Hon. Carl E. Stewart, Chief Judge, U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals of Shreveport, and keynote speaker addresses the General Assembly during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Robert A. Kutcher, Metairie, is presented with a LSBA President's Award by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Winfield E. Little, Jr., Lake Charles, is presented with a LSBA President's Award by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Judge Lisa Woodruff-White, Baton Rouge, and Judge Harry F. Randow, Alexandria, are presented with LSBA President's Awards by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

James T. (Jay) Dixon, Jr. of Lake Charles is presented with the 2013 Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of Justice by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the Installation Dinner. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography

James T. (Jay) Dixon, Jr. of Lake Charles is presented with the 2013 Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of Justice by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the Installation Dinner. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography

James T. (Jay) Dixon, Jr. of Lake Charles after being presented with the 2013 Catherine D. Kimball Award for Advancement of the Administration of Justice by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the Installation Dinner. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Edward J. Walters Jr., 2012-13 LSBA Secretary, accepts the 2013 Stephen T. Victory Memorial Award on behalf of David H. Ogwyn of Baton Rouge during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV presents Catherine E. Lasky, New Orleans, with the 2013 Leah Hipple McKay Memorial Award for Outstanding Volunteerism during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV presents J. Dalton Courson, New Orleans, with the Human Rights Award during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography

Donald R. Abaunza, New Orleans, is presented with a LSBA President's Award by 2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Warren A. Perrin of Lafayette and current LSBA Francophone Section chair presents the John Ashby Hernandez III Memorial Award for Francophone Leadership. Accepting on behalf of John Hernandez, Jr. was Judge James McKay III. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Mary Olive Pierson, Baton Rouge, is the recipient of the Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award. Presenting the award is Leo C. Hamilton, Louisiana Bar Foundation president, during the General Assembly at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson reports on the state of the judiciary at the General Assembly during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2013-14 LSBA President, Richard K. Leefe of Metairie, is greeted by 2012-13 LSBA President, John H. Musser IV of New Orleans, during the Installation Dinner at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV addresses the General Assembly during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Mark A. Cunningham, President of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, gives a report during the General Assembly at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Charles B. Plattsmier gives the Report of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School at the General Assembly. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2013-14 LSBA President, Richard K. Leefe, during the Installation Dinner at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2013-14 Board of Governors at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

Leo C. Hamilton, Louisiana Bar Foundation President, gives the report of the Louisiana Bar Foundation during the General Assembly at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2013-14 LSBA President Richard K. Leefe addresses the General Assembly at the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography.

2012-13 LSBA President John H. Musser IV presents The Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter with the Human Rights Award during the 2013 Combined LSBA Annual Meeting and LSBA/LJC Summer School during the General Assembly. The award was accepted by Christopher B. Hebert, Baton Rouge, who is serving as president of the The Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Greater Baton Rouge Chapter. Photo by Matthew Hinton Photography