LSBA Board of Governors
At-Large Member
Mr. Daniel A Cavell
2025-2028
402 W 4th St
Thibodaux, LA 70301
Phone: (985) 449-7500
Fax: (985) 449-7520
Daniel A. Cavell is a partner in the Thibodaux firm of Morvant & Cavell, LLC. He received a BA degree in 1977 from Nicholls State University and his JD degree in 1980 from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 1980.
Cavell served as the at-large member on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors from 2011-2014 and again from 2017-2018. He also served in the House of Delegates as a member of the Nominating Committee and Budget Committee. He chaired the LSBA’s and the Louisiana Supreme Court’s (mandatory) Continuing Legal Education Committee.
He is a former president of the Lafourche Parish Bar Association and serves on the LSU Alumni Board of Trustees. He was named 2005 Thibodaux Citizen of the Year and was named Nicholls State University Outstanding Alumnus in 1985.
In his community, he is a member of the Rotary Club, a commissioner of the Thibodaux Regional Medical Center and a parishioner of Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church. He was Grand Marshal of the Thibodaux Volunteer Fire Department in 2022.
Cavell and his wife, Belinda, have been married for 46 years and are the parents of six children and four grandchildren.