degree in 1970 from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass.; an MA degree, with distinction, in 1972 from the University of New Orleans; and his JD degree, magna cum laude, in 1976 from Loyola University College of Law (editor-in-chief, Loyola Law Review).

Dwyer served as 2022-23 president and 2021-22 president-elect of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) and as the Second District representative on the LSBA’s Board of Governors from 2011-14 and 2017-20. He served on the Louisiana Bar Journal’s Editorial Board. He is a member of the Committee on the Profession, the Bar Governance Committee and the Audit Committee. He served as an adjunct faculty member for Loyola University College of Law and as a lecturer for various CLE programs.

He has been recognized by New Orleans City Business “Leadership in Law,” “Who’s Who Among American Lawyers,” Best Lawyers in America and Louisiana Super Lawyers. He is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society.

Dwyer chaired the award-winning St. Tammany Recreation District #14 (Coquille Parks and Recreation) and led the financing and development of the 150-acre sports, recreation and park complex in western St. Tammany Parish. He chairs the Miracle League Northshore for special needs children, serves as president of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, is a long-time member of the Loyola University College of Law Visiting Committee, and serves on the Holy Cross College President’s Council and on the boards of directors of the Holy Cross Lawyers’ Association and the Holy Cross Alumni Association. He has served as president of the Loyola Law School Alumni Association and on the Loyola Alumni Association’s Board of Directors.

He is married to Jennifer Van Vrancken, an attorney and Jefferson Parish Councilwoman, and is the father of five children. He has six grandchildren.