Congratulations to Young Lawyers Division Award Recipients and Top 40 Honorees! Several LSBA members, a local bar association and a specialty bar association received Young Lawyers Division awards, including the Top 40 recognition, presented to the state’s top young lawyers who have made exceptional contributions to the legal profession. All awards were presented during the Louisiana Young Lawyers Conference on April 12.Outstanding Young Lawyer Award Recipient: Victor M. Jones, New Orleans (also recognized as a Top 40 honoree), senior counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award Recipient: Jimmie C. Herring, Jr., Monroe, federal judicial law clerk for U.S. District Judge Jerry Edwards, Jr., Western District of Louisiana. Pro Bono Award Recipient: Phillip M. Smith, Lafayette, partner at NeunerPate in Lafayette. Program of the Year Award Recipient: New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association’s Justice Camp Outstanding Local Affiliate Award Recipient: New Orleans Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Top 40 List Honorees • ReAzalia Z. Allen, managing partner of The Allen Law Firm, LLC, in Baton Rouge. • Hailey A. Barnett, managing attorney of the Disaster Unit at Acadiana Legal Service Corp. in Lake Charles. • Brandi A. Barze, associate at Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Ltd., in Baton Rouge. • Emily Edwards Bertholl, attorney in the Salario Law Firm in Marksville, assistant district attorney for the 12th Judicial District and attorney for the Family Justice Center. • Benjamin J. Biller, trial attorney with LAMMICO’s in-house law firm, Schroeder & Trahan, in Metairie. • Ani H. Boudreaux, associate at NeunerPate in Lafayette. • Taylor M. Burnham, owner of the Burnham Law Firm in New Orleans. • Catherine Smith Carrier, associate in the Lafayette office of Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, APLC. • M. Rebecca Cooper, associate in the New Orleans office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC. • Samuel S. Crichton, Section 3 chief of the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office in Shreveport. • Kennard Davis, associate at Beveridge & Diamond, PC, in Baltimore, MD. • Monette M. Davis, associate in the New Orleans office of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC. • Karly Kyzar Dorr, associate at NeunerPate in Lafayette. • Kristina F. Douglas, assistant city attorney for the City of Shreveport, special assistant district attorney and a hearing officer for the Electronic Traffic Enforcement Program. • Marianna Knister Downer, associate in the New Orleans office of Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC. • Daniel J. Dysart, partner at Fishman Haygood, LLP, in New Orleans. • Brittany R. Wolf Freedman, member in the New Orleans office of Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, LLC. • Cassie Preston Gailmor, managing partner and owner of Gailmor Law Group, LLC, in New Orleans. • Camille E. Gauthier, partner at Flanagan Partners, LLP, in New Orleans. • John Philip (J.P.) Graf, associate in the Lafayette office of Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC. • Bradley C. Guin, shareholder in the Baton Rouge office of Roedel Parsons Blache Fontana Piontek & Pisano, ALC. • Madeline Smith Hebert, associate in the New Orleans office of Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, APLC. • Jami Lacour Ishee, partner with Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott, Fontenot, Gideon & Edwards, LLP, in Lafayette. • Michael H. Ishee, shareholder in the Lafayette office of Liskow & Lewis, APLC. • Deanna C. Johnson, owner-operator of Magnolia Law, LLC, in Baton Rouge. • Victor M. Jones, New Orleans, senior counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. • Bianca N. Moore, a solo practitioner and operates her own law firm, The BMoore Law Firm, LLC, in Gretna. • Trevor C. Mosby, associate in the New Orleans office of Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP. • Megan E. Réaux, associate at Hill & Beyer, APLC, in Lafayette. • Scott M. Richard, attorney at Broussard, David & Moroux in Lafayette. • Ross F. Roubion, associate in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller, LLP. • Jose R. Ruiz, partner in the New Orleans office of Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP. • Grant R. Schexnailder, associate at Borne, Wilkes & Rabalais, LLC, in Lafayette. • E. Blair Schilling, partner at Fishman Haygood, LLP, in New Orleans. • Matthew R. Slaughter, senior counsel at Flanagan Partners, LLP, in New Orleans. • Sarah Simmons Sonnier, associate at NeunerPate in Lafayette. • Yasha L. Clark Walker, owner of The Clark Firm in New Orleans. • Allison Morrow Weaver, associate in The Law Offices of Blaine J. Barrilleaux, LLC, in Lafayette. • Brittany McKeel Young, managing attorney of her firm, The Law Office of Brittany M. Young in Shreveport. • Rashid A. Young, attorney at Young Law Firm, PLLC, in Homer.